Steep combines Ubisoft’s risk-taking and open-world big-budget design
Ubisoft is taking a risk with one of its newest blockbuster console properties, and it can do that because it spent so many years...
Green Man Gaming carves out a $40 million niche in Steam’s shadow (updated)
Companies survive — and thrive — as they compete with Steam, the largest online store for downloadable PC video games in the world. Green...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: Best game at making me scared and sick
The virtual reality experience is in first-person. I walked around a haunted house. It gave me objectives like searching for a key or a hidden door. My personal goal, however, was to avoid anything remotely scary. I walked slowly. When I was following other characters, I trailed far behind.
The DeanBeat: Shooters. Zombies. Pirates. Gods. My picks for the best games of E3
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is about to fade into memory but not before I let everybody know what my favorite games were. We...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: The VR game that induced an out-of-body experience
I didn’t feel quite right after playing Raw Data. GamesBeat’s E3 2016 Non-award Awards Last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles is behind...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: Most hectic multiplayer game to try on a small TV
For most multiplayer games, it’s better to play on a big TV so you can see what’s going on. But with Chambara, a small...
Nintendo insists that Paper Mario: Color Splash joke wasn’t about Gamergate [update]
Nintendo has found itself in another controversy, but the company is claiming innocence. During the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last week, Nintendo...
Horizon: Zero Dawn’s hero is fighting against religion as much as robot dinosaurs
Video games have a long history of placing their protagonists against superstitions and religions, and one of the best games at the Electronic Entertainment...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: Best beard that signifies maturity and hipness
It was a close shave, and things got a bit hairy, but GamesBeat has found the best beard of the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show...
GamesBeat’s E3 Non-Awards: Best showfloor booth boy with a whip and cowboy hat
Most demos you get at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles are from highly trained public-relations staffers, but occasionally someone really...