New World interview — How Amazon Games brought an MMO (close) to the finish line
Amazon Games hasn’t had the best track record with shipping games, as the tech giant tries to move beyond being a seller to a...
Pac-Man Live Studio enables you to play and create mazes on Twitch
Pac-Man turned 40 years old today. And that’s the perfect age to start a Twitch career. Bandai Namco’s pellet-munching hero is getting a new...
Mental wellness becomes a forefront issue for game professionals during pandemic
Mental wellness for gaming professionals has come to the forefront as we all work in self-isolation at our homes, often cut off from normal...
GamesBeat Summit Visionary Awards — Honoring two who shed light on mental illness in games
Two leaders who are shedding light on mental illness in the game industry — and doing something to help — are the winners of...
Garnett Lee joins Raw Fury to take care of business for indies
Look out indie developers, because this is Garnett Lee’s damn show now. Lee, an games-industry veteran, is joining indie-publishing house Raw Fury. In this...
Amazon and Leyou will make a Lord of the Rings PC and console game
Amazon Game Studios will collaborate with Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies and Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and publish a free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game...
Chris Roberts on using infinite computing power to create a universe of endless possibilities
Chris Roberts built worlds for games such as Wing Commander at Electronic Arts’ Origin at the dawn of 3D games a couple of decades...
Chris Roberts: No pressure to make Star Citizen ‘absolutely perfect’
In some ways, Star Citizen is the culmination of a 20-year-old dream. The last time Chris Roberts and Rich Hilleman worked together was back...
The curious case of Amazon’s deep plunge into the esports industry
Amazon’s been busy building out an epic esports ecosystem, or empire, that is simply unprecedented. Just in case you haven’t appreciated the reality of...
Amazon’s Rich Hilleman and Star Citizen maker Chris Roberts to speak at GamesBeat Summit
Our next speakers for our upcoming GamesBeat Summit event are Rich Hilleman of Amazon Game Studios and Chris Roberts, the CEO of Roberts Space...