Twitch viewers watched 9.36 billion hours of content in 2018
StreamElements, a company that creates tech for streamers, released a report called “State of the Stream” that has details on Twitch and YouTube Gaming‘s...
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Rami Ismail, Peter Levin, and Eric Goldberg
It’s finally the end of January, which means GamesBeat Summit 2019 is closer than ever. That means another speaker announcement, too. This time we’d...
The DeanBeat: Keeping secrets and spilling them
The life of a journalist is complicated. It’s a craft with many ways to ply it. When we don’t do our jobs right, critics view...
Anthem’s endgame content — Fully equipped for fierce boss battles
Some people may have soured on Anthem after last weekend’s delay-ridden demo of the sci-fi game from BioWare and Electronic Arts. That would be...
Crackdown 3 creative director interview — How Microsoft’s cloud makes the Wrecking Zone so destructible
When you play the Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode of Crackdown 3, you’ll notice how completely destructible the environment is. You can shoot out the...
Crackdown 3 hands-on preview — A long awaited game emerges from limbo
Microsoft is standing firm on its pledge that Crackdown 3, which was first shown to the public in 2014, is coming out for Xbox One and...
Nintendo president: Switch and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sales broke records
Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, said during the company’s earnings call that Nintendo’s sales of Switch hardware and games during the holidays were “extremely...
Dr. Mario World is Nintendo’s next mobile game
Nintendo announced Dr. Mario World today, a new mobile puzzle game coming to iOS and Android this summer. The app will be free-to-play with...
Sensor Tower: Hearthstone made 5% more on mobile in 2018 than in 2017
Hearthstone made $165 million on iOS and Android in 2018, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. That is a 5 percent increase from 2017. This is...
Hearthstone’s next nerfs target Hunter and overpowered launch day cards
Blizzard Entertainment announced a new wave of nerfs for Hearthstone, which will go into effect on February 5. These mostly target cards from the Classic...