GamesBeat Decides 137: Google Stadia is already failing
On this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast, PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb and review editor Mike Minotti are skeptical that Google Stadia...
Google Stadia is getting 10 timed exclusives in the first half of 2020
Google is still plugging away at adding features to its Stadia game-streaming service. In a blog post, the company highlighted some of the recent...
The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
I’ve never been good at making predictions about the game industry, but I enjoy it. I figure if I make enough, some of them...
GamesBeat Rewind: 2019’s biggest PR disasters
A lot of us enjoyed some great games in 2019, but the year had plenty of, well, awkward moments if you were following the...
GamesBeat Rewind 2019: The year’s biggest trends … and where they’re heading in 2020
The game industry is in a huge period of flux, but 2019 only set the stage for enormous paradigm shifts that the coming year...
The DeanBeat: Black Friday lets us enjoy the low cost of computing and entertainment
I’ve done some conspicuous consumption already during the holiday season, even though Black Friday is barely upon us. A series of unfortunate incidents have...
Cloud gaming is going to make customer support more complicated
New cloud-based game platforms like Google Stadia and Apple Arcade are potentially great for gamers, offering on-demand, download-free, anytime, anywhere games. But, drawing on...
GamesBeat Decides 131: Star Wars Jedi and Google Stadia reviews
November is flying by at an irresponsible pace, but that means we are almost on “the other side of games” for 2019. On the...
Google Stadia’s data use is over 100MB per minute at 1080p
Google Stadia is every bit the data hog that everyone was expecting. The service warns that it can use between 4.5GB and 20GB of...
Console-free gaming may start with the cloud — but will need the edge
The video gaming world is bracing for a cloud-based, console-less future. By ditching expensive PCs and consoles, and making games accessible on the devices...