For Honor: How Ubisoft created a new brand and genre
Shoot-em-ups are a popular genre in video games. But Ubisoft wanted to make a “chop-em-up” melee game, and it had to think hard about...
Will 2017 ever end? GamesBeat Decides
GamesBeat Decides hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti pop in for a quick catch up. The crew is busy picking the best games of...
Decentraland shows the potential of blockchain and VR combined
Blockchain-based virtual reality universe Decentraland is holding its first property auction today. The virtual world is a social space linked to crypto coin-based transactions....
Celebrate The Last Jedi with some Star Wars gaming deals and new content
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now out in theaters. Many of you will be coming home with a hunger for more Star Wars....
Photographs is You Must Build a Boat studio’s pensive narrative puzzler
Indie studio EightyEight Games is best known for frenetic mobile games like 10,000,000 and You Must Build a Boat — but Photographs shows a...
Sensor Tower: Kobolds & Catacombs doubled Hearthstone’s mobile revenues
According to the mobile data and insights company Sensor Tower, Hearthstone’s Kobolds & Catacombs expansion has doubled the digital card game’s mobile revenues in...
Mixer relaunches streaming app on iOS and Android
Microsoft’s Mixer division is launching its Mixer livestreaming app for Android and iOS today. The company said the new app is the result of...
Protecting your game from cyber attacks (VB Live)
The video game industry is being targeted more than ever by cyber attacks, taking massive financial and reputational hits every day. But there are...
Pokémon Crystal is coming to the 3DS on January 26
Pokémon fans shouldn’t put their 3DS away yet. Nintendo announced today that Pokémon Crystal is coming to the handheld console’s digital store on January 26....
The ‘hollow husk’ of mobile Animal Crossing is gaming’s sad future
You know how people have been saying, for years and years now, that the triple-A video game industry’s weird hyperfocus on mostly white, mostly...