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GamesBeat Decides’ game of the year part 4

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 28, 2017
1 min

Let’s keep this train rolling! We’re back for part 4 of the GamesBeat Rewind 2017 game of the year podcast spectacular. Join us, won’t you? Here are our categories: 2017 was the year of … Best New Character Most Beautiful Game Listen to the audio version right here:

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The RetroBeat: 2017’s biggest retro gaming moments

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2017
3 min

2017 saw the release of a lot of great games, but the year wasn’t just about the biggest and newest. It was a huge...

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GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti’s 10 top of 2017

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2017
5 min

When it comes to the number of great games released, this has been one of the best years ever. I had the easiest time...

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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus had the best writing of 2017

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2017
2 min

Writing in games is strange. It’s bigger and more complicated than writing for a film, a novel, or a song. Games can convey a...

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GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s top 10 games of the year

Posted byby Jason Wilson
December 27, 2017
9 min

When I think about 2017, thoughts of playing my Nintendo Switch anywhere I want — in my bed, on my couch, in the car,...

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PS Plus games coming in January 2018: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Telltale’s Batman, and more

Posted byby Mike Minotti
December 27, 2017
1 min

Your PlayStation Plus subscription is giving you access to some big games in January. Here are the free titles coming Sony’s premium gaming service...

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What Remains of Edith Finch has 2017’s most outstanding gaming moment

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 27, 2017
2 min

This year’s video games have gifted us with an array of stunning moments, like punching Nazis or scaling Hyrule’s highest mountains or spinning frantically...

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Minority Media bets on VR arcade games to survive

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 27, 2017
4 min

Virtual reality developers have to be creative to survive the VR desert, where sales haven’t kept up with expectations. So Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media and...

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GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The year single-player games became chores

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December 27, 2017
7 min

One of the great debates of 2017 is the “death of the single-player game,” a conversation that flared up when EA cancelled Visceral’s untitled...

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The Non-Award for Best Tech That’s Too Much Work to Set Up goes to VR

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2017
1 min

While everyone else is giving awards to Zelda and PlayerUnknown’s Battegrounds, our GamesBeat Rewind year-end event has the guts to hand out silly accolades to the...

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