Cuphead is the most beautiful game of 2017
We’re at a point where you don’t have to play to the strengths of the consoles or PC graphics cards to get great visual...
GamesBeat reporter Stephanie Chan’s best indie games of 2017
It’s been painful for me to choose the “best” indie games I’ve played this year, mostly because calling something the “best” is a somewhat...
The IndieBeat: Mike Bithell chats about writing, the games industry, and making players cry
It’s been over five years since developer Mike Bithell launched Thomas Was Alone, which sold over a million copies and won a British Academy Games Award....
2017 was the year of … gamer-rage opportunists
Getting late into December always gives us a chance to look back and assess the year that was as part of our GamesBeat Rewind year-end...
The RetroBeat: 2017’s biggest retro gaming moments
2017 saw the release of a lot of great games, but the year wasn’t just about the biggest and newest. It was a huge...
GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti’s 10 top of 2017
When it comes to the number of great games released, this has been one of the best years ever. I had the easiest time...
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus had the best writing of 2017
Writing in games is strange. It’s bigger and more complicated than writing for a film, a novel, or a song. Games can convey a...
What Remains of Edith Finch has 2017’s most outstanding gaming moment
This year’s video games have gifted us with an array of stunning moments, like punching Nazis or scaling Hyrule’s highest mountains or spinning frantically...
Minority Media bets on VR arcade games to survive
Virtual reality developers have to be creative to survive the VR desert, where sales haven’t kept up with expectations. So Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media and...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The year single-player games became chores
One of the great debates of 2017 is the “death of the single-player game,” a conversation that flared up when EA cancelled Visceral’s untitled...