PlanetSide 2 on PlayStation 4 offers complex, rewarding battles — but only if you have time for it
I hated the first few days I spent with PlanetSide 2. I kept getting lost, and I barely lived long enough to figure out...
China’s game console problem and where the real opportunity is
SHANGHAI — Xaiofeng Zeng is one of the veteran analysts who studies the Chinese gaming market. And he lives in Shanghai. Zeng works as...
Heroes of the Storm is changing how it ranks and matches players
Your Heroes of the Storm experience should improve soon. Right now, Blizzard’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) needs players to complete about 100 games...
Heroes of the Storm adding StarCraft’s Medic as support character, changes to maps and heroes (exclusive interview)
Blizzard Entertainment announced this morning that the StarCraft Medic would take her place in the massive online battle arena game Heroes of the Storm. Creative...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Warcraft’s new expansion, ChinaJoy, and Gamescom
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We covered a ton of news coming out of the Gamescom conference in Cologne, including the reveal of...
The DeanBeat: The best nuggets from a summer of game leader interviews
Disclosure: The organizers of ChinaJoy paid my way to Shanghai. Our coverage remains objective. One of the best things about my job is talking...
Nyko DataBank is a worthwhile accessory — even if you have plenty of PlayStation 4 hard drive space
Nyko's DataBank helped me prepare for the inevitable need for more space on my PlayStation 4
Xbox One NFL app gets Next Generation Stats; Surface Pro 3 coming to teams
Today, Microsoft is announcing updates to its NFL app for the Xbox One console that will give fans a better sense of what’s happening...
Square Enix only published Life is Strange after a failed pitch for another game
Life is Strange is one of the year’s most acclaimed storytelling games, but it nearly didn’t get made. French developer Dontnod Entertainment was pitching...
Games network WildTangent will let you reserve a not-yet-released app
A mobile ad makes you enthusiastic for an upcoming app … but the app isn’t out yet. That “hurry up and wait” scenario is...