The DeanBeat: The game industry reacts to Trump’s triumph
Donald Trump has many targets for change, but he hasn’t drawn his cross hairs on the video game industry yet. In fact, it’s hard...
Bossa Studios announces big playtest for Worlds Adrift online game
Bossa Studios is announcing the biggest playtest to date for its Worlds Adrift massively multiplayer online game. Worlds Adrift is an ambitious game set...
Atlas Reactor partners with ESL for its first major tournament
Esports could have a new popular game on its hands. Developer Trion World announced that it has partnered with the esports organization ESL to...
Streamlabs lets YouTubers get paid in tips
Streamlabs enables you to leave tips for gaming livestreamers. It has collected $80 million in tips on an annual basis for 1.5 million Twitch...
Google Daydream View review: A massive step up from Cardboard, but content is lacking
Five weeks ago, Google unveiled Daydream View, a VR headset for its mobile virtual reality platform. The headset goes on sale today, and we...
Why Microsoft cares so much about Xbox Live’s new social features
In the new era of Xbox Live, you’ll get by with a little help from your friends. A new update is out for for...
Tetris, VR, and escapism: Why we play
You have no control. You are a cluster of systems cohabitating a space with the systems of other people and the physical world. The...
World of Tanks: Blitz brings its mobile armored battles to Steam
The new circle of life is a developer making a PC game, porting it to mobile, and then bringing that port back to PC. I...
How Ubisoft built a virtual mountain and then created a video game around it
Steep was born as a labor of love by a team that wanted to give you the feeling that you’re in the Alps flying...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has fewer Steam players than Rainbow Six: Siege or Payday 2
This holiday gaming season is overflowing with blockbuster shooter games, and that is potentially limiting the appeal of one of that genre’s perennial hits...