Minh ‘Gooseman’ Le shares how to get the guns right in shooters
Minh Le knows his guns. Nicknamed “Gooseman,” Le helped create a mod for Half-Life 2 back in 1999. It became Counter-Strike, one of the...
John Riccitiello interview — Is Epic buying Unity’s developers?
John Riccitiello, the CEO of Unity Technologies, has always liked Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, and the healthy competition between the game...
The DeanBeat: Why Phil Harrison joined Google to launch the Stadia cloud gaming platform
Google is finally taking the game business seriously. Not satisfied with its role as owner of Android and the operator of the Google Play...
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review – Winning me over
I’ve never played deep into a From Software game before. I’ve probably played 10 hours of Bloodborne and 2 hours of Dark Souls, and...
Epic CEO on 250 million Fortnite players, digital humans, and $100 million dev fund
Epic Games dumped a bunch of news about the state of the Unreal Engine at its keynote talk at the Game Developers Conference today....
Nate Mitchell interview — Why Facebook built the Oculus Rift S headset for the PC
Nate Mitchell is head of virtual reality products and cofounder of Facebook’s Oculus division. He’s been there since near the beginning of VR’s rebirth,...
Danny Bilson to lead USC Games into the interactive future
The University of Southern California has a reputation for running great undergraduate and graduate programs in game design. And today, it will take a...
Ralph Breaks VR hands-on — Going inside a 3D animated movie at The Void
A lot of people saw Ralph Breaks the Internet last year, as it generated more than $500 million in film box office revenues. But...
Oculus Rift: The inside story
Among journalists, no one has gotten inside the story of the Oculus Rift as much as Blake Harris, who has just published The History...
Risks and rewards: The future of blockchain games
Blockchain and games have an enticing future. Companies are setting up $100 million fund to entice developers to make games with blockchain, the secure...