World War Doh wins Casual Connect USA’s best in show
The Casual Connect USA conference in Seattle earlier this week hosted the 19th Indie Prize Awards. It honored nine games from smaller studios across the...
Hearthstone’s Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion will launch August 10
Hearthstone fans might want to wear a jacket or something on August 10. That’s when the digital card game’s chilly new expansion, Knights of...
Behold Grimoire, an RPG that launches after nearly 25 years in development
A day that many old-school role-playing game fans thought would never come has arrived. Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar has launched after nearly...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard’s rolling in players, and Grand Theft Auto Online revs up
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Zynga makes money thanks to CSR Racing 2, Nintendo finally tells us when we can preorder...
The DeanBeat: Casual Connect’s mood reflects the highs and lows of gaming
The game industry always fluctuates between hope and despair. I witnessed that this week at the Casual Connect game event in Seattle. All sorts...
The Shrouded Isle review — who knew running a cult would be so mundane?
The Shrouded Isle is the third release from the four-person indie studio Kitfox Games. It has a moody gothic look and an equally grim...
PC Gaming Weekly: Survival evolved
I’ve been playing Citadel: Forged with Fire this week. It’s like DayZ or Ark: Survival Evolved, but in Citadel, you’re a wizard. You still...
Gamers Gift VR nonprofit is raising money on Twitch to help the sick and elderly
Gamers Gift is a student-run nonprofit that believes in the power of virtual reality. It’s been around for about a year-and-a-half, and in that...
Crash Bandicoot and StarCraft Remastered reboots could boost Activision Blizzard’s results this year
Activision Blizzard could benefit from a strong response to its franchise reboots, including Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and the upcoming StarCraft Remastered. The...
Activision Blizzard: More Overwatch League teams are coming this year
Video game giant Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said that its Blizzard Entertainment division would announce more teams soon and formally launch its Overwatch...