The RetroBeat: Dragon Quest V is a marriage made in retro-JRPG heaven
My discovery of the Dragon Quest franchise was one of my few happy happenstances of 2020. For decades, I convinced myself that I just...
Hitman 3’s murder-mystery stage has a delightful ‘Knives Out’ reference
Hitman 3 includes a level that is a clear homage to murder-mystery stories from authors like Agatha Christie and the lady from Murder She...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Nintendo consoles
Nintendo has made some of the most iconic consoles of all time. Now it is up to us to rank them the only way...
Former Sony Online Entertainment chief Kelly Flock passes away
Former Sony Online Entertainment president Lewis “Kelly” Flock, a game industry leader who backed classic hits such as the original God of War and...
How top game developers diversify their marketing strategy in a competitive landscape
This article is part of a Gaming Insights series paid for by Facebook. We spoke with executives from mobile game developers Kabam, Wildlife Studios,...
SuperData: Games grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 amid pandemic
The game industry grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 from $120.1 billion in 2019 as many industries shrank during the pandemic, according to...
Nintendo couldn’t let go of Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games
Nintendo announced overnight that it is acquiring Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games. The Vancouver-based studio will join Nintendo’s first-party teams like Retro...
Hitman is the one series doing sequels right
One of the byproducts of the current trend of diminishing returns is that games don’t age as rapidly as they once did. A four-year-old...
Niantic acquires Mayhem to boost social gaming communities
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has acquired social gaming community platform Mayhem. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is Niantic’s seventh....
Spacebase Startopia becomes Series X/S’s first Xbox Game Preview title
Publisher Kalypso Media and developer Realmforge Studios announced today that Spacebase Startopia is now available in an early access state via Xbox Game Preview...