Intel launches 10-core Broadwell-e processor for gaming and VR
Intel is shipping a new chip, the Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition (formerly code-named Broadwell-e) today for its target market of PC gamers...
How Wargaming’s historians helped bring World of Warships to life
Obsolete even in World War II decades ago, these great warships continue to fascinate people around the globe. Otherwise, kids would be saying, “You sank my aircraft carrier,” as part of the tagline for the board game Battleship.
Microsoft Games pioneer Ed Fries spends 3 months fixing Gotcha, the first color arcade game
Ed Fries was one of the pioneers of video games at Microsoft. He took over Microsoft’s game business in 1995 and moved it into...
Nvidia: Our software is about building a ‘platform’
The new GeForce GTX 1080 cards start reaching customers this weekend, but this powerful new video card is only a piece of Nvidia’s strategy...
Berlin’s Aeria Games specializes in taking Asian games to the West
You may not have heard of Aeria Games, but it has grown into a 300-person mobile and online game publisher in Berlin based on...
Nielsen: Games account for 10% of gamers’ leisure time
[Updated 6/1/2016: Fixed it to note that games take up 10% of leisure time for gamers, not all consumers] Games of all kinds now...
The rise and fall of Nintendo’s Miitomo: Massive downloads don’t mean success
As we outlined in our previous post in April, Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo, debuted and quickly shot to the No. 1 rank on...
Call of Duty: Black Ops III helps veterans find better jobs with in-game card pack
Activision Blizzard said Friday that it is expanding its in-game program that supports the Call of Duty Endowment and enables veterans to find high-quality...
The comprehensive interview with Uncharted 4 creators Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley
GamesBeat: Lots of studios have made two, three, four games, and their first one is still the best one. It’s hard to do consistent...
Sony’s Richard Marks will explain what works in VR at GamesBeat 2016
Our next speaker for our GamesBeat 2016 event is Richard Marks, a senior research engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment. He’ll be one of the speakers at...