U.S. gamers spent $4.5 billion on PC hardware and accessories in 2020
PC gaming hardware and accessories saw a huge leap in sales in 2020, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. This is something that...
Amazon’s New World delayed to August 31
Amazon announced today that its online role-playing game New World is going to miss its spring release window, instead settling on an August 31...
New Xbox Wireless Headset launches March 16 for $100
Microsoft has a new gaming headset to go with your shiny Xbox Series X/S. The company revealed the Xbox Wireless Headset today. It ships...
Nolan Bushnell’s Virsix Games launches Star Audition party game
Nolan Bushnell helped start Atari in 1972 and launch the video game industry with Pong. But the 78-year-old cofounder of Virsix Games isn’t done...
Supercell’s Brawl Stars is its fifth mobile game to cross $1 billion
Supercell is an extraordinary company that prints money with its mobile games. But in 2020, it had another off year from a financial analyst’s...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Zelda games
We’ve been having fun making tier lists for whatever fits our fancy, including our favorite Nintendo consoles and Mario games. Now it’s Zelda’s turn....
Unity CFO Kim Jabal interview: Understanding the tradeoff between market share and profits
Unity Technologies recently reported better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31. It reported revenues rose 39% to $220.3 million, but...
The D20 Beat: Bringing the cool combat wheelchair to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Representation matters. And for Codename Entertainment, this is more than just a pithy statement. Last month, it introduced Talin Uran to Idle Champions of...
NPD sales, Bowser’s Fury review, and more | GB Decides 183
The GamesBeat Decides crew can finally talk about Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury without getting a spank on the bottom, so they...
The RetroBeat: Dragon Quest III is as good as 8-bit era RPGs get
Usually when I beat a Japanese role-playing game, I take a break and play something a bit shorter and faster-paced. When I finished Dragon...