Achieving inclusive game design
It’s readily apparent that ‘inclusive game design’ is a broad goal for the industry. Ask anybody making games, and it’s possible to receive wildly...
Audience-driven games are evolving entertainment
Games are being watched as much as they’re being played in the modern industry. Between the rise of the streaming industry and audience-participation titles,...
This should be the death of NFTs
In 2008, the economy collapsed. This is the prologue to both our current reality and to Line Goes Up — The Problem with NFTs,...
Expect more gaming mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions have been a hot topic in gaming for a few years, but it’s become a nuclear center of attention following Microsoft’s...
Blizzard announces a new survival game not based on its existing franchises
Blizzard announced today that it is working on a new title, a survival game. It’s a new IP, not based on any of Blizzard’s...
Randy Pitchford: Games as a hobby trumps games as a service
Randy Pitchford started Gearbox back in 1999, and since that time, the company’s games such as the Borderlands series have sold more than 100...
Meta’s Rick Kelley on what to expect for gaming in 2022
Rick Kelley has a unique window on gaming trends as vice president of global gaming at Meta/Facebook. And so we asked him what to...
New Tales game publishing studio launched by Ubisoft, Blizzard vets
A team of veteran game industry members today announced the launch of the New Tales game studio. The combination developer and publisher is run...
The DeanBeat: Our GamesBeat Summit was about racing ahead without leaving others behind
At our GamesBeat Summit 2021 event, I learned that game CEOs and executives are confident that the golden age of gaming will continue, with...
GamesBeat Summit 2021: Laura Miele takes Visionary Award, and Natasha ‘ZombaeKillz’ Zinda gets Up & Comer Award
We’re excited to announce the winners of the GamesBeat Summit 2021 Visionary Awards. The Visionary Award went to Laura Miele, the chief studios officer...