Top 5 countries for soft-launching hyper-casual games
Hyper-casual games have some unique advantages over other genres when it comes to soft launches. Their minimal designs often require little-to-no localization for international...
‘Meta Company is insolvent’ as AR company faces patent infringement lawsuit
Since late last year we’ve been trying to get an update from Meta, the AR company, and its founder Meron Gribetz. A letter filed...
Minecraft’s cats, pandas, and thriving Marketplace partners
The Minecraft Team at Microsoft has built a burgeoning Marketplace. And for the last several months in a row, it has worked to make...
At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward
Ahead of 2019’s Consumer Electronics Show, I hoped to see several key developments with next-generation VR and AR headsets — dramatically higher-resolution PC VR...
Bungie-Activision divorce analysis: Royalties, underperformance, and Destiny 3
Bungie and Activision shocked the gaming world Thursday when the companies announced that they were no longer working together on the Destiny franchise. Activision...
HTC Vive Pro Eye: Why the company added eye-tracking to VR
At CES 2019 this week, HTC continued to push the high end of virtual reality forward. HTC added eye-tracking to its new Vive Pro Eye...
The RetroBeat: This Sonic the Hedgehog speedrun at Games Done Quick makes life better
Awesome Games Done Quick is amid its annual speedrunning marathon. The event, which will go until Sunday night, has people playing through games as...
Blizzard and NetEase extend Chinese publishing deal for Hearthstone, Overwatch, and more
Blizzard and NetEase have made a deal to continue their Chinese publishing partnership through 2023, according to GameDaily.biz. NetEase, itself headquartered in China, publishes...
Alien Blackout hands-on: Don’t assume mobile is a bad idea
The terminal screen is Amanda’s eyes and ears within the station, enabling her to manipulate doors, motions sensors, and view camera feeds. It’s also...
The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2019
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Nvidia got a fair amount of grief last fall when it released its expensive Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti and 2080...