Free DLC for indie games: financial suicide — or smart marketing?
In the dawn of the success of CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 and its welcomed, arguably innovative, or perhaps retro attitude toward free...
3 ways Pokémon Go can make players happy with push notifications
Pokémon Go launched in the U.S. on July 17, and it has already become a cultural phenomenon. Developed by Niantic, it’s now the most-downloaded...
Razer’s Turret keyboard-and-mouse combo is essential for PC-gaming couch potatoes
You have a ton of options when it comes to playing PC games on your television, but I still think nothing beats a mouse...
App Annie: Pokémon Go makes $10 million every day without cannibalizing other games
The Pokémon Company has evolved the mobile gaming economy. Pokémon Go, the Google Maps location game where players catch pocket monsters by walking around the...
Chinese developer Mirage raises $1.5 million to take on VR gaming
While mobile gaming continues to grow in China at a rapid pace, some developers are looking to what’s next in an effort to stand...
The DeanBeat: The Platform Awakens
When a company launches a new platform, it’s a big undertaking. You have to craft your new technology into a consumer product. Then you...
Sony has shipped 43.5 million PlayStation 4s to retailers
Sony keeps making PlayStation 4s, and you keep buying them. The latest Sony gaming console has surpassed 43.5 million sold into the retail chain...
Sony’s PlayStation division accounted for 78% of its Q1 2016 profits
The company reported the results of its first fiscal quarter today, and it revealed that it generated $3.2 billion in revenues from its game and network services division during the three-month period ending June 30. That is up 14.5 percent from the same period in 2015.
AMD reveals specs for Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 that will launch in early August
AMD has already undercut the competition with its Radeon RX 480 graphics card starting at $200, but the company is looking to go after...
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition will get Oculus Rift VR support in the ‘next few weeks’
You will soon no longer need a Samsung Gear VR to enjoy a low-fidelity simulation. Microsoft’s Windows 10 version of Minecraft is a year...