You Are Jeff Bezos postmortem
Last month, I published a small Twine game called You Are Jeff Bezos. In it, you wake up in the body of Amazon CEO...
Google files patent for eye-tracking system that reads expressions for VR
Google may one day make our virtual avatars more expressive by tracking our eyes. This is according to a patent published last week in which the...
Watch a master play Tetris Effect live
Tetris Effect is available now for PlayStation 4, and it’s an excellent game. Tetris is already wonderful and has been for decades, and Tetris...
The Game Awards interview — Geoff Keighley readies gaming’s biggest gala
GamesBeat: Do you think it’s going to be Red Dead Redemption 2’s year? Keighley: I don’t know. It’s been a great year. Obviously when...
Tetris Effect review — Video games get their Kuleshov effect
In the early part of the 20th century, Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov did a series of experimental movies to determine where viewers draw meaning...
The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...
Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories
Battlefield V got a negative reaction from a small, vocal segment of fans when it depicted a woman warrior on its cover instead of...
The RetroBeat: Why Blizzard is remastering Warcraft III — and what it’s changing
Warcraft III is one of the greatest real-time strategy games of all time, and its rich story and memorable characters set the foundation for...
Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast
Investors seem prone to be spooked about Activision Blizzard‘s earnings these days. Activision Blizzard reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended September 30...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is selling 3-times faster than Black Ops III on PC
Activision Blizzard just reported the results of its fiscal Q3. The company hit its own expectations, but it came up short relative to what...