How esports can grow bigger than the NFL
Steven Roberts, chairman of esports tournament company ESL, remembers when people made fun of esports, and how they just didn’t get the idea that...
Qualcomm moves VR forward with wireless headset
Virtual reality took a few steps forward last week, advances highlighted by Qualcomm‘s demo of a development headset for wireless virtual reality. The prototype...
The highlights and memorable moments of GDC 2017
Each year, developers and aspiring game creators flock to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco like they are going to the well. It’s...
Ted Price and Mike Gallagher to speak on leadership at GamesBeat Summit
Our next speaker for our upcoming GamesBeat Summit event is Ted Price, the CEO of Insomniac Games, the maker of the Ratchet and Clank...
How Epic’s Tim Sweeney sees Unreal Engine shaping VR outside gaming
VR video games are some of the most immersive, visceral experiences to date. Travelling to fantastic worlds, going brain-to-rotting-noggin’ with zombie hordes and throwing...
2017 is PlayStation VR’s growth year: over 200 games and apps in development
Despite big releases in the likes of Resident Evil 7 and Dirt Rally VR, it’s been an undeniably quiet start to the year for...
Game developers participate in Resist Jam to protest oppressive authoritarianism
Game developers are doing their part to resist “oppressive authoritarianism” in all of its forms through an event called Resist Jam. The jam runs...
GDC 2017’s 9 biggest stories on augmented and virtual reality
With each passing year, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) becomes more and more important to the VR industry, and 2017’s iteration was no different. There have been a frankly ridiculous amount of announcements over the past six days and we wouldn’t blame you if you’d missed a few of them.
Red Bull Proving Grounds will find North America’s top Street Fighter V player
Red Bull is announcing a Street Fighter V esports tournament that will find North America’s next top amateur esports athlete. The Red Bull Proving...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Switch, Zelda, and the Game Developers Conference
Most of our staff spent the week covering the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, checking out new games and technologies and getting to hear from some of the best minds in the industry. Also, Blizzard revealed a new hero for Overwatch, and Oculus made some of its VR stuff cheaper.