Receipts data: 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet, not iPad, won Black Friday
The 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet was a Black Friday hit, according to receipts data collected by Info Scout. Info Scout makes a series of...
The rise of clicker games
Codename Entertainment has seen significant success in the clicker game market with Crusaders of the Lost Idols. We sit down with CEO Eric Jordan to discuss the fan-lead initiatives the studio has made within this nascent genre.
The art and legacy of the ’90s console war
Two rival machines with competing ad campaigns set much of the groundwork for gamer-to-gamer relations, both then and now.
Nintendo’s Famicom still gets releases 33 years later, like this all-star chiptunes album
Collectors of the Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System, just received a new cartridge to try and add to their collection....
How to turn Fallout 4 into ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’
Fallout 4 is a wonderful game. But it is also silly, and I discovered that when I accidentally re-created the 1989 morbid comedy Weekend at...
Pro Evolution Soccer gets free-to-play version so Konami can sell you microtransactions
Konami’s future as a triple-A publisher is in doubt, but the company is continuing to embrace the free-to-play business model. The company revealed that...
Lenovo hopes Razer will give it an edge in gamer PCs
Lenovo has become the world’s biggest PC maker, but it hasn’t had much of a presence in the lucrative market of gaming PCs. The...
Diving into the Samsung app store: sewer gators and flying lint balls
Once again we find ourselves adrift in the Samsung app store, with five more games that demand our attention. This time, we're under the sea, in a cheap casino, and wherever Badland takes place.
GamesBeat’s 2015 ‘Naughty and Nice’ alternative holiday gift guide
It’s officially that time of year, when you start pulling out your own hair (or someone else’s, if it’s handy) and braving mobs of...
For the gamer who has everything: custom-designed wood console covers
Toast, the company that brought you custom-designed hardwood veneer covers for phones and laptops, has now started doing cases for gaming consoles — and they’re...