Comparing more Battle Royale shooters: PUBG vs. Fortnite vs. H1Z1
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is on the cusp of defining the future of shooters for the next few years, but it’s not the only name in the...
How Andy Serkis’ games studio created Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier
Andy Serkis made his name playing digital characters in films such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in the Planet...
Fortnite: Battle Royale is a crafty take on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
We knew the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds copycats, clones, and homages were coming, and we have one of the first from a major company in Fortnite:...
Fortnite is the latest game to catch the Battle Royale train
Epic Games announced today that its cooperative sandbox survival game Fortnite is getting a Battle Royale mode on September 26, although it is available...
The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
Game boss interview: Epic’s Tim Sweeney on blockchain, digital humans, and Fortnite
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games and one of the game industry’s tech savants, has traveled the world to speak about his vision...
Paragon’s The New Dawn update makes everything faster and reworks its card system
Epic’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) Paragon has just introduced a new update, The New Dawn. The patch increases attack speed and character movement...
Cliff Bleszinski is so glad he un-retired to create LawBreakers
Cliff Bleszinski retired from Epic Games in 2012, after two decades making Unreal and Gears of War video games. Two years later, he started...
The best Unreal Engine games of E3 2017, selected by GamesBeat
Once again this year, GamesBeat teamed up with Epic Games and Nvidia to find the best Unreal Engine 4 design teams at the Electronic...
Fortnite hands-on videos: How the chopping, crafting, building, and shooting works
Fortnite has been lost in works for a long time at Epic Games, and it’s finally about to hit. The company announced the July 25...