ESL teams with sports company AEG to create more esports events
Electronic sports are growing as a business, and one of the leaders in the space is looking to traditional sports to help it expand even...
Crash Bandicoot is 20 years old — and ready for a comeback
From breakout star to mascot to second-tier franchise and hiatus, Crash Bandicoot has had an interesting 20 years. The original Crash Bandicoot came out...
Overwatch gets ‘high bandwidth’ patch for PC, not PS4 and Xbox One
Blizzard wants to improve the quality of online play in Overwatch, and that’s the purpose behind its next patch. The studio is upgrading Overwatch’s...
Pathfinder Adventures makes the leap from tablets to iOS and Android smartphones (update)
Obsidian Entertainment has finally tweaked its pathfinding enough to lead you to your smartphone. The role-playing game studio announced today that it’s releasing its...
Analyst: Super Mario Run could hit 1.5 billion total downloads on iOS and Android
Mario is going mobile, and the game may dominate the world. Smartphone and tablet gamers could download Super Mario Run from the iOS and...
Adobe offers $50,000 to students who best analyze Sony’s digital PlayStation business
Adobe is announcing today that its Adobe Analytics Challenge 2016 will award $50,000 to a winning college team that does the best job of...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: PlayStation 4 Pro revealed, and Mario on mobile
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! Sony and Apple certainly made sure it was a busy week. Besides all of their shenanigans, Blizzard announced...
Microsoft feels frisky after winning August, disses Sony over Fallout 4 user mods
Bethesda revealed this morning that the reason user mods are not in the PlayStation 4 version of Fallout 4 is because Sony is against...
Sony will not permit user mods for Fallout 4 or Skyrim on PlayStation 4
The developer revealed on its site that the PlayStation 4 maker will not allow user-created mods on its console for Fallout 4 or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. Mods became available on the Xbox One when they launched for Fallout 4 in May.
The DeanBeat: What Pokémon Go, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Mafia III share in common
It’s hard to see the common thread between the wildly popular Pokémon Go, the console/PC blockbuster Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and the upcoming Mafia III...