GamesBeat weekly roundup: GamesBeat 2016 recapped and Overwatch hits 15 million players
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We had a busy week running and covering our GamesBeat 2016 conference, which you can read all about...
HTC plans to complement Steam with its own Viveport VR app store
Steam isn’t the only way you’ll get games for your HTC Vive virtual reality headset. HTC announced today that it is working on its own VR...
Monetization: How GSN Games conquers the biggest challenge in free-to-play (VB Live)
It’s easy to attract users to your free-to-play game, but how do you turn casual gamers into fans who are shelling out real cash?...
The DeanBeat: What we learned from GamesBeat 2016
Episode 9 of our GamesBeat series of conferences is over. We heard the Yoda-like wisdom of 105 speakers at our ninth annual GamesBeat event...
MSI’s desktop GPU-equipped laptop is one helluva gaming and VR rig
Gamers have had a lot to complain about when it comes to the scaled-down graphics processors companies like AMD and Nvidia cram into laptops....
TheWaveVR raises $2.5 million to mix music and virtual reality
TheWaveVR has raised $2.5 million in seed funding as part of its mission to change the way people experience music with virtual reality. The...
Pokémon Go developer plans to fix ‘bug’ that makes creatures run away more often
If you’ve played Pokémon Go from the beginning, you’ve probably noticed that those little buggers are getting harder to catch in recent days. Well, it turns...
Activision reports record Q2 on the strength of Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush
15 million Overwatch players can’t be wrong. Activision Blizzard generated $1.57 billion in revenues durings its second quarter. That is up from $1.04 billion...
Grand Theft Auto and NBA power Take-Two’s strong revenues and minimize its Q1 losses
Online and digital is a booming business for Rockstar and 2K’s parent publisher. Take-Two Interactive generated (GAAP) revenues of $311.6 million in its fiscal...
Overwatch has more than 15 million players
Publisher Activision Blizzard revealed today that it has more than 15 million people playing its Overwatch shooter across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The beloved team-based action game debuted in April, and it has quickly established itself as one of the most popular releases in the $99.6 billion gaming market.