Esports entrepreneurs will take the stage at GamesBeat 2017
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6. And we’re delighted to announce our next three...
Pocket Gems’ Episode app will get Pitch Perfect interactive story
Pocket Gems and Universal Studios are launching an interactive story for the Episode mobile app based on the Pitch Perfect films. The partnership comes...
Pokémon Go is finally getting Legendary Pokémon
Niantic revealed today that Pokémon Go players will finally be able to capture Legendary Pokémon. They can do this by teaming up in group Raid battles...
Newzoo: High fidelity games are taking over the mobile market
Mobile games are now the biggest segment in the global games market, but high-fidelity games in particular are coming out on top. A new...
Presence Capital has made 33 VR and AR investments in less than 2 years
Presence Capital — one of the earliest venture capital firms to focus on virtual reality and augmented reality startups — is today announcing that it...
Atari’s new Speakerhat blends wearables with fashion
Atari is blending fashion and wearables with the debut of Speakerhats, or baseball caps with audio speakers built into the visor. The move shows...
The augmented reality landscape shows 60% growth in startups focused on enterprise
The Venture Reality Fund released its augmented reality landscape for the second quarter, and the research shows that 150 companies are focused on a...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is down — Bluehole is working on a fix
Updated at 10:00 p.m. July 19: The servers are down again. If you are a murderer looking to get some violent crimes in before...
Nintendo’s Switch Online app is a complete joke
Nintendo’s online infrastructure for its hybrid home/handheld Switch console is unacceptable. I just tested it out with the help of GamesBeat reviews editor Mike...
How Blizzard more than doubled its female interns in 1 year
The video game community isn’t known for its gender diversity. With women making up just 22 percent of all game developers internationally, the industry really needs to...