The state of multiplayer gaming and how it’s going to change
Multiplayer gaming has been a staple of video games for decades. But while internet access has grown more reliable and faster for many people...
The DeanBeat: When Prince Harry raises the specter of Fortnite addiction
Prince Harry in the United Kingdom came out swinging as an enemy of Fortnite, saying that it was created to addict people and keep...
How crossplay and esports can drive each other forward
Crossplay has become a hot topic among gamers in the past year, and once-siloed platforms have begun to open up their platforms so that...
Mobile game devs face new challenges — but with new tools
According to a recent report from SuperData, mobile games generated $61.3 billion in revenue in 2018, compared with $35.7 billion on PCs and $12.7...
Keywords: The not-so-secret elves of game development
We’ve heard about a lot of job losses in the video game industry, with Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard laying off more than 1,150...
Steven Ma interview — How Tencent is more than just a big game investor
Steven Ma joined Tencent in 2007, when most people in the world probably had not heard about the Shenzhen, China-based company. Now Tencent is...
Minh ‘Gooseman’ Le shares how to get the guns right in shooters
Minh Le knows his guns. Nicknamed “Gooseman,” Le helped create a mod for Half-Life 2 back in 1999. It became Counter-Strike, one of the...
Epic CEO on 250 million Fortnite players, digital humans, and $100 million dev fund
Epic Games dumped a bunch of news about the state of the Unreal Engine at its keynote talk at the Game Developers Conference today....
Epic Games makes online services available for free to game devs
Epic Games learned a lot about creating online services with the launch of Fortnite, the enormously successful battle royale game with 250 million users....
Family gaming is a great way to bond with your kids
Are video games bad once again? As in the 1980s and 1990s, games have their detractors today. One doesn’t have to go far to...