Sensor Tower: 25% of Switch owners have downloaded the Online app
Five million iOS and Android users have downloaded the Nintendo Switch Online companion app, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. This makes up about 25...
Life is Strange 2 episode 1 impressions — Two brothers bond while on the run
Life is Strange 2 begins with a tragic incident that sends two brothers out on the run, fleeing their hometown in Seattle. Episode 1...
PlayStation 4 changes crossplay policy, begins Fortnite testing
Sony announced today a major policy shift regarding crossplay with other consoles. PlayStation 4 previously wouldn’t allow online games to connect to Xbox One...
Xbox One gets keyboard-and-mouse support
Microsoft revealed that keyboard-and-mouse support is coming to Xbox One soon. During one of its Inside Xbox livestreaming events today, Xbox boss Phil Spencer...
SuperData: Fortnite and World of Warcraft boost digital sales 7% from 2017
Digital games sales across all platforms combined — PC, console, and mobile — went up 7 percent worldwide in August compared to the same...
Red Dead Redemption 2’s Wild West will have around 200 animal species
Red Dead Redemption 2 will sell itself thanks to its promise of a rich single-player narrative, a large open world set in the frontier...
Overwatch retools Torbjörn to make him a better damage-dealer
Blizzard Entertainment promised earlier this year it would rework Torbjörn, Overwatch‘s Swiss mechanic that specializes in building turrets. Torbjörn began to fall off in popularity as...
The DeanBeat: Console games aren’t dead yet
We all remember headlines about how console games are dead or dying. Mobile games, PC games, Android settop boxes, virtual reality, and cloud gaming were...
Marvel’s Spider-Man webs up God of War by selling 3.3 million copies in 3 days
This topples God of War, another PS4 exclusive, to claim the record for best three day debut a Sony first-party game. That action game came out earlier this year, on April 20.
The RetroBeat: The PlayStation Classic needs these 15 games
Sony announced the PlayStation Classic early this morning. Given the success of the NES and SNES Classic Editions, a micro console for the first...