Introducing Stephen Kleckner, our new games-gadgets writer
Someone who routinely stops to pick up old tech he finds on the side of the road is a natural for covering gadgets. Throw in...
Microsoft buys Havok from Intel, promises to keep licensing physics tech
Microsoft now owns one of gaming’s most popular middleware tools. The Xbox company announced this morning that it has acquired Havok, the technology company best...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2015 will reveal the state of the game industry
Since I’ve been writing about games for 19 years and I’ve been running our GamesBeat conference for seven years, I’m often asked about the...
Windows 10 grabs 6.63% market share, Linux finally passes Windows Vista
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft’s free Windows 10 upgrade had a bigger impact in the first month than in the second. Windows 10 has now captured more...
Smite designer discusses the sweet spot for multiplayer matches and mixing cards and shooters in Paladins
Part 2 of our discussion with Rory Newbrough, lead designer on card game/FPS hybrid Paladins
Smite studio talks about the creator high and making Paladins, a card game-first-person shooter (Part 1 of 2)
How do you design a card game first-person shooter? We ask Paladins' lead designer, Rory Newbrough
Amazon helps game devs make money through self-serve T-shirt sales
It might not be that easy to make money in a free-to-play mobile game. But you’ll have an easier time than ever making bank...
GamesBeat 2015 tackles how to crack the Asian markets
China is becoming an essential market for game companies, as it has become the world’s largest gaming market. South Korea, Japan, and the rest...
Google increases Android app size limit on the Play store from 50MB to 100MB
Google today announced a change that should help Android developers who are building more complex apps and games: The size limit allowed on Google...
Twitch ditching Flash for HTML 5 next year
Emmet Shear, chief executive officer of Twitch, announced that the game-livestreaming site will switch over fully from Flash to HTML 5 in the second quarter of 2016. With 1.7 million people broadcasting on Twitch, this is another blow for Flash, which is losing support across the Internet.