PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions
PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million ad impressions from mid-December to...
Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free
Earlier today, Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold, the subscription service that lets Xbox users play games online. Somehow, Microsoft was...
Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers
Today, Activision announced that it is merging Vicarious Visions with Blizzard Entertainment. Vicarious, a studio that had found a niche creating superb remake compilations...
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation
Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Live Gold from $60 per year to $60 every six months. It included some caveats to that,...
The DeanBeat: What Ready Player Two tells us about the metaverse
I was a fanboy for Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One book and the 2018 Steven Spielberg movie based on it. And so when the...
What mobile developers can learn from Angry Bird’s cross-platform approach (VB Live)
Presented by Xsolla Taking your mobile game to new platforms can improve the discoverability of your game, help you create a community with your...
Path of Exile: Echoes of Atlas is Grinding Gear’s most downloaded expansion
Path of Exile continues to grind out success more than seven years after its launch. Grinding Gear Games announced today that Echoes of Atlas...
Resident Evil: Village is coming May 7 — PS5-exclusive demo launches today
Resident Evil: Village is heading to PC and consoles on May 7. Publisher Capcom also revealed for the first time that it will release...
Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds
I consider my first time through a Hitman stage to be the canonical run. That’s the real thing. Discovering a location and all of...
Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
No one has a bird’s eye view of the game industry like Amazon. The company’s Amazon Web Services division provides online services for 90%...