Square Enix cancels action RPG game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link
Square Enix announced that it has canceled Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, a GPS-based action role-playing game (ARPG) for mobile devices. The company said, “The Kingdom...
Shuhei Yoshida looks back on his long career at PlayStation while at Gamescom Latam 2025
Shu Yoshida has graduated from Sony, but he is not retired. Rather, he is running a new indie games consulting company dubbed YOSP Inc....
Supercell’s Squad Busters transforms core gameplay with major update
Supercell announced its developers have launched a major update for Squad Busters that will change the game’s core gameplay. New Heroes, Squaddies and Power...
PlanetPlay’s Play2Act poll finds 79% make positive change after playing green games
PlanetPlay announced that data drawn from a new in-game poll called Play2Act showed evidence that gaming has the potential to incentivize greener habits among gamers. The...
Henk Rogers’ real story behind Tetris, the Perfect Game | The DeanBeat
Henk Rogers, one of the grandfathers of gaming, has a new book out, The Perfect Game, and we talked about it in an interview...
GamesBeat Summit 2025 agenda: Lotsa talks on getting back to growth (updated)
I’m a bit late but overjoyed to present our full agenda for our GamesBeat Summit 2025 event on May 19-20 at the Marina del Rey Marriott...
Breaking down accessibility barriers: how the industry is redefining how we play
The video game community is huge — and thus inescapably, splendidly diverse. That diversity should be a call to action for the game industry,...
Tripledot Studios acquires AppLovin’s mobile game business for $800M
Tripledot Studios, one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile game developers, said it acquired U.S.-based AppLovin’s mobile games studio portfolio for approximately $800 million. This...
While gaming stalled, Brazil adapted and found ways to move forward | The DeanBeat
Last week, an estimated 131,800 people — many of them dressed as their favorite video game characters — turned out for the Gamescom Latam...
CEO Andrew Wilson says EA ‘reignited’ momentum for EA Sports FC in fiscal Q4
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said EA “reignited momentum” for EA Sports FC in the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, after a...