Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Nintendo is bringing more indies love to the Switch, Pokémon Go adds more Legendaries, and we check out Mario + Rabbids and the Destiny 2 PC beta.
Pieces of flair and opinion
- The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
- PC Gaming Weekly: Where will you meet your Destiny?
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is an abomination of UI design
- Watch Final Fantasy XV running at 4K and 60 FPS on PC
- GameMaker Studio 2 makes it easier to create 2D games on the Mac
- AR/VR Weekly: Google makes augmented reality waves
- Every game announced during the Nintendo Switch indie showcase
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds: I can’t believe this 50 vs. 50 match actually worked
- Overwatch’s Deathmatch mode is a great way to practice
- Why is Valve done with Half-Life? GamesBeat Decides
- GamesBeat 2017’s newest speakers features execs from Telltale, Twitch, and SuperData
- Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire takes a different approach to the loyal mount
- 5 Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle tips: managing money, weapons, healing, and more
- YouTube still wants gamers to ‘earn money’ — and provide content
- Destiny 2 PC beta gameplay — watch Jeff nod at the correct way to play
News
- The GameWorks arcade chain is about to get an esports makeover
- Twitch’s new Extensions add customization options for streamers, like games and music
- Sonic Forces is out for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on November 7
- Annapurna Interactive will publish Keita Takahashi’s wacky Wattam in 2018
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is down so Bluehole can remove the wack esports graffiti
- H1Z1 update borrows from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Kentucky Route Zero’s last chapter is finally coming out — on the Switch in 2018
- No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again brings the series to Switch with a Hotline Miami twist
- Shovel Knight: King of the Cards digs into the 2018’s game release schedule
- Super Meat Boy Forever is coming to Nintendo Switch
- I Expect You to Die solves VR puzzle: Over $1 million in revenue since December
- Vuze VR camera will soon support Macs, livestreaming, and underwater filming
- BM will derive highlights for U.S. Open tennis matches using Watson AI
- Asus shows off 35-inch gaming monitor and Republic of Gamers Chimera laptop
- Acer’s latest gamer hardware includes an 8K graphics rig
- Dell unveils 34-inch Alienware monitor, Inspiron gaming laptop and desktop
- Logitech launches wireless gaming mouse and mechanical keyboard
- 7 arguments to convince your Destiny 2 friends to skip the console launch
- CCP launches Tron-like sports game Sparc for PSVR
- Cyan partners with Legendary Pictures to add backstory to Obduction
- Rune: Ragnarok is Human Head’s return to Norse mythology after 17 years
- A new Halo is coming to Windows Mixed Reality
- Google Play Indie Games Festival unveils 20 finalists
- Dell dives into virtual reality with Visor headset coming in October
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just beat Dota 2 for concurrent players
Mobile and social
- Pokémon Go adds three more Legendary creatures
- Sims pioneer Rod Humble takes over Jam City’s TinyCo studio
- Hard Rock teams up with game studio to make mobile puzzle-match game
- The Walking Dead joins Game of Thrones and Star Trek in Disruptor Beam’s social game stable
- Gram Games’ puzzle masters unleash Merge Town
- 8th Wall raises $2.4 million for augmented reality tools
- Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru contemplate making mobile games that last for years
Reviews, previews, and interviews
- Last Day of June impressions — the mesmerizing game isn’t all sunshine and flowers
- Angry Birds Match is a match-3 mobile game that hatches nothing new
- Orwell: Ignorance is Strength takes on fake news in Season Two
- Game boss interview: Epic’s Tim Sweeney on blockchain, digital humans, and Fortnite
- Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire designer explains why their mounts stand out in the MMO crowd
- Humble Grove’s 29 explores a metaphysical choose-your-own-adventure story
- The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor review — hitting the same beat too often
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle review — tactics fun for everyone
- Game Boss interview: Grand Theft Auto creator wants to bring realism to massive online games