Codemasters snares Sony’s Evolution Studios and speeds into racing games’ fast lane
Evolution Studios, the developer behind MotorStorm and DriveClub, has become part of Codemasters just a few weeks after Sony announced plans to shut the...
How Remedy’s Sam Lake stepped up the ambition and creativity of Quantum Break
Sam Lake, whose name is an anglicized version of Sami Järvi, has provided the creative spark behind Remedy Entertainment’s games from the beginning. He’s...
Deluxe VR offers creative services for virtual reality productions
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is launching a creative services production division dubbed Deluxe VR to create virtual reality experiences. The Los Angeles-based company offers...
Appnext grows by recommending the right experiences for people in the app-store jungle
The app stores are big jungles, making it hard for someone to find the app that is just right. By attacking that discovery problem, app monetization...
Conan O’Brien plays Counter-Strike in a PC bang in South Korea
Conan O’Brien visited a PC bang, or Internet gaming cafe, in South Korea. The results were pretty silly and hilarious. O’Brien found an English-speaking...
The Ocean Rift in virtual reality is like relaxing in an IMAX theater
With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, I feel like I’ve got an IMAX theater in my home. And the most relaxing VR experience...
CEO Gabe Leydon on why Machine Zone renamed itself and launched its real-time cloud platform
Gabe Leydon, the chief executive of Machine Zone, made some news this week as he renamed his company MZ and announced he would license...
Kim Kardashian game maker Glu Mobile lays off some staff
Glu Mobile, the maker of celebrity mobile games such as Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, has laid off a number of employees, GamesBeat has learned. San...
GamesBeat Summit adds veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as speaker
We’re happy to be adding veteran game designer Amy Jo Kim as a lightning talk speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for...
The DeanBeat: What’s game journalism’s next move?
I’ve been watching game journalists lose their jobs. I’m sorry for my colleagues, and I hope they find a way to stay in this...