Embracer Group acquires Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment for $1.3 billion
Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment said the Embracer Group is acquiring the triple-A game studio for up to $1.3 billion. The Frisco, Texas-based Gearbox will...
EA CEO: EA Sports could grow to 500 million players in five years
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said today he is quite bullish on games and that the number of EA Sports fans could double in...
Battlefield will preview in the spring and debut at the 2021 holidays
Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said today that EA will show off the Battlefield first-person shooter game in the spring, with a debut during...
60 Oculus virtual reality titles have generated more than $1 million in revenue
Facebook’s Oculus division has picked up momentum, and the company said more 60 virtual reality games and apps on the Oculus Quest VR headset...
The Sims 4 reached big milestones in December for EA
The Sims 4 is over 6 years old, but the life simulator still has a ton of, well, life. As part of its latest...
Detroit: Become Human maker Quantic Dream opens new game studio in Montreal
Quantic Dream, the maker of story-based games such as Detroit: Become Human, said today it is opening a new game studio in Montreal. The...
BioWare used AI upscaling to remaster Mass Effect’s original textures
BioWare is the latest studio to turn to AI to help resurrect a game based on old technology. The studio revealed to media that...
Nerd Street Gamers raises $11.5 million for digital esports platform
Nerd Street Gamers has raised $11.5 million to expand its digital esports platform even while its esports training centers have been closed. The new...
Community, connection, and vulnerability in the metaverse
Community — central to the success of games, whether they’re online, console, or mobile — is going to be a major factor in how...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Hitman trilogy levels
Since Hitman 3‘s release last month, Jeff Grubb and I have been having a great time murdering our way through IO Interactive’s world-spanning levels....