The DeanBeat: My favorite games of the decade
Here are my favorite games of the decade. They’re in chronological order. 2011 was not a good year. But 2013, 2016, and 2018 were...
Death Stranding leads nominations for Game Developers Choice Awards
For the 20th year in a row, the Game Developers Choice Awards will assemble in San Francisco to celebrate the medium’s creative and technical...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2019
Games grew to a $148.8 billion market in 2019, up 9.6% from 2018 and reaching over 2.5 billion people across the globe. Console games, the...
The Game Awards: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice takes game of the year
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice won the Game of the Year at The Game Awards. That turned out to be the surprise of the night,...
Sam Lake interview — How storytelling creates value in games
For the past 24 years, Sam Lake has been the creative director at Remedy Entertainment, writing the stories that have become the heart of...
Control’s content roadmap teases Alan Wake expansion
Control is one of the best games of the year. It’s an excellent action-adventure with Metroidvania-like exploration from Alan Wake developer Remedy. And now...
GamesBeat Decides 125: Terry Violet Beauregarde
Nintendo had a lot to say last week, and the team dives into that on the GamesBeat Decide podcast. On this week’s episode, reviews...
Control’s performance issues are getting a fix
Control sounds like a lot of fun. I’m going to start it at some point today. I would have started it last night, but...
Control is the kind of schlocky shooter fun I needed in my life
Control may seem like a deep game with its paranormal story and world. But honestly, as prominent as alternate dimensions and reality-bending abilities are...
Ray tracing is finally starting to shine after E3
About 10 months ago, Nvidia launched its RTX lineup of video cards. The company has spent that time doing exactly what I pointed out...