Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review – Winning me over
I’ve never played deep into a From Software game before. I’ve probably played 10 hours of Bloodborne and 2 hours of Dark Souls, and...
GDC quick takes: Versus Evil founder Steve Escalante
My favorite part of being the managing editor of GamesBeat is talking to people such as Steve Escalante. He’s the founder of Versus Evil,...
Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution crossed $1 billion in revenue in first year
In its first month in 2017, Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution mobile game generated $176 million in one month. That helped Netmarble launch a lucrative...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon has made $2.5 billion on mobile
Pokémon games on mobile have made about $2.5 billion worldwide, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. They have also achieved 640 million downloads. These numbers...
Blizzard is selling the original Diablo on GOG, not Battle.net
Blizzard and GOG announced today that the original Diablo is now for sale at GOG’s digital store. This makes the PC classic available via...
This chart visualizes why live-service games are the ‘it’ thing for publishers
The video game business is an expensive and risky hit-driven market. But live-service games are altering this dynamic. Instead of trying to hit a...
OpenAI launches Neural MMO, a massive reinforcement learning simulator
Artificial intelligence that’s beastly at World of Warcraft might not lie too far into the distant future, if OpenAI has its way. The San...
Plarium’s Raid: Shadow Legends takes collectible RPGs into mobile
Plarium has made its name creating mobile games like Terminator Genisys: Future War, and now it is continuing to diversify with the launch of...
Pokémon Sword and Shield unsheathed for Switch
Nintendo announced the next installments in its hit Pokémon series during a short Nintendo Direct presentation this morning. The new games are Pokémon Sword...
Fallout 76 lays out big updates for the rest of the year
Bethesda has released a roadmap for content coming to Fallout 76 in 2019. It includes three waves, with the first starting on March 12 with...