Like a Dragon Gaiden is my end-of-year treat to myself | Kaser Focus
We’re pulling into the final days of 2023, and I’ve been trying to wrap up and try out any games that I haven’t gotten...
TinyBuild shuts Versus Evil, lays off 13
TinyBuild is the latest company to deal with a tough market as it shut down indie game publisher Versus Evil and laid off 13...
China’s regulators restrict game monetization, sending Chinese game stocks down
China has been tough on games in recent years and its regulators have now cracked down on monetization, sending the market value of both...
Blizzard covers DE&I in wrap-up of tumultuous year
Blizzard has released its end-of-year review for 2023, in which it discusses some of the major changes of the company’s culture in 2023. This...
My favorite games of 2023 | The DeanBeat
I was once again much more of a game industry business writer and event coordinator this year than I was a game reviewer. But...
Getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to even work wasn’t worth the pain
When Ubisoft announced that it was making an Avatar game, I admit to it wasn’t necessarily top of my list of games to play....
Addressable raises $6M for Web3 growth marketing
Addressable has raised $6 million in funding for its Web3 growth marketing business, which handles paid ad campaigns for Web3 companies. The deal is...
Designing games that gamers can play for thousands of hours | Alex Nichiporchik
Alex Nichiporchik is the CEO of TinyBuild, which he started with Tom Brien back in 2011 to develop and market, No Time to Explain,...
Bobby Kotick exits on December 29 and Microsoft details other management changes
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick formally announced that December 29 will be his last day at Microsoft Gaming after decades of running Activision and...
The Simulation by Fable open sources AI tool to power Westworlds of the future
The Simulation by Fable said it is open sourcing its new tool for creating Westworld-like simulations that feature AI characters. San Francisco-based The Simulation...