How Riot Games is gunning for its second big esport with Valorant
Riot Games spent a decade building League of Legends into a huge esports phenomenon. And with the first-person shooter game Valorant, the company hopes...
Spellbreak interview: The challenges and benefits of launching in a pandemic
Launching online games is not an easy task, and doing so during a pandemic throws bigger, nasty curveballs into the process. So when Proletariat...
How Warframe maker Digital Extremes aims to thrive under Tencent
Tencent picked up a lot of game properties this month when it acquired Leyou Technologies, a Hong Kong-based game company, for $1.5 billion. Among...
Why Intel Capital invested in BoomTV amid the esports boom
Intel Capital invested in amateur esports firm BoomTV as part of a broad move to raise the profile of gamers and esports in mainstream...
The Callisto Protocol: How Striking Distance Studios is creating survival horror of the future
If you saw The Game Awards, then you known Call of Duty and Dead Space veterans are creating The Callisto Protocol, a new survival...
Microsoft expands its refund system for Cyberpunk 2077
If you purchased Cyberpunk 2077 digitally on the Microsoft Store, you can get a full refund. This was already true on Xbox, but it...
The DeanBeat: The most-anticipated games of 2021
With The Game Awards last week, we got a good flavor for the big games coming next year. And so it’s time to do...
Riot Games will buy next-gen consoles and give 10% bonus for all employees
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent is handing out the perks today for employees that include buying next-generation consoles for all full-time workers. Riot employees...
Mobile esports firm Skillz sees stock price jump 25% in first-day trading
Mobile esports company Skillz saw its shares rise 25% to $22.73 a share in its first day of trading on the New York Stock...
The Game Awards grows 84% to 83 million viewers
The Game Awards, the annual celebration of the year’s best games and premieres, hit a record of more than 83 million livestream views on...