Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: E3 will bring us another installment of the war for the eyeballs Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 10, 2016 4 min It seems like I’m just finishing up the games that the last Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) promised us, and now the new E3 is...
Categories Posted inin Technology Twitch’s 100 million viewers watched 800 million hours of esports in the last 10 months Posted byby Jason Wilson June 10, 2016 1 min If you’re uncertain why companies like ESPN and Activision have been making big acquisitions and investments in esports, here’s a good answer: because more than...
Categories Posted inin Business Hands-on with the sharks, the drones, and the underwater beauty of Abzû Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 10, 2016 4 min Abzû is one of the prettiest and most mysterious games coming for the PlayStation 4. The underwater exploration title is unlike many of the...
Categories Posted inin Business Abzû’s creator tells how to lose yourself in a beautiful ocean Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 10, 2016 1 min Abzû is one of the prettiest games coming for the PlayStation 4 and the PC this year. It is an underwater exploration game created...
Categories Posted inin Entertainment How Pokémon Go brings the pocket monsters to your neighborhood Posted byby GamesBeat June 10, 2016 9 min Pokémon Go is ripping its monsters out of your pockets and imagination and placing them someplace you’ll be able to go out, walk to,...
Categories Posted inin Business Limitless VR raises $1 million in funding to make interactive VR worlds Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 10, 2016 4 min Limitless wants to be the Pixar of virtual reality entertainment. That’s why it has raised a round of seed funding of roughly $1 million as...
Categories Posted inin Business Gamer Sensei raises $2.5M in seed funding for esports coaching with pros like StrifeCro Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 10, 2016 3 min You are, statistically speaking, not the best video gamer in the world, but a new service wants to help you get closer to the...
Categories Posted inin Development Overwatch was the fastest selling game of May, beating Doom and Uncharted 4 Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 10, 2016 2 min Uncharted 4 is a huge success for Sony, and Doom is a triumphant return, but Blizzard has something bigger. Overwatch, the multiplayer shooter from...
Categories Posted inin Business May 2016 NPD: Uncharted finds its fortune ahead of Doom, Overwatch Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 9, 2016 4 min Nathan Drake found a big ol’ bucket of gold doubloons for Sony Interactive Entertainment, as Uncharted looks like it sold a few PlayStation 4...
Categories Posted inin Business Game broadcasting software Xsplit attracts 200K new users every month Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 9, 2016 1 min You have a million ways to livestream your gameplay to sites like Twitch and YouTube, but one of the more professional solutions is getting...