Epic Games’ The Matrix Awakens hits 6M downloads and Epic accounts cross 500M Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 16, 2022 7 min Since its release two months ago, Epic Games’ The Matrix Awakens demo has been downloaded more than six million times across PlayStation 5 and... Continue Reading 7 min
The DeanBeat: Antitrust fears prompt a change in platform behavior Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 11, 2022 4 min In the antitrust lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple, we were constantly reminded of the fundamental weakness of Epic’s case and the flaw in... Continue Reading 4 min
Fortnite officially not coming to Steam Deck Posted byby GamesBeat February 8, 2022 1 min Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney announced on social media that Fortnite won’t officially come to Steam Deck. A Twitter user asked Sweeney if Epic... Continue Reading 1 min
Epic Games joins Spire Animation’s $20M round for animated metaverse films Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 1, 2022 3 min Spire Animation Studios has raised $20 million from Epic Games and others as it aims to produce animated films for the metaverse. Los Angeles-based... Continue Reading 3 min
U.S. states and Justice Department pile in on Epic’s side in Apple lawsuit Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2022 3 min A total of 35 U.S. states joined in an antitrust lawsuit to back up Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple over alleged monopolistic practices. Those... Continue Reading 3 min
Why mobile game developers can’t afford to miss cross-platform opportunities (VB Live) Posted byby GamesBeat January 28, 2022 5 min Presented by Xsolla In this VB Live event, join VB’s Dean Takahashi and a panel of pros to learn how developers of any size... Continue Reading 5 min
Epic Games Store has 194M users, readies new features for 2022 Posted byby Rachel Kaser January 27, 2022 1 min Epic Games today published its Year in Review for 2021, in which it gathered details about how the Store has grown in the last... Continue Reading 1 min
Epic Games’ Kim Libreri on how real the metaverse can look Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2022 10 min If there is a small circle of people to ask how realistic we can get when we try to make a world seem flawlessly... Continue Reading 10 min
GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 opening speech — Blue shirt or red shirt? Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 26, 2022 10 min Here’s Dean Takahashi’s opening speech at the GamesBeat Summit: Into the Metaverse 2 event. Let me start with a question. Would you like to... Continue Reading 10 min
The DeanBeat: The problem of the sniper and the metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 14, 2022 8 min I’ve been talking with our speakers for our upcoming metaverse event to get a preview of their views on challenges in building the metaverse.... Continue Reading 8 min