The DeanBeat: The joy of covering video games for 25 years
I’ve returned from another pilgrimage to the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. I’ve never missed one of these gatherings...
It’s time to rethink how in-game ads work
2015 marked the first time in history that more than half of the U.S. population were mobile phone gamers. Even as game investments and...
Civilization’s father, Sid Meier, shares 25 years of insights on his beloved series
Sid Meier is the legendary designer behind many different computer games in a wide variety of genres, and he’s perhaps the only video game...
PlayStation 4 ‘Smites’ Xbox One’s exclusive deal for the third-person MOBA
Smite, a multiplayer online battle arena strategy game, is coming to PlayStation 4, Sony announced today. Smite was previously available on Xbox One and PC. While not as popular as top MOBAs League of Legends (which leads the genres — it earned $1.6 billion in 2015) and Dota 2, Smite still has over 14 million players.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: LucasFilm gets into VR, and Fallout 4’s DLC is revealed
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we have tons of coverage out of this year’s DICE 2016 summit, including stories on about...
What Twitch and esports can teach us about building successful media companies
From a 2011 spinoff of Justin.tv to a $1 billion acquisition by Amazon in 2014, Twitch has taken over esports viewing and led the...
Facebook named undisputed leader in mobile advertising for app developers
Amid the endless array of companies offering to help developers get their apps discovered, Facebook has emerged as by far the most effective choice....
Fiksu lets marketers target its audience of 3 billion mobile devices
I’m not sure there are 3 billion mobile device profiles in the world. But Fiksu says there are. And the mobile marketing company said...
Game of the Year goes to postapocalypse game Fallout 4
Zombies are out. But the apocalypse is still in. Fallout 4 won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
Hideo Kojima gets Hall of Fame honors from the video game industry
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Series games and who recently parted ways with Japanese publisher Konami, was inducted into the Hall of...