Super Mario Odyssey: Catching a ride on a sphinx
If modern 3D Mario games have a defining characteristic, it’s that they don’t really have a single defining characteristic. When I played Super Mario...
Nintendo has a plan to keep Switch owners happy, and it’s more than Mario
Nintendo released Arms, the company’s first major new property since 2015’s Splatoon, right at the close of the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles...
Cory Barlog paints a picture of a kinder, gentler God of War
With two riveting trailers, Sony has held us spellbound with the story for God of War. It introduced the first trailer last year at...
How Microsoft’s Rare imagined the pirate world of Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is a silly pirate game where you can board an enemy ship by being shot out of a cannon. Microsoft’s Rare...
Polyarc’s Moss hides clever VR game design under its cuteness
The adorable action-adventure virtual reality game Moss debuted at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo last week for Sony’s PlayStation VR. It’s the first game...
E3 2017: What the hell happened? GamesBeat Decides
The GamesBeat team is back home after a long week in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles. E3...
Knack 2 is more fun than it should be thanks to co-op
People don’t seem to be taking Knack 2 seriously, but it could be one of the best games for the PlayStation 4 for the...
Microsoft creative director on reviving Age of Empires and making PC-only games
More companies at the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow are targeting a PC gaming audience. Alienware had a booth on the E3 show floor to reveal...
E3 thrilled fans, but everyone agrees: The show must change
The Entertainment Software Association, the industry group that operates the influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles each June, sold E3 tickets to the...
Watch Metroid Prime 4 make fans go nuts at Nintendo’s New York store
If I see a group of young men screaming in ecstasy, it usually means that I’m either flexing my biceps or Nintendo just announced...