Watch a 360-degree-video tour of the California Extreme arcade-machine convention
One of the coolest gaming events I’ve ever attended is the California Extreme classic arcade game show. For this fan gathering, arcade and pinball...
Microsoft ponders ‘bigger, more bolder changes’ to Xbox Achievements
Microsoft invented the modern Achievements concept when the feature launched with the Xbox 360, and we’ve seen those little pop-up badges show up everywhere...
Watch Hearthstone’s Lich King respond to fan comments and GamesBeat disciples
Maybe that Lich King isn’t such a bad fellow after all. Sure, he want to enslave the world with an undead army and all...
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne — Blizzard shares insights on The Lower Citadel
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne has a lot of exciting new cards, but it also gives us our first single-player campaign since August...
Hearthstone’s Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion is live
Move over, dinosaurs. Death Knights have come to Hearthstone. The digital card game giant’s Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion is now live on...
Unity adds Max Levchin and Robynne Sisco to board as it readies for IPO
Unity Technologies has named tech veterans Max Levchin and Robynne Sisco as the company’s first independent directors. Unity CEO John Riccitiello said the move...
Discord starts testing video chat and screen sharing with 5% of its gamers
Discord has begun testing video chat and screen sharing — two of the most-requested features from its audience of free voice and text chat...
Ristar doesn’t have Sonic’s legacy, but it does have Sega Forever’s blessing
Sega Forever is the gaming icon’s initiative to bring its back catalog to iOS and Android devices, and now Sega has revealed that Ristar...
AMD launches 16-core Threadripper, ‘the world’s fastest PC desktop processor’
Advanced Micro Devices is shipping a 16-core Ryzen Threadripper central processing unit (CPU) that the company says takes the speed crown away from Intel...
GawkBox raises $3.7 million to let fans tip streamers by engaging with mobile apps
GawkBox has raised $3.7 million to enable a new form of tipping for streamers. It enables fans to tip livestreamers by getting the fan...