David Gaider’s Summerfall Studios is staging a musical in video game form with Chorus
If David Gaider would’ve had his way, he would’ve made his musical game years ago — as downloaded content for Dragon Age: Inquisition. But...
Riot Games asks League of Legends esports players to not discuss politics during broadcasts
Riot Games said that esports players and “shout casters” participating in the 2019 League of Legends World Championships should not discuss personal views on...
Fortnite Chapter 2 apparently leaks via Apple’s app store
Epic Games is evidently lining up a change for its biggest game, as images of Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked on Apple’s App Store in...
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.”...