Rogue One writer feels that films and games are in the same creative space
Gary Whitta, the co-writer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, said that he feels like games and films are in the same creative...
Twitch promotes unity and diversity among its broadcasters
The dust has settled on a lot of gamer hate controversies, but gamers and other streamers can still be a fractious lot. To build...
The DeanBeat: What’s behind this week’s big investments in games
Sometimes the game industry seems small and quiet compared to a “hot” industry like artificial intelligence. Then we get a week like this one,...
Tapjoy says rewarded ads improve mobile app loyalty by 4X
Tapjoy said a new study shows that rewarded advertising helps app developers keep users engaged longer. The study for mobile advertisers and app developers showed rewarded...
Paradox is giving Cities: Skylines a sci-fi cousin set on Mars
Paradox Interactive has explored the history of Europe and the future of galactic politics, but now it’s working with developer Haemimont Games to show...
Blaster Master Zero surpassed 80,000 copies sold on Nintendo Switch
One of the earliest third-party developers to the Nintendo Switch party revealed some sales data today. Switch owners have downloaded developer Inti Creates Blaster Master...
Remember Segata Sanshiro on the Sega Saturn’s 22nd anniversary
The Saturn did not succeed in United States because we did not have a frightening martial artist stalking us and demanding that we play Sega’s 32-bit...
PC Gaming Weekly: Hearthstone’s mobile client is holding back the PC experience
As the innkeeper says, “Busy night … but there’s always room for another.” In this case, that busy night could mean tens of millions...
Watch part 5 of our Mario Kart 8 Deluxe quest for 200cc perfection
Last month, I (GamesBeat PC editor Jeffrey Grubb) started my quest to get a perfect first-place finish on every 200cc cup in Mario Kart...
Improbable draws $502 million from SoftBank and others for dream of giant online game worlds
Online gaming world enabler Improbable has raised $502 million in a second round of investors, including SoftBank. Improbable has created an operating system, SpatialOS, that marshals the power of cloud computing and distributed platforms to enable even small studios to develop games with giant worlds.