How Remedy’s Sam Lake stepped up the ambition and creativity of Quantum Break
Sam Lake, whose name is an anglicized version of Sami Järvi, has provided the creative spark behind Remedy Entertainment’s games from the beginning. He’s...
Gears of War 4’s new trailer is the franchise’s latest marketing home run
A melancholy song playing while people fight grotesque monsters. It must be a new Gears of War trailer. Microsoft has released a new video for...
Deluxe VR offers creative services for virtual reality productions
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is launching a creative services production division dubbed Deluxe VR to create virtual reality experiences. The Los Angeles-based company offers...
Appnext grows by recommending the right experiences for people in the app-store jungle
The app stores are big jungles, making it hard for someone to find the app that is just right. By attacking that discovery problem, app monetization...
Conan O’Brien plays Counter-Strike in a PC bang in South Korea
Conan O’Brien visited a PC bang, or Internet gaming cafe, in South Korea. The results were pretty silly and hilarious. O’Brien found an English-speaking...
The Ocean Rift in virtual reality is like relaxing in an IMAX theater
With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, I feel like I’ve got an IMAX theater in my home. And the most relaxing VR experience...
CEO Gabe Leydon on why Machine Zone renamed itself and launched its real-time cloud platform
Gabe Leydon, the chief executive of Machine Zone, made some news this week as he renamed his company MZ and announced he would license...
Kim Kardashian game maker Glu Mobile lays off some staff
Glu Mobile, the maker of celebrity mobile games such as Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, has laid off a number of employees, GamesBeat has learned. San...
Disney Crossy Road is already the No. 1 downloaded app on iOS in the U.S.
Mickey is trying to cross the road … but there is no other side! Disney Crossy Road debuted on iOS and Android on Wednesday...
Nintendo’s Miitomo racks up 1.6M downloads in its first 4 days in the U.S.
1.6 million people downloaded the publisher’s Miitomo social platform in the U.S. alone from March 31 through April 3, according to industry-tracking firm Sensor Tower. That number includes both iOS and Android, and it doesn’t include the days Miitomo spent at the top of the download chart on both platforms through the bulk of this week.