Microsoft rolls out Beam streaming app to select Xbox One owners
You can now stream to more services than just Twitch directly from your Xbox One. Microsoft is releasing an app for its Beam livestreaming...
Sony’s PlayStationVR guru Richard Marks will speak at GamesBeat Summit
Our next speaker for our latest GamesBeat event is Richard Marks, a senior research engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment. He will talk about a variety...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Hearthstone’s big changes, and Pokémon Go gets more monsters
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we got to go inside Valve, PewDiePie causes controversy, and we went hands-on with Halo Wars 2....
ClanPlay provides messaging platform for clan-based mobile games
Mobile games with strong clan features, like Clash of Clans, have proven to be very sticky. When people gather together in teams dubbed clans,...
The DeanBeat: The esports scene keeps gaining momentum
I was drenched in the esports scene yesterday at the [a]list Summit in Los Angeles. At the event, esports companies and brands gathered to...
Jam City hires AI and psychology experts to expand its mobile game research
Mobile game companies aren’t known for doing deep research into technology, but times are changing. Jam City has hired artificial intelligence expert Rami Safadi...
Ark: Survival Evolved hits 1 million copies sold on PS4; 7 million on all platforms
Surviving with the dinosaurs isn’t a problem for Ark. It is thriving. Ark: Survival Evolved has surpassed 1 million copies sold on the PlayStation...
NPD: Nintendo’s NES Classic was January’s third best-selling console
GamesBeat reported last week that the PlayStation 4 was the top-selling gaming system in January, and the Xbox One had its best January ever. But...
January 2017 NPD: Resident Evil 7 offsets slumping hardware sales
It’s a new year for the gaming business, but some of its old problems are still around. Consumers spent $610.7 million on new gaming-related...
Hearthstone’s big changes soothe players worries while padding Blizzard’s wallet
Hearthstone’s next Standard year is the Year of the Mammoth. It’s an appropriate name, because Blizzard is making some mammoth-size changes to its digital...