Categories Posted inin Gameplay GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s favorite non-RPGs of the year Posted byby Jason Wilson December 31, 2020 8 min When I started putting together a list of games for this, I realized that, like so many others during the pandemic, I had played... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The D20 Beat: My critical hits of 2020 Posted byby Jason Wilson December 30, 2020 9 min The Witcher 3 is one of my favorite role-playing games of the past decade. The Witcher 2 is also a fantastic RPG. So far,... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business What 50 hours in Astro’s Playroom taught me about video games Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 30, 2020 3 min I’m weird. By most accounts, you can beat Astro’s Playroom — the PlayStation 5’s glorified pack-in tech demo — in about four hours. I’ve... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Jeff Grubb’s top 10 games of 2020 Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 30, 2020 4 min Unlike many of you, I didn’t suddenly have a lot more free time for games in 2020. I already worked from home, and my... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The RetroBeat: 2020’s biggest retro gaming moments Posted byby Mike Minotti December 29, 2020 2 min I have to be honest: 2020 wasn’t as a big year for retro gaming as some of the other ones we’ve had in recent... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Blue-collar games were great in 2020 because they’re about perseverance Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 29, 2020 4 min Before writing about games, I had a lot of different jobs. I sorted packages at a FedEx facility, I built delivery pallets at a... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 2020 was the year of connected social games Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 28, 2020 4 min The pandemic happened to all of us. And while the early sentiment that we were all in this together fell apart in the United... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti’s top 10 games of 2020 Posted byby Mike Minotti December 28, 2020 4 min This was an awful year, but … at least we got some good games? I’m not sure that escaping into digital fantasy worlds is... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Google Play’s best games of 2020 — Genshin Impact is the big winner Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 1, 2020 2 min As part of its annual awards, Google Play announced that MiHoYo’s Genshin Impact walked away with the title of Best Game of 2020. The games... Continue Reading 2 min