Kart Rider: Drift starts closed beta on Steam and consoles
KartRider: Drift is starting a closed beta on Steam and the consoles today as a new free-to-play online cross-platform party racing game. The game...
GamesBeat Summit is reaching out to get more women speakers
I want to thank people for the criticism last week on social media. People weren’t happy when they saw our first picture of our...
Discord enables creators to sell premium memberships to fans
Discord has enabled creators to sell premium memberships to fans, so they can monetize them through multiple tiers of subscriptions. Derek Yang, senior product...
Deloitte: Why the chip shortage is lasting so long
If a single $1 chip isn’t available, it could hold up the shipment and sale of a device, appliance, or vehicle worth much more,...
GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming reunite for a virtual event of thought leadership
Presented by Facebook From the metaverse to micro payments, digital ad ecosystem upheavals and more, big changes keep barreling down the pike for the...
Mark Zuckerberg launches Pac-Man Community audience-played game on Facebook/Meta
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that Pac-Man Community is debuting on Facebook Gaming as one of the first games where audiences can play together while spectating....
Chainalysis: After $26.9B in trading, are NFTs poised for a boom or crash?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been on a roll this year, with $26.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency traded on the two popular types of Ethereum...
Porsche designs a virtual car just for Gran Turismo 7 video game
Porsche cars often appear in video games, but for the first time, the automaker has designed a car specifically for Gran Turismo 7. Sony’s...
Why VR still isn’t as immersive as it should be
One of my most immersive experiences was set in a forest. Daytime, the sky a clear blue with large white clouds floating over, pine...
The DeanBeat: Taking Company of Heroes 3 multiplayer for a spin
Humans are always much smarter than computer AI, as I relearned while playing the pre-alpha multiplayer demo for Company of Heroes 3. Sega and...