The DeanBeat: PlayStation 5, Blizzard’s blunder, and Harold Ryan’s big bet
Thanks for reading The DeanBeat and supporting our independent journalism. This is a good time to announce that our GamesBeat Summit 2020 web site...
Killer Queen Black had to adapt to leave the arcade
Killer Queen Black is launching today on Nintendo Switch and PC. It’s a port of the 5-on-5 arcade hit Killer Queen that has players...
How Smite esports helps keep 30 million players engaged with the game
Building up the esports infrastructure for Smite’s esports community has been a lot of work. Over six years, the community of players has grown...
Star Citizen Alpha 3.7 adds caves for spelunking
Cloud Imperium Games has released its quarterly update of the alpha version of its Star Citizen science fiction game universe, adding caves where players...
How Google Stadia’s ‘negative latency’ might work
Google Stadia is going to feel more responsive than local hardware … eventually. At least, Stadia engineering boss Madj Bakar is making that claim...
FIFA 20 reaches 10 million players milestone
Electronic Arts announced today that FIFA 20 has now reached 10 million players. The soccer (or football, depending on where you’re from) game came...
Warner Bros. signs publishing deal with Hitman dev IO Interactive for new game
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that it has entered a publishing agreement with IO Interactive for its next project, a “new game experience.”...
Nerd Street Gamers raises $12 million for building esports facilities
Nerd Street Gamers has raised $12 million in funding from Philadelphia discount retailer Five Below (and others) to build esports Localhost facilities that house...
Safe in Our World debuts charity for mental health in games industry
Safe In Our World is unveiling itself as a mental health charity today for the video games industry. Debuting on World Mental Health Day,...
VR’s creative potential requires creative controllers
Placing a pilot in the cockpit of an F-14 in the middle of a combat mission is about as difficult as it sounds –...