Taking multiplayer games global without going broke (VB Live)
Going global can launch your game into the big leagues, but it can be a gamble. The biggest obstacle: Providing a seamless, dependable online...
NPD: 28% of U.S. population ages 13 to 54 purchase extra video game content
Market research firm The NPD Group has released a new report on gamers’ spending habits on downloadable content. According to The NPD Group, 28...
Hearthstone’s Heroic Tavern Brawl ditches wacky rules for competitive play and insane rewards (update)
Hearthstone is giving its 40 million registered players some big incentives to compete this week. Blizzard has announced this week’s Tavern Brawl, which are...
Rockstar Games teases a second Red Dead announcement
It might be time to dust off your digital cowboy boots. Rockstar Games is sending the game community into a frenzy with just a couple...
Mafia III has a gripping tale about racism in 1968, but bugs and weak gameplay hold it back
Mafia III has one of the best stories about racism in America in the historical context of New Orleans (called New Bordeaux) during 1968....
Battlefield 1 impressions: World War I’s Battle of Cambrai has intense tank combat
Battlefield 1 is an epic game that takes players into the fresh territory of World War I, which was touted as the “war to...
Actors group could start strike against video game publishers on October 21
The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has set a strike date of October 21 after a...
Gears of War 4, Titanfall 2 lead Microsoft’s TV advertising charge in September
Consoles remind your smartphone where the best experience lives. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real-time, to bring you a...
Battlefield 1 multiplayer impressions: It’s tough to survive in your first match
Battlefield 1 is here at long last — for some of us. I played my first multiplayer match on the Xbox One as the...
How this game company boosted profits sixfold without needing venture capital
We’ve come a long way since the soft launch of our mobile game, Walking War Robots, on iOS in 2014 — our monthly revenues...