Here are the five most over-hyped technologies of 2015, according to Gartner
Research firm Gartner has long promoted an analytical concept called the “hype cycle.” Basically, the notion is that in the world of technology, people...
LeapFrog launches its new 7-inch kids educational tablet
LeapFrog Enterprises is unveiling a new kids educational tablet dubbed the LeapFrog Epic today. The educational company realizes that kids are obsessed with tablets, particularly...
Intel shows how we should celebrate gaming, not fear it
SAN FRANCISCO — The world’s biggest chip maker has a vested interest in helping gaming succeed, as the pastime pushes the envelope for computing technology...
Star Citizen maker says Intel’s Optane memory will be ‘revolutionary’ for gaming — and kill loading screens
SAN FRANCISCO — Intel’s next memory chips just might make the open worlds of video games even larger, and the maker of one intergalactic...
Hands-on: Intel’s RealSense cameras can easily plug your image into a Twitch livestream
Game livestreamers are going to love this. With the Intel RealSense camera for the PC, it’s going to be really easily to automatically capture video of your face and insert it into a Twitch livestream of a game in real-time.
3D Realms, Gearbox, & Interceptor comment on Duke Nukem settlement
Duke Nukem will not have his day in court. All three parties involved in a recent lawsuit over the use of the Duke Nukem...
Want to curb your cravings for sex and food? Play Tetris
I’m a compulsive being. My brain tells me I want something, and I listen to it. Often, my brain does not act on my...
Watch us play Super Mario Maker in our preview livestream
GamesBeat is still a ways off from a review of Super Mario Maker, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have things to say. Nintendo’s big...
Xbox Live down intermittently for gamers on Xbox 360
Correction: This article originally stated that Xbox One was also affected. That is not the case. I apologize for the error. Xbox 360 players...
Developers focus on VR and luxurious mustaches at Siggraph 2015
DIY level design Lumino City (out now on PC and Mac and coming to iOS later this year) is a puzzle-adventure game made in...