The DeanBeat: A big week for game company acquisitions
It was a heck of a week for game company transactions, illustrating the huge opportunities in gaming and growing investor interest — as well...
GamesBeat Decides 136: Game delays and sales charts
On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, everyone’s mad about Byleth in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The crew also dives into the...
The RetroBeat: 2010’s best-selling games show how the industry has changed (or not)
It’s 2020, which means that anything that happened in 2010 is now retro. And since The NPD Group has sent us a list of...
The DeanBeat: A Westworld ‘activation’ that illustrates the creepy side of tech
My colleagues have been wondering what the word “activation” means, as the Entertainment Software Association used the word in describing why its Electronic Entertainment...
Forget backward compatibility — Xbox One is ‘forward compatible’
I should be upfront and honest with you. I’m writing this story to say that I called it. What did I call? That Xbox...
CES 2020: The best ideas and products of tech’s biggest show
I have just about wrapped up my trip to CES 2020, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. I walked more than 37.45...
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...
CES 2020 proved VR and AR are thriving — and moving into automobiles
Virtual and augmented reality have had a rough few years: Pundits tried to proclaim VR “dead” despite growing consumer interest and sales, while AR’s...
The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
I’ve never been good at making predictions about the game industry, but I enjoy it. I figure if I make enough, some of them...
GamesBeat’s top 10 games of the year for 2019
The entire GamesBeat crew got together to pick the top 10 best games of 2019. You can hear that discussion for yourself in a...