EA gets a new chief from Qualcomm for its Frostbite game engine
Frostbite is an all-important game engine technology for Electronic Arts, and soon, the publisher is getting a new executive to run it, GamesBeat has learned. Tim...
I’m excited about E3 2018 — here’s why I’m not a cynic (this year)
We live in cynical times, so it’s hard to express raw joy or enthusiasm these days without anticipating a needlessly snarky response from the...
Interview: Ikaruga’s beloved developer Treasure on keeping games old-school forever
Treasure won. Masato Maegawa and his crew of arcade game obsessives tore out of Konami in 1993 to start their own company. To make...
PlayStation Aim is Sony’s best VR controller – now it just needs games
Just like more than half of PlayStation VR’s 2 million users, I arrived late to the PSVR party, but waiting until last year meant...
Indivisible is a hand-drawn combo of Metroidvania and turn-based RPG
Indivisible is gorgeous. Lab Zero Games’ project has hand-drawn art and animation that makes it look like a playable cartoon. But this pretty game is...
E3 chief says not all of gaming’s big secrets are spoiled yet
Mike Gallagher promises that we don’t know every secret associated with new games being unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles...
ESA Foundation’s We Are program gives women a platform at E3
The Entertainment Software Association and Red Bull Media House are expanding their We Are initiative at next week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. The ESA...
Valve’s confusing Steam policy is about Flappy Bird, not bigotry
A fact I think about a lot is that the human brain runs on about 20 watts of power. That’s a tiny number for...
Facebook launches Level Up program and landing page for gaming livestreams
Facebook launched its Gaming Creator program in January to boost gaming livestreams on its platform. It’s now building on that with its Gaming Creator...
E3 2018: How to survive gaming’s biggest show
I am so old I can’t remember how many times I have been to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). I just know I missed...