What kind of experience should virtual reality deliver?
Virtual reality is in its infancy, and we’re still trying to figure out what kind of experience it can deliver for the masses at...
Hitman’s first year saw 250,000 player-created contracts, 70 puddle failures, and coconut murder
Square Enix’s latest Hitman debuted one year ago, and now the publisher and developer IO Interactive are looking back on 12 months of the...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: For Honor’s big first month and Mass Effect: Andromeda first impressions
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup. This time, Horizon: Zero Dawn has a strong first two weeks of sales, we get a look at...
Path of Exile’s last update brought a record 40% more players to the online Diablo-like
A consistent devotion to releasing new content has brought Path of Exile a lot of new players. Grinding Gear Games announced today that the...
Sonic Forces gameplay trailer has the hedgehog outrunning disaster
Sonic Mania isn’t the only game fans of the blue blur have to look forward to this year. Sega is showing off the first gameplay...
The DeanBeat: Experiential Technology event shows how far VR has to go
I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in...
Hollywood studio DMG Entertainment moves into VR
DMG Entertainment, the Hollywood Studio that made Iron Man 3, is moving into virtual reality. Dan Mintz, cofounder of the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based company,...
February 2017 NPD: For Honor and Resident Evil 7 top another month of lower revenues for game industry
The gaming industry generated $724 million in revenues in the United States last month, according to data-tracking firm The NPD Group. That’s down 21 percent year-over-year from $918.7 million. All segments — hardware, console and PC software, and accessories — were down compared to the same period in 2016.
I hate the beards in Mass Effect: Andromeda
It looks like the characters in Mass Effect: Andromeda can’t grow facial hair and have been watching fake-beard make-up tutorials on YouTube instead. The facial...
Xbox One’s backward compatibility resurrects sleeper indie hit Poker Smash
I care more about Microsoft’s efforts to bring Xbox 360 games to the Xbox One than I thought I would when the company first...