The DeanBeat: Telling stories at GamesBeat Summit 2019
We’ve got 97 luminaries speaking at our GamesBeat Summit 2019 event on April 23-24 in Los Angeles. I’ve spent the better part of six...
GamesBeat Summit: Amy Hennig, Tina Amini, and Stanley Pierre-Louis bring new perspectives
Amy Hennig tells good stories. They have engrossing plots, deep characters, and rich backdrops. And that’s one of the reasons the co-creator of games...
Amy Hennig interview — Surviving the trauma of making a video game and inspiring newcomers
Amy Hennig has received many kudos over the years for her career making games such as the Legacy of Kain games and the Uncharted...
God of War full interview — The definitive story behind the crafting of God of War
God of War is the result of the labors of 300 people at console industry leader Sony’s studio in Santa Monica, California. Yet it was...
Uncharted co-creator Amy Hennig to get highest GDC honor
Amy Hennig is captivating, both as a speaker and a writer/director of video games. That’s why she’ll be receiving the prestigious lifetime achievement awards...
Strong National Museum of Play recognizes herstory
The Strong Museum opened its Women in Games exhibit today as part of its National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York. And to...
Mark Cerny and Amy Hennig: A fireside chat with master game makers
Amy Hennig and Mark Cerny are both 53 years old, and they attended the University of California at Berkeley at the same time. And...
The DeanBeat: Where game developers still dare to bet big
In 2010 and 2011, the development team at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam surveyed the landscape of video games. They had just shipped the sci-fi...
Uncharted creator Amy Hennig left EA in January
Amy Hennig has not been with Electronic Arts since January, Eurogamer learned today from the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Spain. The former Uncharted director and...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The year single-player games became chores
One of the great debates of 2017 is the “death of the single-player game,” a conversation that flared up when EA cancelled Visceral’s untitled...