The DeanBeat: Leaves and other false trends of E3 2018
One of the unintentionally funny moments of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at Microsoft’s press event, where Ralph Fulton, creative director of...
Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice passes 1 million downloads
Developer Ninja Theory announced on Twitter that Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has now passed 1 million downloads. Hellblade came out in August 2017 for PlayStation...
Goodbye, loot boxes! Hello, premium progression passes!
If the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last week had a one big trend, it was people standing on stage saying “and no...
GamesBeat Decides 85: We’re E3 ghosts now
We’re back from the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, and we learned a lot about video games … and even more about ourselves. Also,...
Echo Combat’s VR zero-G shooting goes into open beta
Ready At Dawn Studios’ new virtual reality team shooter Echo Combat is now available in open beta. It will be free to download for...
Days Gone hands-on — How to deal with hundreds of fast zombies
I’ve been excited about Bend Studio’s Days Gone since I first saw it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2016. But the game has its skeptics (including...
Flip Grip makes it easy to play arcade shooters and classics on Switch
The game merchandise company Fangamer has teamed up with the retro gaming podcast Retronauts to create the Flip Grip, a device that makes it easy...
Hitman 2 interview: How you’ll knock out targets in giant crowds
Hitman 2 will thrive on larger crowd sizes when the assassination game starring Agent 47 debuts later this year. That will both please and...
Turtle Beach’s headsets are thriving as part of the Fortnite boom
Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world because it is bringing people together online, and that means a lot of new...
Why Ubisoft needs 12,000 game developers
If Vivendi had succeeded in its hostile takeover of Ubisoft, you can bet the French video game publisher wouldn’t still have 14,000 employees, including...