Epic’s epic monetization has it winning the battle of battle royales
At the start of the year, one of the biggest questions in gaming was undoubtedly: “Who is going to win the battle of the...
The Wizard casts a spinoff spell for mobile VR: Trials of Meliora
Carbon Studio’s The Wizards is one of the more polished spellcasting games you can play in a VR headset, and now it’s getting a...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Edge, Fluent, display, and Registry Editor improvements
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17711 from the RS5 branch. Among the changes are improvements to Edge, Fluent Design, display, and the Registry Editor.
Latin America’s new video game federation has devs from 11 countries working together
Latin America’s games market is poised to hit $5 billion this year, a thin slice of the hefty $137.9 billion generated worldwide (as market research...
Pokémon Go turns 2 at the top of the mobile gaming charts
Niantic’s augmented reality game Pokémon Go launched in 2016, becoming an instant hit and generating over $1.2 billion in its first year. Two years...
ProBeat: HTC should kill its phones and focus on VR
Let’s talk about HTC. The struggling Taiwanese consumer electronics company announced more layoffs this week: 1,500 jobs, or around 25 percent of its workforce....
Pokémon Quest reaches 7.5 million downloads after launching on Android and iOS
The Pokémon Company International announced today that its free-to-play game Pokémon Quest has reached 7.5 million downloads on the Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. That...
The DeanBeat: Why outsiders see us better than we can see ourselves
When I learned that Ghost of Tsushima, an authentic samurai swordfighting action-adventure game, was under development at Bellevue, Washington-based based Sucker Punch, I did...
Octopath Traveler hands-on — the march of endless beginnings
I’ve played about eight hours of Octopath Traveler, and I have mixed feelings about Square Enix’s first role-playing game for the Nintendo Switch. It looks...
Angie Smets: How Guerrilla Games made Horizon Zero Dawn in 7 years
Horizon Zero Dawn is an epic game that you can play for scores of hours. When I finished the single-player campaign in 2017, I...