How Quantic Dream defended itself against allegations of a ‘toxic culture’
Quantic Dream has had a couple of years of nightmare publicity surrounding its alleged “toxic culture.” From the company’s perspective, the French game studio...
Rally unveils Taki video platform that lets creators keep most of fan transactions
Rally, a startup headed by gaming entrepreneur Kevin Chou, is unveiling its Taki platform for creators athletes, and celebrities to interact with their fans....
Embracer acquires karaoke-game dev Voxler
If television has taught me anything, it is that every human yearns to be on a karaoke reality show. American Idol, The Masked Singer, and The...
Xbox has no need for a VR headset — yet
Poor Phil Spencer. No one wants him to like VR. Every time Microsoft’s Xbox guru opens his mouth to explain his stance on the...
Nvidia CEO: Coronavirus caution shaves $100 million from Q1 expectations
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said in an interview with VentureBeat that he shaved Nvidia’s expectations for graphics and AI chip revenue in the...
Amber opens support studio in Mexico’s Guadalajara tech hub
Guadalajara has a new studio working on video games. Amber, which refers to itself as a full-service game-development agency, is expanding to the Mexican...
Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB excerpt — Think globally, act digitally
GamesBeat is publishing this exclusive excerpt of Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB. Previous chapters can be found here. To help commemorate its 25th...
Garnett Lee joins Raw Fury to take care of business for indies
Look out indie developers, because this is Garnett Lee’s damn show now. Lee, an games-industry veteran, is joining indie-publishing house Raw Fury. In this...
IGDA: Working conditions for game developers are better, but still need improvement
The working conditions for game developers are improving, partly because the spotlight on poor conditions is forcing some change, according to a survey by...
U.S.-China trade deal clears way for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
The United States and China have agreed to wind down the foolish trade war that president Donald Trump started in late 2018. Last week,...