Hitman is the future of games — even if it’s not the future of Square Enix
The people who make hit movies or top-40 songs often have a gift for predicting what new types of experiences audiences are looking. Video games...
Creativerse developer Playful welcomes the chance to move beyond the ‘Minecraft clone’ label
Next week is the eighth anniversary of Minecraft’s debut as a prealpha prototype, and its model for gameplay may be more influential now than...
A VC and sci-fi author ask: Are we living in science fiction?
AI is the new bogeyman. That’s one of the observations we got from a fireside chat between venture capitalist Tim Chang and science fiction novelist...
ProBeat: Microsoft’s Fluent Design System is boring, and that’s a good thing
Microsoft revealed a lot this week at its annual Build developer conference. But to get a better sense of how the company wants to tie all its various...
GamesBeat roundup: EA’s huge revenues, and the importance of Asian character in Prey
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we checked out Knack 2 for the PlayStation 4, Insomniac’s makes a stand against Trump’s travel...
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...