Carrots over sticks: Promoting positive player behavior
This article is part of GamesBeat’s special issue, Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M...
Tears of the Kingdom tops the May best-seller list | Circana May 2023
In what I’m sure is the most shocking news of this month, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game...
Unity launches Sentis and Muse AI platforms for real-time 3D creation
Unity today revealed two new AI-based products for creators to enhance their real-time 3D (RT3D) content. The two products are called Sentis and Muse...
React announces its first game jam for late July
The React community announced today that it plans to hold its first game jam — called React Jam, fittingly — for July 20-30. The...
Gaming companies are showing off new products at VidCon 2023
This year’s VidCon event is taking place this week in Anaheim, and several of the larger content creators are in attendance. However, several game...
Xbox Game Pass adds Need for Speed before price increase kicks in
Xbox announced this week the next wave of games coming to Game Pass in June, with this wave splashing over into the first week...
Red Rover raises $5M for a multiplayer survival game
Red Rover, a new game studio with offices in Norway and England, has raised $5 million for its multiplayer survival game. Unlock premium content...
State of the Stream: Twitch viewership up in May
Twitch viewership grew in May according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. Data from Rainmaker.gg shows that Twitch brought in 1.764 billion...
Nintendo announces Super Mario Bros. Wonder for October 20
Nintendo’s final announcement at today’s Direct presentation was a new 2D side-scrolling Mario title, a beautiful game called Super Mario Bros. Wonder. The new...
Nintendo announces new Peach title and Luigi’s Mansion 2 remake
During today’s Nintendo Direct, the publisher revealed that it’s working on two titles in the Mario series that don’t star the titular character. One...