GamesBeat weekly roundup: Super Mario Maker’s a hit, and inside the canceled South Park game
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Microsoft revealed a series of holiday bundles for the Xbox One, and we’ve been busy reviewing...
Mattel’s Google Cardboard-powered View-Master is now on sale
Mattel and Google’s project to make virtual reality kid-friendly has arrived. It’s called the View-Master. Obviously, Mattel is drawing on the brand power of the stereoscopic...
Windows 10 adoption passes Windows 8.1 on Steam
More than one in every five gamers on Steam is already using Windows 10. Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for September 2015,...
Final GamesBeat 2015’s epic agenda features 116 of gaming’s brightest leaders
Our GamesBeat 2015 conference is just 11 days away. It’s going to be an epic and efficient show with some of the industry’s best...
NBA 2K16 sells over 4 million copies in one week
NBA 2K is on fire. Publisher 2K revealed today that NBA 2K16 has already sold over four million copies worldwide just a week after...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2015 will reveal the state of the game industry
Since I’ve been writing about games for 19 years and I’ve been running our GamesBeat conference for seven years, I’m often asked about the...
Ahead of Rock Band 4 release, Harmonix raises $15M to innovate in music gaming
Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the upcoming Rock Band 4 music video game, has raised $15 million in equity funding. The funding is unusual...
Vainglory’s Autumn Season marks the start of its esports tournament calendar
Super Evil Megacorp is grinding away on its goal of turning its Vainglory mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game into an esport. It...
Activision is working to fix the woeful Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 is a troubled game, not least because of a multitude of bugs and glitches. Now, publisher Activision says it’s working...
SuperData: Star Wars: Battlefront ‘won’t reverse’ EA’s luck with shooters
Electronic Arts is one of the most successful publishers on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but it has had a shaky history with the...