The DeanBeat: Why Universal went all-in on Jurassic World games
When the blockbuster film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom debuted on June 22, it came with a bunch of Jurassic World games. Normally, based on...
LGBTQ game history is fleeting — that’s why curation is necessary
In December, the world’s first exhibit of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) digital games history will open at the Schwules Museum in...
GameCrimes: Watch Mike teach Jeff how to play Mega Man 3
As games journalists, we are experts in all things. Here at GamesBeat, I believe we are in the record books for something involving Cuphead,...
The RetroBeat: Guitars make Final Fantasy IV’s music even more stirring
Final Fantasy IV has one of the best soundtracks of any game. The iconic Square Enix role-playing game came out for the Super Nintendo...
Game devs have three choices interacting online: be a robot, log off — or risk the mob
I remember when I first went online as the representative of a big company. It was 2001, and I was working in the digital...
The DeanBeat: ArenaNet’s disaster sends shock waves into gaming
I was on vacation last week, hanging out with my extended family and playing a few games on my aging iPhone 6, my Nintendo...
The IndieBeat: ArenaNet’s firings heighten concerns about company policies and harassment
It’s been a week since ArenaNet fired Guild Wars 2 narrative designer Jessica Price and writer Peter Fries without any warning, and the statements...
GamesBeat Decides 87: Your feedback on who to fire is valuable to us
We’re back after taking a week off for Independence Day, and everyone is talking about ArenaNet. Well, the GamesBeat Decides podcast is not going to...
The DeanBeat: Why outsiders see us better than we can see ourselves
When I learned that Ghost of Tsushima, an authentic samurai swordfighting action-adventure game, was under development at Bellevue, Washington-based based Sucker Punch, I did...
VR arcades are playing a leading role in the consumer market
The “VR hype cycle” used to explain the relatively slow rate of adoption for VR refers mostly to the consumer market, and in large...