Hitbox targets Twitch’s PS4, Xbox One dominance with AverMedia deal
Hitbox doesn’t have an app that will let you broadcast easily from Xbox One or PlayStation 4, but it is working with a hardware company...
GamesBeat Rewind 2015: The best video game trailers
If you want to sell games in the $91 billion-and-growing global market, you really need a great trailer. This year was full of awesome examples of...
Crossing the streams: Competition in the streaming space is good for gamers…and business
An increasing number of smaller companies are offering streaming content (for viewers worldwide or regionally) and software/tools for those who want to stream to the masses, with seemingly new ones starting up every month.
Pantomime launches immersive virtual worlds that don’t require VR goggles
Using a virtual-reality headset is just one way of looking at an animated digital world. A new startup called Pantomime has come up with another...
Epic releases Unreal Match 3 smartphone game to teach people how to use its tools
Epic Games is best known among consumers for its entertainment releases, but the company usually uses those games as showpieces for its other technology...
Fallout 4 ‘addict’ loses wife and job, sues Bethesda
A Siberian gamer is suing Fallout 4 creator Bethesda after he claims an addiction to the role-playing game messed with his real life. The 28-year-old says he lost his wife and his job after spending three weeks playing Fallout 4 while skipping work, not sleeping or eating, and ignoring his friends, reports RT.
Whomor, Japan’s crowdsourced comic studio, raises $1.6M from Digital Garage
(The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Whomor, the Japanese company offering a crowdsourcing platform focused on illustrations and 3D computer graphics, unveiled today that it has...
The best dog of 2015: Fallout 4’s Dogmeat vs. Mad Max’s Dinki-Di vs. Metal Gear’s DD
They helped us get through the most dangerous places in the world. Lesser creatures would run from the sight of mutated animals and giant...
2015’s biggest news stories: breakups, court rulings, and a somber goodbye
Here are some of the biggest news stories to come out of the video game industry in 2015.
The 10 best games of 2015 and GamesBeat’s Game of the Year
The GamesBeat staff has reemerged from the fighting pits (aka our home offices), and we’ve come out with a top 10 list. And we...