Matterfall review — a hectic and challenging take on side-scroller shooting
Matterfall combines the twin-stick shooter with the action-platformer. It’s like Geometry Wars and Mega Man got their chocolate and peanut butter all mixed up....
Intel confirms Ice Lake Core CPUs with ’10nm+ process’ to followup its 8th-gen chips
Intel isn’t going to take its time responding in its CPU battle with AMD. The company revealed today in a short notice on its...
Songbringer sings an indie sci-fi RPG tune on Xbox and PC on September 1
Indie action role-playing game Songbringer is on-trend with its pixel art, procedural generation, and a protagonist with a mysterious past. It’s a sci-fi adventure...
Critical Ops hits 25 million downloads as mobile shooter preps for esports and Asia (update)
Developer Critical Force is declaring mission success. Its mobile first-person shooter Critical Ops reached 25 million downloads in two years and boasts 860,000 daily...
Blizzard brings back Battle.net branding
Battle.net is back. Sure, it never really went anywhere after Blizzard announced its plans to shift to the “Blizzard app” branding. Fans and even...
Drifting Lands shows that people want game mashups … until they don’t
Change is a risky proposition. As much as gaming celebrates new concepts, it also thrives on the traditions that shape our expectations. Sometimes breaking...
Discord shuts down Nazi accounts following Charlottesville violence
Gamer voice and chat app Discord today announced it has shut down a server for altright.com, another associated with The Daily Stormer, and removed...
The best moments from our PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Family Dinner night
On Friday, GamesBeat held its first PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Family Chicken Dinner night. For hours, game developers and designers, composers, writers, and other media personalities...
Peter Molyneux’s long trail back to PC games
Peter Molyneux is a legendary game designer, creator of the first “god game” and maker of hits such as Populous, Black & White, and...
Boss Key’s Lawbreakers: The return of Cliff Bleszinski
Presented by Intel Among the pantheon of video game superstars, Cliff Bleszinski, founder of Boss Key Productions and former Creative Director at Epic Games,...