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
GamesBeat: In some ways that seven years of investment is paying off in some unexpected ways, then. Smets: You don’t ever expect to share...
Cat Nigiri found the solution for its Keen puzzler in Asia, not the U.S.
Keen’s turn-based combat combines sliding-tile puzzles and dungeon-crawling, and it features a cutesy cartoon aesthetic. It is developer Cat Nigiri’s latest game, and it’s...
VR arcades are playing a leading role in the consumer market
The “VR hype cycle” used to explain the relatively slow rate of adoption for VR refers mostly to the consumer market, and in large...
No, Nintendo Switch isn’t getting a VR headset
Sorry, everyone. While there’s a story floating around today about a “VR” or “pseudo-VR” headset coming soon for Nintendo’s Switch, it’s not true. Even...