The IndieBeat: Glitch Mundo carves out a grassroots festival for indie games in Brazil
Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival ran last week in São Paulo, but it wasn’t the only event there that celebrates indie games. A group of...
RetroBeat: Day of the Tentacle is my favorite patriotic game
Day of the Tentacle is a wacky PC point-and-click adventure game from 1993. It’s about a trio of teenagers who have to save the...
Branching out: How limiting skill choices made Diablo 2 more fun
On Diablo 2’s 18th anniversary, Blizzard North’s designers recount the triumphs and pitfalls of growing the game’s skill trees. In the mid-1990s, computer role-playing...
GamesBeat Decides 86: Hammond is very good
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Jeffrey Grubb and Mike Minotti talk about Summer Games Done Quick, Mario Tennis Aces online, and more....
The DeanBeat: Where game developers still dare to bet big
In 2010 and 2011, the development team at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam surveyed the landscape of video games. They had just shipped the sci-fi...
The IndieBeat: Puzzles shine at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival
It’s a good week for games in São Paulo — and not just because Brazil advanced in the World Cup. Brazil’s Independent Games festival...
Cuphead is the indie fairy tale that never gets old
We’ve heard a lot about the indie developer fairy tale of Cuphead and Studio MDHR, a tiny studio whose first game went platinum when...
Cloud gaming has potential, but its execution isn’t a breeze
It’s been awhile since OnLive came out of stealth in 2009 and promised to disrupt the game consoles with a revolutionary cloud-gaming service, where...
The DeanBeat: Leaves and other false trends of E3 2018
One of the unintentionally funny moments of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at Microsoft’s press event, where Ralph Fulton, creative director of...
Goodbye, loot boxes! Hello, premium progression passes!
If the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last week had a one big trend, it was people standing on stage saying “and no...