Unity chief John Riccitiello: It’s ‘not enough’ to want to be a game startup CEO
If you talk to people who need money to make a game or those who invest in gaming, you’ll repeatedly hear how difficult it...
Why Marvel’s games are about more than fan service
Marvel has one of the healthiest content businesses in the world with its films, movies, and comics. But the company approaches gaming a bit differently...
Nexon chief Owen Mahoney thinks art is the solution to mobile gaming’s rising marketing costs
Making money from mobile gaming is expensive thanks to rising costs of acquiring users, but one company wants to subvert this by treating the...
Rami Ismail: Vlambeer’s indie hits come to PlayStation 4 first because they love working with Sony
Maybe you’ve noticed that a lot of indie games end up on PlayStation 4 before Xbox One, and one of the studios that has...
Western mobile gaming will grow to $30B, predicts Ngmoco founder Neil Young
Mobile gaming is on pace to generate $36.9 billion worldwide this year, but one of the people responsible for kicking off this industry in...
Tim Sweeney: How the Universal Windows Platform is like Facebook and a boiling frog
Microsoft is working to unify its desktop, mobile, and gaming platforms, but one vocal critic thinks this could come with some frightening consequences for...
Why the Red Ring of Death didn’t kill the Xbox 360
If you were a console gamer last generation, chances are good that you have a story about a broken Xbox 360. Years later, one...
GamesBeat Summit 2016 is all about the underdogs
This is my opening speech at GamesBeat Summit 2016. Welcome. We are still here. Many game publications have come and gone. Game conferences have also...
The game industry must learn that uncompensated crunch isn’t normal
After the International Game Developers Association announced our renewed focus on crunch time at GDC 2016, including ensuring fair compensation for the persistent practice...
Everything you want to know about GamesBeat Summit 2016
Here’s the agenda for the GamesBeat Summit 2016, to be held May 3-4 at the Cavallo Point resort in Sausalito, Calif. Our GamesBeat event...