How game companies can protect their online operations and players from cyberattacks
Games are still tempting targets for hackers. Zynga’s popular online game, Words With Friends, was recently hacked and more than 218 million users had...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit 2020’s first speakers on the Dawn of a New Generation
GamesBeat Summit 2020 is coming a little too fast for my taste, but it’s time to start telling people about our cool event that...
Fantasy General II: Reviving a strategy game for a modern audience
Released in September by recently founded developer Owned by Gravity, Fantasy General II is equal parts sequel and homage to the original 1996 game...
How Twitch became huge … but still misses Ninja
Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service, has made livestreaming and content creators into worldwide phenomena. Fortnite broke out as one of the top battle royale...
Hands-on with Sandbox VR’s Star Trek: Discovery — Away Mission
Nothing beats the fun and good times hanging out at an arcade. And that’s what virtual reality arcades like Sandbox VR are trying to...
The future of computing and games
Sometimes it’s good to think about the future. And that’s what a group of thinkers did at The International Future Computing Association, which held...
After Zynga deal, Empires & Puzzles maker is an inspiration for Finnish game industry
Finland has more to contribute to the world of mobile gaming than Clash Royale and Angry Birds. We saw that last year when Zynga acquired...
Sam Lake interview — How storytelling creates value in games
For the past 24 years, Sam Lake has been the creative director at Remedy Entertainment, writing the stories that have become the heart of...
Origin PC Neuron review — A small, compact desktop for mainstream gamers
After sending me a gaming laptop with a custom Cuphead panel on the cover, Origin PC supplied me with a desktop gaming computer. I...
Jensen Huang interview — Nvidia can shake off rivals that have complicated and untested AI solutions
Intel just announced its first graphics processing unit (GPU), the Ponte Vecchio, to compete with Nvidia for handling AI in supercomputers. But Nvidia CEO...