Alien: Blackout review — This is how you do a mobile spinoff
A couple weeks ago, a pre-launch build of Alien Blackout taught me a lesson: Don’t assume a mobile port of a popular game series...
Alien Blackout hands-on: Don’t assume mobile is a bad idea
A vocal minority has created a convincing narrative that has a lot of us assuming that mobile spinoffs of PC and console games must...
PlayStation reclaims the crown for gaming industry spend on TV
The console brand accounts for one-third of the total advertising outlay in June. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company...
Why Trism 2 took Steve Demeter 10 years to make
A decade ago, Steve Demeter created Trism for the App Store, and the simple match-3 mobile game with triangles became one of the early...
PlayStation dominates April TV ad spend, and FoxNext joins the top 5 for first time
Sony extends its grip on the TV ad market for the seventh month, and a new name appears in the top 5 spenders. GamesBeat...
Alien: Descent puts the Xenomorphs into a wireless VR arcade experience
FoxNext Destinations and Pure Imagination Studios's Alien: Descent is a new location-based virtual reality experience based on the hit movie franchise — and unlike other similar games, players won't be weighed down by a PC backpack. It opens on April 26, and folks can sign up for tickets now on its webpage.
NBCUniversal’s VR strategy focuses on attractions, not headsets
NBCUniversal is interested in creating virtual reality content, but Chris Heatherly, the company’s gaming boss, gave one reason that isn’t a viable strategy yet...
FoxNext VR Studio unveils Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR game
FoxNext, a division of 21st Century Fox Holdings, is spreading out its bets in games. And it is showing that with the announcement of...