Forza Horizon 5 review — Graphics matter
Graphics don’t matter until they do. Sure, gameplay will always be more important. But sometimes a game can be so pretty that it helps...
World of Warcraft director Ion Hazzikostas talks the game’s future and current soul-searching
World of Warcraft is in the middle of extraordinary times. The MMO will be turning 17 years old this month, and while Blizzard prepares...
The DeanBeat: Facebook’s ambitions to be the metaverse
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s decision to change his corporation’s name to Meta yesterday at the Facebook Connect online event was a historic moment. The...
Age of Empires IV review impressions — Real-time strategy comes back to the mainstream
Real-time strategy is back, baby. OK, it never really went away. But it is back for mainstream gamers, who haven’t seen a major release...
Why Gigi Levy Weiss is eying NFT gaming with his $450M NFX fund
Gigi Levy Weiss has been a fixture in Israeli investments in tech companies for years. He has also invested in game companies such as...
Why Chris Akhavan left EA to join blockchain gaming platform Forte
Yesterday, I wrote about my rule of game journalism: follow the money. That was all about the flow of money into blockchain games. And...
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes review — Saving friends and enemies alike
I’ve been a fan of Supermassive Games horror titles ever since Until Dawn, which was my favorite game of 2015. And so I was eager...
Jens Hilgers interview — Why Bitkraft created its $75M token fund for blockchain/crypto games
Bitkraft Ventures raised a $75 million token fund last week to invest in blockchain gaming and digital entertainment investments. The company did so even...
Why Montréal continues to win new game studios in the age of remote working
Montréal has a booming job market for video game, visual effects, and animation talent as a working hub for those industries in North America....
The DeanBeat: Life Is Strange: True Colors — discovering emotions, identity, and your story
I love Dontnod Entertainment’s Life Is Strange games because they’re always celebrations of diversity, with interesting characters who are fleshed out with relationships and...