Anthem developer BioWare wants fans to know it’s listening Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 28, 2019 2 min Anthem is a live-service video game, so that means it launched with some problems. And while many people are enjoying their time with the... Continue Reading 2 min
What Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is and how it could change EA Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 28, 2019 5 min Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is launching this fall. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Respawn have confirmed this release window. But now the companies... Continue Reading 5 min
Apex Legends needs to avoid Overwatch’s mistake and be careful with new characters Posted byby Mike Minotti February 25, 2019 3 min Apex Legends is gaming’s new hotness. And it should be. Respawn’s free-to-play battle royale shooter is great! It came out for PlayStation 4, Xbox... Continue Reading 3 min
Bobby Kotick and Andrew Wilson make the list of most overpaid U.S. CEOs Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2019 2 min No CEO wants to be on this list. But the chief executives of game publishers Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts are among the most... Continue Reading 2 min
Amy Hennig interview — Surviving the trauma of making a video game and inspiring newcomers Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2019 28 min Amy Hennig has received many kudos over the years for her career making games such as the Legacy of Kain games and the Uncharted... Continue Reading 28 min
Is Fortnite killing game company stocks? Posted byby GamesBeat February 21, 2019 4 min Since October, major game company stocks have been down significantly. Of course, much of this was due to an overall market decline. However, as... Continue Reading 4 min
Jensen Huang interview: Why Nvidia believes 2019 will be a big year for laptop gaming Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 16, 2019 4 min Nvidia had a tough fourth quarter in 2018, but Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is optimistic that growth will return to his business in 2019. He... Continue Reading 4 min
Tencent reportedly wants to release Apex Legends in China Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 15, 2019 2 min Apex Legends is the latest battle royale to take over gaming, and that means it is drawing the attention of Chinese megapublisher Tencent. That... Continue Reading 2 min
Apex Legends hits 2 million concurrent players on its first weekend Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 11, 2019 2 min Respawn Entertainment launched Apex Legends one week ago, and it has had a decent seven days since then. The studio revealed today that it... Continue Reading 2 min
The DeanBeat: Wall Street hates game companies again. How dumb! Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2019 4 min Electronic Arts saw its stock price fall off a cliff this week as it acknowledged in an earnings call that Battlefield V didn’t sell... Continue Reading 4 min