Electronic Arts takes the wraps off Star Wars Battlefront II
It’s time to head back to a galaxy far, far away. Electronic Arts and developers DICE, Criterion, and Motive revealed Star Wars: Battlefront II...
Netgear’s routers and switches can solve networking hassles unique to your home
I have a rather complicated home network. Its usage has skyrocketed in recent years, as the kids are always on Wi-Fi and somebody is...
PC Gaming Weekly: Well met, folks!
Well met, and welcome to GamesBeat’s first PC Gaming Weekly newsletter. Thank you for joining us on our expanded dive into the industry’s’ first...
EA’s Peter Moore says a fond adios to the game industry
When Peter Moore put the launch dates for Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV on his biceps, I thought he was in for good....
Windows 7 and 8.1 won’t update if you install the latest Intel and AMD chips
If you rocking a Kaby Lake or Ryzen chip in your PC, it’s probably time to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft will no longer...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo Switch sales and Prey hands-on
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo discontinues the NES Classic Edition, someone is making a mechanical version of Pong, and Overwatch...
Starfighter Inc. and its spaceship-vs.-spaceship combat reaches its Kickstarter goal
Fans of ship-to-ship space combat have helped a new game get closer to reality. Starfighter Inc. has reached its $150,000 crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter with...
The DeanBeat: Silicon Valley, sci-fi, and games are coming together
Last year, I started writing stories about the uncanny melding of science fiction, real-world technology, and games in mainstream entertainment such as HBO’s Westworld....
Titanfall 2 is getting a new mech and new maps before the end of June
One of the best games of last year is going to have a busy April and June. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Respawn are...
How Epic built a player base of nearly 1 million Paragon players
Last March, developer Epic Games launched its free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena Paragon. A year later, it is thriving on PC and PlayStation 4....