Shawn Layden: 9 takeaways from Sony’s worldwide game studios chief
Shawn Layden is the guy at Sony who goes on stage at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) or the PlayStation Experience event, wearing a...
Virtual Fighting Championship is a first-person VR Street Fighter
Competitive gamers have dreamed about a compelling first-person fighting game ever since Capcom redefined side-scrolling fighting with Street Fighter II. Now Australian indie developer...
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is still weird on anything except PlayStation
I’m old enough to remember the PlayStation ads where a man in a Crash Bandicoot suit showed up to yell at Nintendo’s headquarters. For...
Listen to Waluigi’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lament and bring a tissue
Waluigi is not playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Instead, he is once again an Assist Trophy, the Smash Bros. equivalent of a cameo...
The DeanBeat: Where game developers still dare to bet big
In 2010 and 2011, the development team at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam surveyed the landscape of video games. They had just shipped the sci-fi...
Riot Games revamps its European League of Legends esports ecosystem
Riot Games faces a lot more competition than it once did on the esports front, with new games such as Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds...
Frostpunk wins Best Game at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival’s award show
11 Bit Studios’ grim survival sim Frostpunk received top honors at Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival’s award ceremony tonight, taking home the title of Best...
Xbox One is reportedly getting a Steam Workshop-like take on mods
Microsoft is showing game developers a presentation that highlights the creation of its Xbox Community Content service that will enable people to bring mods...
Pathfinder: Kingmaker has a publisher: Deep Silver
Deep Silver announced today that it will publish the upcoming PC role-playing game Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Pathfinder: Kingmaker is based on the popular Pathfinder table-top RPG...
The IndieBeat: Puzzles shine at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival
It’s a good week for games in São Paulo — and not just because Brazil advanced in the World Cup. Brazil’s Independent Games festival...