Categories Posted inin Business How 8 games crawled through 'development hell' — and what they found on the other side Posted byby GamesBeat July 12, 2014 8 min The true stories of eight games that defied all odds to actually get into gamers' hands. And the most surprising part: Some of them are actually good. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat Weekly Roundup: Bad game PR, Watch Dogs over 8M, and clever Osmo iPad games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 3 min The news just keeps on coming in the ever-changing game business. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Alien Isolation becomes "Nostromo Edition" with 25% preorder discount Posted byby GamesBeat July 11, 2014 2 min Day 1 DLC shows up for Alien: Isolation as an additional preorder incentive. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Games for LGBT audience are finally hitting the market Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 1 min Some games are putting LGBT issues front and center. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Want another Tony Hawk or Guitar Hero game? Neversoft won't be making them Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 1 min Activision's Neversoft will be folded into Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony games chief says PS4 doing 'OK' in home market of Japan Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 1 min Sony’s games chief said this week that a lack of locally produced games has meant that the PlayStation 4 is doing just “OK” in... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Flaregames to publish the next Fieldrunners game from Subatomic (and let's hope it's not too hard) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 2 min The tower defense series has been incredibly popular since 2008. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Robots can play Angry Birds, too — and help kids with disabilities Posted byby GamesBeat July 11, 2014 2 min Researchers at Georgia Tech are enlisting humanoid robots to play Angry Birds with the help of kids suffering from motor-skill and cognitive disabilities. Kids... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: When games are too fricking hard — it's a joy Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 11, 2014 5 min Some people are completionists, but designing games for those people will piss off the masses who want something easier. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioWare finally harmonizes real-time and tactical combat in Dragon Age: Inquisition (preview) Posted byby GamesBeat July 11, 2014 3 min With the latest in the fantasy action-RPG franchise, Bioware seems to have made real-time and tactical combat not only fluid, but symbiotic. Continue Reading 3 min