Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 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
Categories Posted inin Business 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
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Apex Legends earns 10 million players in three days Posted byby Mike Minotti February 7, 2019 1 min Apex Legends is already becoming a hit after three days. Electronic Arts revealed today that the free-to-play game already has 10 million players. Apex Legends launched... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Battlefield V sells 7.3 million copies, about 1 million fewer than expected Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 5, 2019 2 min EA CEO Andrew Wilson said in an analyst call that Battlefield V sold fewer copies than expected. The company said the game sold more... Continue Reading 2 min