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...
The D20 Beat — Dragon’s Dogma, Etrian Odyssey, and Path of Exile are today’s D&D megadungeons (updated)
I adore Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma, an open-world role-playing game that first appeared in 2012. I missed out on the Dark Arisen expansion, but thanks...
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...
The D20 Beat: Kingdoms of Amalur and its incredible world may have a future
Do you miss Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning? THQ Nordic scooped up the rights to the series last week, and in an email with business...
GamesBeat Decides 95: Gon’ phishing in Artifact
Jeff is back from PAX, and Mike is back from All In wrestling…. We should do one of those GamesBeat Decides podcasts. On this...
The DeanBeat: The ridiculous schedule for triple-A games of the fall
Spider-Man debuts today on the Sony PlayStation 4, and that’s about as big a kickoff event you can get for the triple-A games of...
Gamification can help education — here’s how
Teachers and parents hear it over and over again: “make learning fun” to keep kids engaged. Gamified education apps for use outside of the...
Mixed reality companies should embrace a ‘yes, and’ strategy to competition
There is no theme more persistent and all-pervading in the tech world than that of the “challenger vs. incumbent” — a story we cherish...
The DeanBeat: EA’s esports tragedy, Riot’s sexism, and Cyberpunk 2077’s awesomeness
Violence came home to the video game community this week with the shootings at a Madden esports competition in Jacksonville, Florida. A mentally disturbed...
Esports is hiring — and you don’t need to be a player
Chances are you’ve heard about how huge esports is becoming. It’s on TV channels like ESPN and TBS, it has hundreds of thousands –or...