PlayStation Network is down as Call of Duty beta starts (update: fixed)
Update: PSN is back up and running, and the Call of Duty beta is live. I hope you weren’t looking to engage in an...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Our verdict on PlayStation VR, and Overwatch gets spooky
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, the Xbox One once again outsells the PlayStation 4, a mobile-game player who spent $2 million on...
Anki’s Cozmo robot is an amazing sentient toy, but the novelty may wear off
Anki has created an amazing toy in Cozmo, a cute robot toy that makes use of the company’s deep artificial intelligence research. It shows...
The DeanBeat: This player spent $2 million in a mobile game. Then he led a boycott.
Gree, the Japanese game company that owns mobile games such as Modern War, hit the gold mine with Stephen Barnes of Houston. The 59-year-old...
World of Warcraft director Tom Chilton steps down to lead a new Blizzard project
It’s the end of the Chilton era for World of Warcraft. After a decade of overseeing one of the biggest games ever made, World...
MaxPlay lays off almost all workers as game engine startup switches to licensing
When MaxPlay debuted its new game engine for the cloud era in 2015, it wanted disrupt the business of providing tools for game developers. But the company...
Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 again in September
A slimmer PlayStation 4 wasn’t enough to slow down Microsoft’s momentum. Xbox One was the top-selling home console in the United States September, according...
Pathbreaker Ventures raises $12 million to invest in emerging tech like VR and robotics
Pathbreaker Ventures has closed its first venture capital fund to invest $12.9 million in early stage companies in emerging technologies. Ryan Gembala, general partner...
Dreamhack and ESL parent company bags 35% stake in InnoGames, a mobile studio without esports
Swedish digital entertainment company MTG (Modern Times Group) has acquired a 35 percent stake in online role-playing game developer and publisher InnoGames for an estimated $100...
Yo-Kai Watch movie comes to U.S. theaters … for just one day
Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie will play at theaters around the United States on Saturday, October 15 as part of a special engagement through movie-event company Fathom. This comes after Yo-Kai Watch 2, the role-playing game about capturing the spirit-like Yo-Kai creatures, hit 3DS September 30.