Hearthstone: Whispers of the Old Gods’ 5 most promising new cards
GamesBeat is here to help you prepare for the next age of Hearthstone. The Whispers of the Old Gods expansion adds 134 cards to the...
Gears of War 4 chain-saws through Uncharted 4’s, Overwatch’s TV ads
GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real time, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending their ad dollars and which are generating the most digital response. Below are the top five most engaging gaming industry brands from March 16 to April 15.
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Windows Ink, updated Start menu, Cortana improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. This is the second build reflecting the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming...
Why Berlin’s ad tech startup Applift grew to 200 employees in 3.5 years
You may have heard of the Berlin Airlift. But how about the Berlin Applift? It’s not easy to get a return on your investment...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Miitomo excels at gathering personal info, and the great crunch debate
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We hope that you had as interesting a week as we did. Former Microsoft employee Alex St. John...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney will talk Windows openness and more at GamesBeat Summit
We’re happy to be adding Tim Sweeney as a mainstage speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May...
Battleborn’s open beta drew 2 million players
If you’re wondering why open betas tests have become such an important part of blockbuster video game development, you just need to look at...
The DeanBeat: Saying so long to the Xbox 360 after a decade
Microsoft said so long to production for the Xbox 360 video game console this week. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, announced in a blog...
3 powerful use cases in VR’s thrilling new frontier
When functional mainstream VR first emerged in the early 90s, the visual fidelity of the images was poor, the processing power driving the experience was inadequate and the magnetic head-tracking was lacking—and lagging —way behind what was required for a convincingly immersive experience.
Ark: Survival of the Fittest brings dinosaur-based esports to PlayStation 4
In a perfect world, we would turn on the television on Sundays to watch teams of humans and dinosaurs competing alongside one another. But...