A deep dive into gaming’s struggles with diversity
The game industry’s lack of diversity came into sharp focus last year during Gamergate, the Internet hate movement that led to harassment of female...
Here are Nintendo 64 and PSP games (impractically) running on a smartwatch
It’s Friday, so let’s look at something fun and kind of useless. YouTube user Hacking Jules has Nintendo 64 and PlayStation Portable emulators running on an...
The DeanBeat: Seattle event marks the accelerated growth of virtual reality and augmented reality
SEATTLE — It’s not easy to find benchmarks for the excitement around virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) — two technologies that are...
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pains ships 5 million copies in its first month
Snake’s last mission is a hit. Konami revealed today that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has shipped 5 million copies, including downloads,...
EA CEO sees strong momentum heading into holidays for Star Wars Battlefront
Electronic Arts chief executive Andrew Wilson said that the video game publisher has “strong momentum” moving into the holiday season as it prepares to...
EA Sports games saw big year-over-year growth in 2015
People love their sports, and publisher Electronic Arts is reaping the benefits of that. EA reported the results of its fiscal Q2 today, and...
Target will really sell Fallout 4’s Nuka-Cola Quantum
You look like you could use a few more action points. On November 10, Target will begin selling both Fallout 4 and a new...
Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst now has a May release date after delay
We’re so late into 2015 that it’s now time for publishers to start pushing back 2016 releases. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed today that it...
EA reports earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations
Big video game publisher Electronic Arts has been on a roll since Andrew Wilson took over as chief executive in September 2013. And that roll...
Mobile user acquisition costs climb and download volumes drop in September
User acquisition costs for mobile games and apps rose again in September, according to mobile marketing firm Fiksu. That means that life will continue to...