Categories Posted inin Business To the Moon flies with feeling to the Nintendo Switch Posted byby Mike Minotti February 26, 2019 1 min Another indie hit is coming to Switch. To the Moon will release for Nintendo’s portable/home console hybrid this summer. To the Moon is a... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay From Guilty Gear to Dragon Ball: The 30-year history of Arc System Works Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes February 26, 2019 12 min Minoru Kidooka is in the middle of a soccer field just outside the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. Dressed in black pants and a... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Apex Legends needs to avoid Overwatch’s mistake and be careful with new characters Posted byby Mike Minotti February 25, 2019 3 min Apex Legends is gaming’s new hotness. And it should be. Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale shooter is great! It came out for PlayStation 4, Xbox... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Fallout 76 lays out big updates for the rest of the year Posted byby Mike Minotti February 22, 2019 2 min 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... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Amy Hennig interview — Surviving the trauma of making a video game and inspiring newcomers Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2019 28 min Amy Hennig has received many kudos over the years for her career making games such as the Legacy of Kain games and the Uncharted... Continue Reading 28 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Farewell to Reggie’s body Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2019 5 min It surprised me yesterday when Reggie Fils-Aime, the longtime president of Nintendo of America, announced he was going to retire on April 15 and... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business The RetroBeat: Mechstermination Force combines Contra with Shadow of the Colossus Posted byby Mike Minotti February 21, 2019 2 min I have backlog of indie games that I need to play on my Switch. I still haven’t touched great-looking 2D platformers like Owlboy and... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business NPD: Kingdom Hearts III made more than twice what Kingdom Hearts II did in its first month Posted byby Mike Minotti February 20, 2019 2 min Kingdom Hearts III was the No. 1 best-selling game in the U.S. in January, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. It also earned... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Paradox Interactive reports Q4 was its best financial quarter ever Posted byby Mike Minotti February 19, 2019 1 min Paradox Interactive revealed its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018, earning revenues of about $35.96 million. This is the publisher’s best quarter... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Sony seeing progress toward VR’s second generation of games Posted byby Mike Minotti February 18, 2019 1 min Sony’s Shawn Layden says the VR industry is starting to move into its second generation of content. Layden said as much during his keynote... Continue Reading 1 min