The DeanBeat: ArenaNet’s disaster sends shock waves into gaming
I was on vacation last week, hanging out with my extended family and playing a few games on my aging iPhone 6, my Nintendo...
Why Trism 2 took Steve Demeter 10 years to make
A decade ago, Steve Demeter created Trism for the App Store, and the simple match-3 mobile game with triangles became one of the early...
Inca Games will publish Latin American indie games
Inca Games, a new incubator and publisher of independent video games, has the mission to bring games developed in Latin America to the world. The Buenos...
Blockchain can solve the lootbox problem
For roughly 10 years, loot boxes have come to play increasingly important role in the business models of game developers and publishers. In fact,...
Overwatch raises over $12.7 million for breast cancer charity
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it raised over $12.7 million for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation from selling a special Pink Mercy skin for its...
Jason Roberts interview: Creating Gorogoa required awkwardness and chaos
You could say that Gorogoa, an artistic puzzle game mostly created by a single developer over five years, had the perfect outcome because it...
Google’s DeepMind taught AI teamwork by playing Quake III Arena
Google's DeepMind today shared the results of training multiple AI systems to play Capture the Flag on Quake III Arena, a multiplayer first-person shooter game. The AI played nearly 450,000 games to gain its dominance over human players and establish its understanding of how to work with other machines and humans.
Games for Change goes beyond its yearly festival with student programs
The 2018 Games for Change Festival wrapped up its 15th annual event in New York over the weekend. Its celebration of the social impact...
Debbie Bestwick’s roller coaster journey at Worms publisher Team17
Debbie Bestwick has been in the games business for 31 years, and she has known nothing else. Starting with her first job in a...
The IndieBeat: Puzzles shine at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival
It’s a good week for games in São Paulo — and not just because Brazil advanced in the World Cup. Brazil’s Independent Games festival...