Beat Saber’s Jaroslav Beck wants to invest in other studios
Jaroslav Beck recently stepped down from his role as CEO of the company behind Beat Saber to “fully focus on our music roadmap and future opportunities.”...
Homeworld 3: Blackbird Interactive’s next space real-time strategy game raises money on Fig
Gearbox Software and Blackbird Interactive showed a trailer today confirming that Homeworld 3 is in development. They also said that Blackbird is raising money...
562 Interactive’s Alluris takes best in show at Indie Prize USA 2019
Alluris from 562 Interactive in the U.S. won the best in show “audience choice” award at GameDaily Connect’s Indie Prize USA 2019 contest in...
The RetroBeat: World of Warcraft: Classic shows what MMOs have lost
I’m having the most fun with any video game this year playing an old massively multiplayer online role-playing game from 2004. World of Warcraft...
After 5,000 games, Microsoft’s Suphx AI can defeat top Mahjong players
Bolstered by algorithmic breakthroughs and an abundance of cheap computing power, AI has become a veritable games champion, notching wins against the world’s top-ranked...
Nielsen: How to properly measure the impact of esports for brands and advertisers
Analysts predict esports should be a very big business in the future, and it is already amassing huge audiences. Brands and advertisers want to...
These Sleepless Nights mixed reality exhibit addresses homelessness in the U.S.
These Sleepless Nights is a mixed reality documentary that uses cutting-edge spatial computing technology to allow visitors to listen, connect, and engage with those...
Control’s performance issues are getting a fix
Control sounds like a lot of fun. I’m going to start it at some point today. I would have started it last night, but...
Destiny 2 gets a premium progression battle pass
Loot boxes aren’t dead, but many developers now favor the premium progression pass instead. Destiny 2 is the latest game to adopt one of...
The DeanBeat: The fears, complexities, and hopes of Hollywood games
Eric Goldberg, managing director of Crossover Technologies, told me this week at the GameDaily Connect event in Anaheim, California, that a huge amount of...