The DeanBeat: Nine memorable moments from gaming’s elite DICE Summit
Last week, I heard a lot of smart people talking about the game industry at the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in...
The DeanBeat: The joy of covering video games for 25 years
I’ve returned from another pilgrimage to the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. I’ve never missed one of these gatherings...
Game of the Year goes to postapocalypse game Fallout 4
Zombies are out. But the apocalypse is still in. Fallout 4 won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
Hideo Kojima gets Hall of Fame honors from the video game industry
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Series games and who recently parted ways with Japanese publisher Konami, was inducted into the Hall of...
Hideo Kojima: ‘I feel extremely free right now. I’m doing exactly what I want to do’
LAS VEGAS — Two of the rock stars of entertainment, Metal Gear Solid video game creator Hideo Kojima and Pacific Rim film director Guillermo...
Guillermo Del Toro: Games are ‘only limited by the bastards with money’
LAS VEGAS — Guillermo Del Toro, director of films such as Pacific Rim, took a big jab at the money people who rule the...
Tomb Raider’s writer shows the rise of storytelling’s importance in gaming
LAS VEGAS — In 33 years of playing video games, writer Rhianna Pratchett has seen the value of story go through its own creative arc. Back...
Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1 billion hours played, and 66 versions
LAS VEGAS — Civilization is one of the gods of strategy games, where you oversee the creation of a whole society in competition with other civilizations. It...
How Ubisoft visits real places to make its open-world games like The Division
LAS VEGAS — Ubisoft game creator Tommy Francois shared how the big French video game publisher creates the animated worlds of its video games...
Penn Jillete: ‘If you liked rock ‘n’ roll in 1971, you have to love video games today’
LAS VEGAS — Penn Jillette, the famous comedian and magician (and the speaking portion of the Penn & Teller act), is a defender of...