From West to East: What studios must know before bringing their games to Asia
If you’re working on a gory game filled with zombies and skeletons, it might not be the best idea to bring it to China....
The history of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Game Gear
A lot of people remember and love Sonic the Hedgehog’s 16-bit adventures on the Genesis. It’s time his Game Gear games get a little...
The DeanBeat: What we learned from GamesBeat 2016
Episode 9 of our GamesBeat series of conferences is over. We heard the Yoda-like wisdom of 105 speakers at our ninth annual GamesBeat event...
TheWaveVR raises $2.5 million to mix music and virtual reality
TheWaveVR has raised $2.5 million in seed funding as part of its mission to change the way people experience music with virtual reality. The...
Activision reports record Q2 on the strength of Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush
15 million Overwatch players can’t be wrong. Activision Blizzard generated $1.57 billion in revenues durings its second quarter. That is up from $1.04 billion...
Zynga boss looks to new games and reliable hits to replenish its audience
Zynga generated $174.7 million in bookings during Q2 2016, which is about even from the same period in 2015. But that is better than...
Xbox One S review, 1080p verdict: Just a minor improvement
Microsoft’s Xbox One S is out today in a 2TB configuration for $400, and the company is taking its first step into 4K with...
Warhammer 40,000 swaps vehicles for people in endless runner for mobile
It’s time for Ork Boyz to holler “WAAAGH!!!” from their Bonebreakas in a neverending chase for … points. Games Workshop and Artcode Interactive have signed a...
Zynga appoints former EA exec Matt Bromberg as COO
Zynga and Electronic Arts continue to trade executives. Today, social mobile game maker Zynga appointed former EA Mobile executive Matt Bromberg as Zynga’s chief...
Esports’ ticket to going mainstream: big brands, bigger audience
Despite how big esports might seem, it’s still just a very big niche. That’s according to Mike Sepso, the vice president of publisher Activision’s...