Our inspirational GamesBeat Summit ‘lightning round’ talks on lessons for game developers (video)
What happens when you give a really smart person just five minutes to talk in front of an important audience? We found out at...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)
Editor’s note: We previously published a transcript of our fireside chat with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. Now we’re publishing the video below. Sweeney’s...
Hitman Go: VR Edition is Square Enix experimenting with virtual reality
New games keep coming out for virtual reality, and sometimes those releases are actually quite old. Hitman Go: VR Edition is one of the latest...
How FanDuel grew from humble Scottish startup into an American fantasy sports giant
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry has taken one hell of a beating these past seven months, with states from New York and Illinois...
‘The Angry Birds Movie’: How Rovio turned its hit game into an animated film
For the first time in franchise history, the eponymous Angry Birds can walk and talk. And they’re using their new social skills to try...
Germany’s supreme court ruling on online games and bots could affect entire EU
Computer games are a rising business branch, and in the scope of established law, a rather new one. Lawmakers haven’t given much thought about...
Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail shows why speaking out on behalf of indies pays off (video)
Editor’s note: We previously ran a transcript of Rami Ismail’s talk at GamesBeat Summit 2016. Now here’s the video. Vlambeer has only two people,...
Developer’s claim that Thai’s military junta is ‘great’ is about facing down uncertainty
From the outside, Thailand looks like a messy, dangerous place under a military cabal. But at least one developer in that country didn’t leave...
Robbie Bach’s Xbox journey, from underdog to survivor to civic leader (video)
Editor’s note: We previously ran a transcript of this fireside chat. Now you can watch on video below. At our GamesBeat Summit 2016 event,...
Is Google’s new VR project just another … daydream?
As with any major announcement from Google, Daydream’s May 18 reveal came with its fair share of hyperbole and hubris. “Hundreds of millions of...