Lual Mayen: From refugee to game developer
For 22 of his 24 years of life, Lual Mayen lived in a refugee camp in northern Uganda. His parents fled from South Sudan...
Hellcouch — Your butt releases demons trapped in a couch
Of all the things I saw at the Game Developers Conference this week, Hellcouch was the weirdest. A lot of thought has gone into...
Google Stadia has promise — if it can resolve these 3 questions
At the Game Developers Conference 2019 this week, Google stole the show by announcing Stadia, its on-demand streaming service for video games. Set to...
Nintendo Labo VR will have over 64 minigames
Missed the news? Nintendo’s getting into VR. At least, it sort of is. Later this year the beloved gaming company will launch a Nintendo Switch...
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice had the best Steam launch of 2019 (so far)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a tough game, but that’s not scaring away players on Steam. The latest release from developer From Software launched...
ProBeat: Google’s Stadia is all about the cloud and AI
Last Tuesday, Google announced that Gboard now uses an on-device neural network for speech recognition. This Tuesday, Google announced the Stadia cloud gaming platform....
John Riccitiello interview — Is Epic buying Unity’s developers?
John Riccitiello, the CEO of Unity Technologies, has always liked Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, and the healthy competition between the game...
The RetroBeat: 5 fun facts about Panzer Dragoon’s creation
Panzer Dragoon is a magical game about riding dragons and shooting stuff. It’s one of the few memorable things Sega did during the Saturn...
The DeanBeat: Why Phil Harrison joined Google to launch the Stadia cloud gaming platform
Google is finally taking the game business seriously. Not satisfied with its role as owner of Android and the operator of the Google Play...
Rami Ismail’s last #1ReasonToBe panel showcases the world’s inspired game devs
Game developer advocate and Vlambeer co-founder Rami Ismail has run #1ReasonToBe, one of the consistently most inspiring panels at the Game Developers Conference, for...