GamesBeat weekly roundup: Activision closes King deal, and new Pokémon announced
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Fire Emblem: Fates is a hit, we learn more about the Iron Maiden mobile game, and...
The DeanBeat: Nine memorable moments from gaming’s elite DICE Summit
Last week, I heard a lot of smart people talking about the game industry at the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in...
Sun and Moon are Pokémon’s next games — coming this holiday
Nintendo revealed Pokémon Sun and Moon today, the next entries in its popular series that has so far sold over 200 million games. We don’t know much about Sun and Moon yet, other than that they will come out worldwide this holiday season.
Unicorn story: How this young woman went from student to indie game studio chief
The game and tech industry has heard a lot of chatter about diversity, recruiting women and minorities into development, and encouraging girls to become engineers....
Nintendo cuts 2016 earnings guidance and says it will sell 1M fewer 3DSes than predicted
Nintendo needs to release a new system or get that mobile money rolling in soon because its current business is coming up short. The...
Oculus teases VR card battler similar to Yu-Gi-Oh: ‘Get ready for something even better’
Humans have played cards since the 9th century Imperial China, and we might keep doing it even when we upload our brains into virtual...
Niantic raises $5 million to forge ahead with Pokémon Go
Niantic, the former Google division that is working on a Pokémon Go location-based mobile game, has raised $5 million in an expanded seed funding...
Pac-Man: Puzzle Tour is another Candy Crush clone
Pac-Man is one of the first gaming franchises that fans turned into a phenomenon. But these days, the yellow pizza-shaped hero is spending more...
Capcom boosts its rerelease strategy with Resident Evil 4, RE5, and RE6 for PS4 and Xbox One
Capcom announced today that Resident Evil 6, RE 5, and RE 4 are coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One throughout the year as digital downloads. They’ll each cost $20. The series has sold over 66 million copies, making it one of Capcom’s most important franchises.
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast turns iconic metal band’s mascot into a mobile gaming star
Few bands could probably inspire a mobile role-playing game, but Iron Maiden has always been special. Since forming in 1975, the heavy metal group...