The esports craze will generate $1.8B a year by 2020
It’s no secret that esports, or competitive video gaming, has become big. The question is how big. Colin Sebastian, analyst at R.W. Baird, estimates...
Destiny is getting a new in-game currency you can buy with real-world money
Destiny sure seems like a game built for microtransactions, and that’s probably because it was. And today, developer Bungie finally revealed how that will...
This is what the planet Sullust looks like in Star Wars: Battlefront
It’s almost time to blast the crap outta some Stormtroopers in a galaxy far, far away. The upcoming Star Wars: Battlefront shooter from publisher Electronic...
An insider’s take on monetizing free-to-play games
From a monetization perspective, the greatest strength of the free-to-play mobile games model is its flexibility. The challenge of convincing people to pay for...
Super Mario Maker is down for maintenance tonight
Someone hand Nintendo that hammer from Donkey Kong, because it needs to do some work on its Super Mario Maker servers. The engineers at...
Minecraft developer teases ‘secret feature’ that’s ‘like Mario 64’
Minecraft is never finished, and one of its developers is looking at a Nintendo classic for inspiration. Minecraft: Pocket Edition developer Tommaso Checchi at Mojang...
GamesBeat 2015 has a big focus on diversity and gaming’s women leaders
We’re happy to say that we’ll have more women speakers than ever before at GamesBeat 2015, and the topic of diversity will come up...
The Dreamcast’s latest release (you read that right), The Ghost Blade won’t satisfy hardcore shoot-’em-up fans
Dreamcast fans will love The Ghost Blade, but will hardcore shoot-em up players?
Nintendo off of list of 100 top brands for first time
Nintendo’s upcoming changes feel a little more urgent today. Consultancy company Interbrand released its annual list of the world’s top brands, and Nintendo isn’t...
Rock Band 4: Same as it ever was
In 2007, Rock Band was a triumph. It turned music-rhythm games, which were focused almost entirely on an intense, feverish show of dexterous prowess, into...