How Doom reveals its secrets like a Frank Frazetta painting
John Carmack, the cofounder of id Software and co-creator of the original Doom, once said, “Story in a game is like a story in...
Diablo III director Josh Mosqueira exits Blizzard, hunt for his replacement begins
No, Blizzard didn’t accidentally reveal a new game or expansion. Blizzard fans grew excited recently when they noticed a job listing on the company’s...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: The best musical act on the show floor
E3 2016 was a surprisingly music-filled event. And I’m not talking about the famous DJs who headlined some of the industry parties that week....
Dynasty Warriors hacks and slashes its way to mobile for the first time
Sharpen up your pocket swords, because it’s time to strike down countless waves of random enemies on the go. Project Dynasty Warriors is a...
GamesBeat 2016 will examine what it takes to succeed with VR games
We’re delighted to announce another four speakers for GamesBeat 2016 to address what it takes to succeed in the near-term with virtual reality games....
ESPN2 will show Street Fighter V finals from Evo 2016 esports tourney
ESPN2 is going to air the finals of the Street Fighter V World Championship live from the EVO 2016 fighting-game tournament at 7 p.m Pacific time (10 p.m. Eastern) on July 17 in Las Vegas. Publisher Capcom announced the television event on the official Street Fighter YouTube and Facebook accounts.
The BFG gets a TMG (tiny mobile game)
Another movie-based mobile game is reaching for the lowest of the hanging fruit. Developer Reliance Games has released a mobile game today to go along...
The DeanBeat: The battle of the esports titans
Esports has is a phenomenon in the game business, and big companies are planting their stakes to demonstrate that they’re ready for a world of...
Flaregames finds publishing mobile games is a better fit than making them
Klaas Kersting created Flaregames in Germany to make mobile games. But the company was late to the party, and it found it was lost...
EA exec Karl Magnus Troedsson departs for Raw Fury’s indie game business
One of the driving forces behind the rise of Battlefield and its development studio is leaving the blockbuster video game business to join the...