LawBreakers gets team deathmatch and its first post-launch map
Nexon and Boss Key are giving players a reason to return to LawBreakers, a low-gravity shooter from designer Cliff Bleszinski. Boss Key, the development...
The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru contemplate making mobile games that last for years
Asian gaming giant Nexon and Finland’s Grand Cru recently launched Battlejack, a mobile game that mashes up a fantasy role-playing game with the classic...
Game Boss interview: Nexon CEO preaches focus on players, not monetization
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney thinks that mobile game publishers lost sight of what was good for players when they turned up the crank on...
Nexon’s Battlejack adds an RPG twist to blackjack
Nexon is continuing to seek out developers in the West, and it’s latest partnership is with Finnish indie studio Grand Cru. The two are teaming...
Cliff Bleszinski is so glad he un-retired to create LawBreakers
Cliff Bleszinski retired from Epic Games in 2012, after two decades making Unreal and Gears of War video games. Two years later, he started...
LawBreakers is coming to PlayStation 4 as well as PC for $30 this year
Cliff Bleszinski‘s next game is coming together after more than a year in beta testing, and when the game finally launches it will do...
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney wants the game industry to lose its Hollywood envy
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney spoke passionately about creativity and inspiration at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017 event. In a fireside chat with me, Mahoney said he...
Nexon’s Project D mobile RPG is in the works from South Korea’s Weredsoft
Nexon announced that it is partnering with South Korean mobile game developer Weredsoft on a fantasy role-playing game dubbed Project D. The Tokyo-based Nexon...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit conversations on the Metaverse, AR’s future, and Hollywood envy
We just hosted our third annual GamesBeat Summit at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, Calif. It was a beautiful place and a great backdrop for...