Loot boxes should face gambling regulation
Playing a game of football isn’t gambling. However, playing a game of football where the winning team gets hard cash and the losing team...
GamesBeat Decides 71: That Pavlovian Stuff
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, hosts Mike Minotti and Jeffrey Grubb talk about some recent releases and some that are not quite as...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is nearly profitable only two days after release
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is out now, and it is already about to pay for itself through brisk sales on PC and consoles. Warhorse Studios...
GamesBeat Summit speakers — Second Life creator Philip Rosedale, video host Andrea Rene, and FoxNext’s game chief
We’re stocking up on star speakers for our GamesBeat Summit 2018, which will take place at the beautiful Claremont Resort in Berkeley, California, on April...
The IndieBeat: Lucah shows how guilt is a powerful foe
Lucah is an unforgiving action role-playing game that follows the journey of a child as they wrestle with their own identity in a hostile...
The RetroBeat: A new N64 cartridge? 40 Winks wakes up after a long slumber
You’ve probably never heard of 40 Winks before. It’s an unremarkable 3D platformer that came out for the PlayStation in 1999. It’s also about...
GamesBeat Decides: January 2018’s best game
For the GamesBeat Decides podcast this week, we kicked off a new monthly segment where we pick the best game of the month. January...
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life’s localization philosophy
Sega’s action-adventure series Yakuza first launched in 2005, and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is the final chapter to protagonist Kiryu Kazuma’s story....
VR can already help people heal — and it’s just the beginning
Fran gracefully glides around the grand ballroom, sparkling pink ball gown flowing at her heals and the firm grip of her son’s arm around...
GamesBeat Decides 70: Crotch Shots
On this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, host Mike Minotti has returned from vacation to talk about going into VR with his family. Co-host Jeffrey...