Kabam and esports veteran Kevin Chou turns to blockchain games with Forte startup
Kevin Chou has made his mark with Kabam in mobile games and Gen.G in esports. And now he has gathered his crew together for...
RPG veteran Bill Roper leaves Improbable and joins indie studio AuthorDigital
Bill Roper has decided to leave Improbable, a British tech company that raised $502 million from SoftBank for its virtual world simulation software, to join Seattle area...
How Star Stable PC online game extended reach to girls with music label
The video game industry hasn’t designed many games specifically for girls, but Star Stable has proven to be one of them with staying power. Stockholm-based Star...
Mobcrush livestreams reach an actual 160.4 million gamers in the U.S.
Whenever you hear how many people an internet service or a gamer reaches, it’s usually an astronomical number. Take Mobcrush, the mobile livestreaming service that...
Synergy Blue: 70% of casinos say they plan to add skill-based games
More than 70 percent of 100 casinos surveyed said that they plan to adopt skill-based games, or those where it takes skill to win,...
The RetroBeat: Scarlet Moon gives us a taste of its Squaresoft chillout album
Scarlet Moon creates fantastic albums of fan-made arrangements of classic video game music, and its next album will celebrate some of the biggest titles...
Sensor Tower: Hearthstone made 5% more on mobile in 2018 than in 2017
Hearthstone made $165 million on iOS and Android in 2018, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. That is a 5 percent increase from 2017. This is...
Facebook admitted defrauding kids and parents of thousands of dollars in early free-to-play games
Facebook engaged in practices that tricked children and parents into spending money in free-to-play games, according to court documents unsealed and reported by the...
The DeanBeat — What’s the best way to experience a game for the first time?
2019 is only 25 days old, but I feel my pile of shame is already growing. I am falling behind on games this week....
The Big Eco Game livestream — Watch us create society
The Big Eco Game is beginning today. This is a GamesBeat community event where we are playing the cooperative survival game Eco with groups...