Syrian children hold Pokémon Go photos to say ‘come save me’
As the Pokémon Go frenzy continues, children in civil war-torn Syria are asking the world to consider their plight when hunting for Pikachus, Zubats, and Charmanders....
Hearthstone’s D&D, Magic vet Mike Donais dishes on designing Blizzard’s market-leading giant
Mike Donais knows a thing or two about card games. After all, he worked on the granddaddy of them all — Magic: The Gathering....
Warner Bros. unveils Fantastic Beasts, Sonic, and E.T. add-ons for Lego Dimensions
Toys-to-life game-toy hybrid sales have weakened this year, forcing Disney to shutter its Infinity line. But Warner Bros. is still investing in its Lego...
How the Sequel game character bot platform will drive believable conversations with players
When Facebook unveiled its chat bot platform for Messenger in April, Omar Siddiqui felt like a new industry was born. His company, Kiwi, adapted...
WWE turns TV into Suplex City while Pokémon Go skips costly ads
I don’t know about you, but I’m going to avoid visiting Brock in Suplex City GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising...
Why Pokémon Go’s strategy won’t work for you
Like any cultural phenomenon, Pokémon Go is one hundred percent polarizing. You’re either on your phone right now reading between PokeStops or you have...
GamesBeat 2016 panel delves into balancing monetization and retention
Everybody wants to make money with free-to-play games, but they don’t want to turn up the monetization so high that it turns off loyal...
Ghost Recon: Wildlands makes you live with your tactical screwups
Four U.S. soldiers against the army of a notorious drug cartel doesn’t sound like a fair battle. But Ghost Recon players have been in...
Clash of Kings forum hacked — data leaked on 1.6M accounts
Another hack has hit a gaming community. Cyberattackers were able to get details for 1.6 million accounts from the official forums for the mobile strategy game Clash of Kings, according to data on breach-tracking site LeakedSource (via ZDNet).
Mobile-social gaming firm RockYou lays off 65 people
Mobile social game RockYou is laying off 65 people, or 18 percent of its staff, over the next three months, GamesBeat confirmed today. The...