How Valve is changing Steam in 2019
Valve Software is finally facing some major challengers in the PC gaming space, and it is planning a number of updates to keep its...
10 years and counting: GamesBeat Summit just keeps getting better
This year we’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of GamesBeat Summit, our flagship industry event. Over the past decade we’ve seen games become a $134.9...
Sensor Tower — Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire made $375 million on mobile in 2018
Square Enix and MZ’s mobile game Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire made $375 million in 2018, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. The strategy...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unplugged — The blockchain bubble and car autopilots
Sitting in a press Q&A with Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, is like listening to a comedy routine. I appreciate that because so...
Blizzard and NetEase extend Chinese publishing deal for Hearthstone, Overwatch, and more
Blizzard and NetEase have made a deal to continue their Chinese publishing partnership through 2023, according to GameDaily.biz. NetEase, itself headquartered in China, publishes...
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...
The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2019
I’ve finally finished my trip to CES 2019, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas. I walked more than 32.9 miles to scout for...
Epic, Improbable create $25 million fund to transition devs away from Unity
Unity found itself at the center of a controversy today, and now competitor Epic Games is turning up the heat. Unity is cutting off...
Activision Blizzard makes three new major leadership appointments
Activision Blizzard has made appointments for three leadership positions, with all of them coming from within the company. Activision Blizzard is one of the...
The Division 2 comes to Uplay and Epic Games Store — but not Steam
Ubisoft is the latest gigantic publisher to avoid the Steam marketplace for its PC games. And the company is getting some help from its...