The DeanBeat: The inspiring possibilities and sobering realities of making virtual beings
I had the pleasure of attending the first-ever Virtual Beings Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday, where I met real people talking about making...
Improbable CEO Herman Narula interview: The boundless enthusiasm of exciting technology
Improbable CEO Herman Narula might be the most enthusiastic person I’ve ever interviews in my 22 years as a journalist. He smiled throughout our...
How Devolver Digital pursues the indie fringe and brings it to mainstream gamers
No one does a game trade show quite like Devolver Digital. The company set up its faux booth and trailers outside of the Electronic...
How Microsoft showed up at E3, locked and loaded for games, a new console, and the cloud
Matt Booty, the head of Xbox Game Studios, may have overdone it when he started going shopping for game studios. The company showed up...
Epic Games Store is adding more than a dozen games — including Cyberpunk 2077
The Epic Games Store is celebrating its first Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) since its December launch by adding 15 games to its digital shelves...
Andy Kleinman interview — How Wonder is building a hybrid TV-mobile gaming platform
Andy Kleinman is finally talking about what his startup Wonder is doing. The Los Angeles company is taking on a number of players in...
Fortnite launches an in-game John Wick bounty hunt
Lionsgate and Epic Games have collaborated on another John Wick in-game event in time for the launch of the latest Keanu Reeves film. The...
Epic Games acquires Twinmotion architecture software, then gives it away
Epic Games is expanding its suite of Unreal Engine 4 tools with the acquisition of Twinmotion from developer Abvent. With Twinmotion, architects and landscaping...
Fortnite is throwing an E3 after-party: Summer Block Party June 15-June 16 in L.A.
It was only a matter of time before Fortnite got its own theme park, even if it’s only open for two days. Epic Games...
Fortnite now has John Wick’s Continental Hotel
Lionsgate has integrated John Wick into the world of Fortnite with new locations including the Continental Hotel. The hotel figures big in the Keanu...