How Angry Birds maker Rovio found its wings in 2016
Angry Birds maker Rovio grew its revenues 34 percent to €190 million ($203 million) in 2016, up 34 percent from $150 million a year...
Nexon courts Western game developers with creativity pitch
Owen Mahoney, CEO of Asian gaming giant Nexon, has been fed up with the mobile game malaise where millions of rivals are competing with...
Cliff Bleszinski’s Lawbreakers gets its first closed beta on March 16
You could get a taste of Cliff Bleszinki’s first game in years later this month. Lawbreakers, the upcoming team-based first-person shooter from Cliff Bleszinski’s...
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III gets an April 27 release date
Space marines, Orks, and the Eldar are ready to fight again. Sega announced today that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III will come out on...
Unity’s quest to make the lives of game developers easier
Unity Technologies CEO John Riccitiello threw out some impressive numbers last week at an event at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. He...
How esports can grow bigger than the NFL
Steven Roberts, chairman of esports tournament company ESL, remembers when people made fun of esports, and how they just didn’t get the idea that...
Qualcomm moves VR forward with wireless headset
Virtual reality took a few steps forward last week, advances highlighted by Qualcomm‘s demo of a development headset for wireless virtual reality. The prototype...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Switch, Zelda, and the Game Developers Conference
Most of our staff spent the week covering the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, checking out new games and technologies and getting to hear from some of the best minds in the industry. Also, Blizzard revealed a new hero for Overwatch, and Oculus made some of its VR stuff cheaper.
The DeanBeat: Intel University discovers the best college game projects
Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Wisconsin Stout won the top honors in the annual Intel University contest for best student game at...
#1ReasonToBe session tells moving stories of game developers around the world
One session at the Game Developers Conference consistently gets a standing ovation: the panel that celebrates diversity in the game industry. The #1ReasonToBe panel has...