The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2015
The time has come to name my favorite games of the year. I’ve put this day off as long as possible. I love the...
New Kingdom Hearts III and II.8 trailers coming tomorrow
Christmas is coming a little early for Kingdom Hearts fans. The franchise’s official Twitter account revealed that we’ll see new trailers for Kingdom Hearts...
Five Nights at Freddy’s has a tie-in novel, and it’s getting (mostly) good reviews
Some mobile games get coloring books, but not many have novels written about them. The scarily successful Five Nights at Freddy’s horror series —...
Some hackers just won’t go away — to the annoyance of big tech companies
George “geohot” Hotz just won’t go away, and big tech corporations are very likely annoyed about that. It shows that young hackers can grow...
Watch the GamesBeat 2015 Game of the Year panel live tomorrow
We have reached the end of 2015, and it’s time to look back on all the games we’ve seen. This year, we’ve decided to come...
Frogmind’s Badland 2 is the side-scrolling sequel to a 30M download hit
Frogmind’s 2013 mobile hit Badland was downloaded more than 30 million times. And today, the Finnish company is launching Badland 2 on iOS as...
Minecraft’s Wii U release caused Nintendo’s eShop to experience an intermittent outage
One of the best-selling games ever made is finally on a Nintendo system, and people rushed the Wii U’s download store to get it....
Devilian’s short dungeons aren’t enough to make up for its boring loot cycle
When I play a game like Devilian, I feel sort of guilty about it. I like zoning out and slaying hordes of monsters in...
Watch Star Citizen director Chris Roberts troubleshoot his PC for 5 minutes
Star Citizen isn’t out yet, but this starfighter sim has raised more than $100 million from crowdfunding. It turns out that money doesn’t make...
6 classic Star Wars games to help you celebrate ‘The Force Awakens’
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is upon us, and that seems like an ideal time to look back at the franchise’s history in games....