Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance review: Epic story, so-so combat
One of the charms of author R.A. Salvatore‘s books about the Companions of the Hall are the vivid descriptions of combat. As he works...
Xbox hires Portal dev Kim Swift to make cloud games (like Kojima’s)
Microsoft is getting serious again about cloud-native games. To that end, the company’s Xbox division announced today it has hired former Stadia game design...
Disney interview: Big games coming with Avatar and Pirates of the Caribbean
Disney had a big week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) with the announcement of Ubisoft’s Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The in-development open-world game...
Sea of Thieves: A Pirate’s Life — 5 details you’ll want to know
Rare revealed A Pirate’s Life during E3 last week. This new adventure for Sea of Thieves will give players a chance to adventure with...
Kojima conspiracies, final E3 thoughts, and more | GamesBeat Decides 201
E3 is over, and what do we have to show for it? Well, how about a conspiracy about a Hideo Kojima video game? The...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2021
I absentmindedly searched for my favorite games of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2020. Then I remembered we didn’t have an E3 show...
Guardians of the Galaxy: How to balance gameplay, humor, and a good story
Eidos Montreal took the wraps off the video game version of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)....
Xsolla teams up with Devcom on year-long strategic partnership
Game commerce company Xsolla has been a good sponsor for various game events, including that GamesBeat holds. But it is going deeper in its...
Why game companies like Sony are using anti-cheat and anti-piracy technology (VB Live)
Presented by Denuvo Piracy, app cloning, and multiplayer cheating continue to target games of every size. Join VB’s Dean Takahashi and others to learn...
How Madden 22’s AI makes better use of NFL Next Gen Stats
EA showed off Madden NFL 22 for the first time this week during a press briefing, and one of its most intriguing aspects will...