Why games studios should look to a free-to-play future
Presented by Anzu The free-to-play (F2P) model is nothing new. Many games, including Furcadia, Neopets, RuneScape, and MapleStory, have championed it for years and...
ProbablyMonsters raises $200M to build a stable game studio
ProbablyMonsters is working on multiple triple-A games, and today the studio said it has raised $200 million to finance those games and build a...
Humankind review: Culture clash
Humankind is my favorite type of game: a glorious mish-mash of mechanics from other standouts from its genre, all informed by a studio’s design...
How AbleGamers built a certification program to improve inclusivity in gaming
[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/how-games-make-money/embed/episodes/How-empathy-can-make-your-game-money-e16me97″ height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] Making games more accessible to people with disabilities is an idea that is gaining more popularity, both with...
Far Cry 6 narrative interview — Raising a dictator’s son
Far Cry 6 has another memorable villain in the form of “El Presidente” Antón Castillo, played by actor Giancarlo Esposito. And it has an...
Far Cry 6 hands-on — Don’t cry for me, Yara island
With the world the way it is, it may be a long time before I get to visit an actual Caribbean island. At least...
Clockwork Labs raises $4.3M for community sandbox MMO
Clockwork Labs has raised $4.3 million as a new independent game studio making a community sandbox MMORPG. The company isn’t describing the game yet...
Call of Duty: Vanguard hands-on — Fighting duos in Champion Hill
Seemed like it took me all day, but I finally got a victory in Champion Hill, the new multiplayer mode in Call of Duty:...
Rethinking the ban on selling in-game assets
Should buying in-game assets from another player be banned as cheating? The answer depends on who you ask. Game publishers would probably argue that...
Halo release date, Horizon delay, Metroid Dread hype, and more | GB Decides 211
[iframe src=”https://anchor.fm/gamesbeat-decides/embed/episodes/211-APRIL-ONAL-e16ibf7″ height=”102px” width=”100%” frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”] On this week’s episode of GamesBeat Decides, the crew talks about playing Psychonauts 2. GamesBeat editors Jeff Grubb...