PlayStation 4’s newest system update: better parental options, messaging, and friend lists
PlayStation 4‘s 5.00 system update is now available. It makes it easier to create special accounts for children and make special lists of friends,...
Lumos Labs expands from brain-training games to educational math titles
Lumos Labs has had more than 85 million downloads for its brain-training games since 2007. Now the company is launching four new math titles...
Bend the knee to the new mobile Game of Thrones: Conquest
For fans of the fantasy saga Game of Thrones, the night is dark and full of delays, as the final season might not air until...
Sony’s game chief Andrew House steps down after putting PlayStation back on top
Andrew House, the president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, has resigned from his post, and current deputy president, Tsuyoshi “John” Kodera, is taking over effective...
Stardew Valley sprouts its Switch version on October 5
Another major indie game has an imminent Switch release. The farming simulator Stardew Valley comes out for Nintendo’s home console/portable hybrid on October 5....
MZ’s Satori infrastructure goes from Game of War to SmartTrash
MZ, formerly known as Machine Zone, formed its Satori open data project to take advantage of the real-time server infrastructure that it built for...
Otoy’s Jules Urbach believes the blockchain can produce a crowdsourced rendering engine
Once upon a time, you had to submit a program to the computer department. They would run it, and send the results back to...
TenGig wants to showcase Chattanooga’s tech with an esports festival
Esports is headed to Gig City. Chattanooga, Tennessee, has the fastest internet in the U.S., and the upcoming TenGig Festival intends to make the...
The Commodore 64 is the next gaming classic to get a retro makeover
The Commodore 64 is making a comeback. Koch Media, the German media company that also owns the Deep Silver publishing brand, announced that it...
The DeanBeat: The wonderful diverse world of games
It’s that time of year when I have to start making difficult choices. So many good video games are out there, and I have...