Thanks for coming to GamesBeat Summit 2018: The Future of Games
Thank you to those who came to GamesBeat Summit 2018. We had 264 attendees, compared to about 200 in our first summit in 2015....
Sansar social VR launches on HTC’s Viveport with more Ready Player One content
Sansar is a social VR platform from Linden Lab, the maker of the Second Life virtual world. And today, Sansar is now available as...
God of War review — slower, calmer, better, dadder
In 2005, God of War was one the coolest things I ever played. The PlayStation 2 action game was fast-paced, brutal, and edgy. But...
Fortnite servers down for emergency maintenance (Updated)
Epic Games announced that its Fortnite game servers are down for emergency maintenance upgrades. That could be an expensive problem if it lasts much...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 1.4% in Q1 2018, 14th straight quarter of decline
The PC market has now been in decline for 14 quarters in a row, according to research firm Gartner. The streak, if you will,...
Delta T is an indie AR challenger to Niantic’s Ingress
Indie studio Empower Labs is getting a spotlight on Google Play for its augmented reality game Delta T. After some time in closed beta,...
Destiny 2’s next updates may make it a hobby again
By September, Destiny 2 could transform into a significantly different game. Developer Bungie released its latest road map for the online sci-fi shooter, and...
The RetroBeat: Splitting up the Mega Man X series into two collections is weird
Capcom announced earlier this week that the Mega Man Legacy X Collections (yes, plural) are coming out on July 24 for the Switch, PlayStation...
Valve had to stop pretending it doesn’t own Steam’s data
Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg testified before the United States House of Representatives today and before the Senate yesterday about securing the personal data...
Niantic CEO John Hanke: Games are the primordial soup for tech evolution
Niantic CEO John Hanke summoned up the ghost of Arthur C. Clarke when discussing augmented reality with the famous quote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology...