Why Kixeye took its time making War Commander: Rogue Assault
GamesBeat: You make buildings immediately usable, which kind of runs against some traditional monetization thinking. Typically games will make a player wait for their...
PC classic X-Wing looks gorgeous when remade with Unity
Earlier this month, most of the GamesBeat crew picked our 10 favorite Star Wars games. To the dismay of some (including our managing editor...
GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb’s top 10 games of 2016
I thought this was the year that new technologies like virtual reality would shock me with new kinds of games, but that didn’t really...
The top 5 mobile games in 2016
Thousands of games came out on iOS and Android in 2016, and no one could play them all. But that’s not going to stop...
2016 was the year of lootboxes in video games
A lot of gaming trends rose to prominence in 2016, but here at GamesBeat, we’ve focused on the one trend we saw again and...
Watch a historical rundown of the Super Game Boy
Portable consoles are great and all, but sometimes nothing beats gaming on a couch in front of a big screen. YouTube channel Gaming Historian...
GamesBeat’s top 10 AR and VR stories of the year: Pikachu and sex
In 2016, we finally got high-end virtual reality headsets from Oculus, HTC, and Sony, but it was a yellow-electric rat and the adult-film industry...
Halo 5 player re-creates the Enterprise D from ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’
Halo 5’s Forge mode allows players to make their own levels, and some fans have gotten pretty creative. As a big Star Trek fan, I especially enjoy this creation by the YouTube channel Starship Forge of the Enterprise D from The Next Generation.
The history and little-known facts of Pokémon Stadium
Before Pokémon made us go, it turned us into Nintendo 64 gladiators. YouTube channel Did You know Gaming‘s latest video looks at Pokémon Stadium, the Nintendo 64...
2016’s most overlooked games
You had plenty of amazing games to play in 2016, and that’s a problem because you probably missed out on some other amazing games...