Samsung arms every Unpacked attendee with Gear VR to watch its press conference
BARCELONA, Spain — In a few minutes, Samsung will be huffing and puffing about its new Galaxy smartphones at its annual Unpacked press conference...
Should Bethesda’s Todd Howard bet on mobile or console Fallout games?
Bethesda Game Studios shipped more than 12 million copies of the post-apocalypse video game Fallout 4 during the holiday season — a stellar achievement....
HTC Vive will cost $799, preorder on February 29 and ships in early April (updated)
[Update: Feb. 29: The HTC Vive is now available for preorder on this link. International pricing is also available.]. HTC and Valve are planning...
Alcatel introduces Idol 4 and high-end Idol 4S, sunsets OneTouch brand
TCL-owned Alcatel introduced the fourth-generation of its Android-powered Idol lineup today at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. Consisting of the 5.2-inch Idol...
The DeanBeat: The joy of covering video games for 25 years
I’ve returned from another pilgrimage to the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. I’ve never missed one of these gatherings...
It’s time to rethink how in-game ads work
2015 marked the first time in history that more than half of the U.S. population were mobile phone gamers. Even as game investments and...
Civilization’s father, Sid Meier, shares 25 years of insights on his beloved series
Sid Meier is the legendary designer behind many different computer games in a wide variety of genres, and he’s perhaps the only video game...
PlayStation 4 ‘Smites’ Xbox One’s exclusive deal for the third-person MOBA
Smite, a multiplayer online battle arena strategy game, is coming to PlayStation 4, Sony announced today. Smite was previously available on Xbox One and PC. While not as popular as top MOBAs League of Legends (which leads the genres — it earned $1.6 billion in 2015) and Dota 2, Smite still has over 14 million players.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: LucasFilm gets into VR, and Fallout 4’s DLC is revealed
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we have tons of coverage out of this year’s DICE 2016 summit, including stories on about...
Fiksu lets marketers target its audience of 3 billion mobile devices
I’m not sure there are 3 billion mobile device profiles in the world. But Fiksu says there are. And the mobile marketing company said...