Crackdown 3 launches February 15
Microsoft announced today at its XO18 fan event in Mexico City that Crackdown 3 is coming out for Xbox One and PC on February...
Xbox Game Pass gets 16 new games, including PUBG
Microsoft announced that the Xbox Game Pass subscription is getting 16 new games, including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Akin to Netflix for movies, the Xbox Game...
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
If gaming has a gala, it is The Game Awards. Coming December 6, the awards show for the video game industry will be streamed...
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...