Pokémon Go studio CEO John Hanke on AR’s ascent at GamesBeat Summit
Our latest speaker for GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, the creator of augmented reality games such as Pokémon Go and Ingress....
The IndieBeat: How Shakespeare’s Landlord shows the aftermath of sexual trauma — and the road to recovery
Shakespeare’s Landlord is a murder-mystery, but more than that, it’s about Lily Bard’s journey of dealing with past trauma and sexual assault. It’s the...
Caffeine will bring ESL’s esports events to its social broadcasting platform
Caffeine announced a deal with ESL, the big independent esports tournament company, to bring esports events to Caffeine’s social broadcasting platform. Live coverage kicks...
Skillz and Susan G. Komen Foundation team up for mobile esports cancer benefit
Mobile esports platform Skillz has partnered with the nonprofit Susan G. Komen Foundation on a charity tournament called Play for the Cure. The event...
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery shows what happens after you don the Sorting Hat
Jam City unveiled a new trailer for its Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game, showing new gameplay features and opening signups to download the...
David Jaffe’s Bartlet Jones studio closes after game cancellation
David Jaffe’s game studio, The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency, has closed its doors, Jaffe has confirmed. GamesIndustry.biz reported that the shutdown occurred a...
What the Golf? putts around with physics
Danish indie studio Triband thinks that everything can be golf, and it’s testing that theory with its new game, What the Golf? It’s a...
The WebXR API opens the door to a new breed of cross-reality games
Last May I pointed to WebVR games as one of the VR industry’s biggest potential sweet spots for generating widespread traction because the combination...
Into The Breach — Watch me live, die, and repeat my way to competence
Into The Breach has this moment that happens over and over again where you realize that you’ve made a mistake, and you’ve just doomed...
The RetroBeat: Chrono Triggered? Play these 5 classic JRPGs on Steam instead
Chrono Trigger is out on Steam! Yay! But it’s a port of the mobile version. Boooo. Unlike some of Square Enix’s more questionable mobile...