Categories Posted inin Gameplay Mojang dev spurs Minecraft players to ask for Oculus Go version Posted byby Jason Wilson December 1, 2018 1 min For the most part, Gear VR and Oculus Go share almost the exact same content library, but there’s one glaring omission on Go’s side:...
Categories Posted inin Business Jam City lays off a number of game developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 1, 2018 2 min Fresh off the acquisition of two games, casual game publisher Jam City laid off a number of employees on Friday. It isn’t clear yet...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay GamesBeat Decides 104: Cheap nylon bags and the FTC Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 1, 2018 1 min The GamesBeat Decides podcast is back to talk about all of the games and news happening over the last week. That includes a check-in...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The rise of esports as a spectator phenomenon Posted byby GamesBeat December 1, 2018 4 min In October 1972 at Stanford University, the first known video game competition took place. A handpicked list of the best Spacewar! players at the...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic delays Fortnite’s account-merging tool to 2019 Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 30, 2018 2 min If you are waiting for the chance to bring together your Fortnite items from the PlayStation 4 version and the other versions together under...
Categories Posted inin Business Sensor Tower: Black Friday was biggest day ever for U.S. mobile game revenues Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2018 2 min People spent an estimated $55.8 million on mobile games in the U.S. App Store and Google Play on November 23, making Black Friday 2018...
Categories Posted inin Business NPD: U.S. video game spending up 24% to $9.1 billion in Q3 2018 Posted byby Mike Minotti November 30, 2018 1 min Consumer spending on video games in the U.S. during Q3 2018 (July to September) reached $9.1 billion in the U.S., according to The NPD...
Categories Posted inin Business Shards of Infinity deck-building cyberpunk game goes digital in 2019 Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2018 3 min Stone Blade Entertainment and Temple Gates Games are bringing the deck-building cyberpunk game Shards of Infinity to digital platforms including iOS, Android, and Steam....
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How game developers can drive our platforms forward Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2018 4 min Last night, Pokèmon Go developer Niantic announced that it was investing in a round of funding for DigiLens, a maker of holographic displays for...
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Global Operations strategy game gets a soft launch on mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2018 3 min Activision and Elex are testing a new Call of Duty mobile game in certain countries on the Android operating system. Call of Duty: Global...