Crystal Dynamics opens a new studio in Austin to support future development
Publisher Square Enix is expanding one of its biggest Western studios with another new office. Crystal Dynamics is starting a new team in Austin,...
PUBG dominates gaming industry’s sponsored influencer content in September
It’s official: 2020 is the year that esports went truly mainstream, thanks in part to the coronavirus pandemic that forced abrupt closures, delays, and...
Marvel’s Avengers is more Ultimate Alliance than Spider-Man
Square Enix revealed some more details about Marvel’s Avengers today, and it’s clearer than ever what it really is. Developer Crystal Dynamics is making...
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...
Marvel’s Avengers: How Crystal Dynamics assembled a dev super-team
In Marvel’s Avengers, the heroes must work together to overcome one of their toughest challenges yet. But in real life, developer Crystal Dynamics had...
How combat and storytelling will work in Square Enix’s The Avengers game
One of the big reveals at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles, was the unveiling of gameplay...
Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda interview — Betting big on The Avengers game
Square Enix had so much to talk about at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) that it took advantage of the void left by Sony’s...
How Crystal Dynamics designed The Avengers
The film Avengers: Endgame has made about $2.7 billion at the box office so far this year. It is behind only Avatar (which made...
Square Enix will reveal its Avengers game at E3
The official Twitter account for Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers revealed today that the game will have its worldwide reveal during the publisher’s Electronic Entertainment...
Shadow of the Tomb Raider interview — how developers view Lara Croft’s evolution
Shadow of the Tomb Raider debuted on Friday as the third and final part of Lara Croft’s coming-of-age trilogy as an adventurer. Square Enix’s reboot...