Reaper Actual Foundation Alpha launches for new shooter game community
Distinct Possibility Studios is launching its Foundation Alpha for its Reaper Actual first-person shooter game, giving players the first opportunity to experience the game...
John Smedley unveils Distinct Possibility Studios’ open-world extraction game: Reaper Actual
John Smedley‘s Distinct Possibility Studios unveiled its new game, Reaper Actual, an open-world extraction shooter. The company has been working on the title for...
A survivor’s view of a game developer’s suicide
Eleven months ago, veteran game developer Matt McDonald died from suicide. His wife, Tammy McDonald, has to pick up the pieces and raise her...
Successful game industry pros talk about their struggles with depression
Amazon Game Studios head John Smedley opened the International Games Summit on Mental Health Awareness with a keynote talk about working with depression. Smedley’s chat...
Mental wellness becomes a forefront issue for game professionals during pandemic
Mental wellness for gaming professionals has come to the forefront as we all work in self-isolation at our homes, often cut off from normal...
GamesBeat Summit Visionary Awards — Honoring two who shed light on mental illness in games
Two leaders who are shedding light on mental illness in the game industry — and doing something to help — are the winners of...
GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: John Smedley, Glen Schofield, and Jessica Chobot
We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And today, we’re revealing three new speakers for the event: John Smedley, head of...
The DeanBeat: The Leisure Economy — where we all get paid to play games
I’ve been bouncing this idea about the Leisure Economy, where we all get paid to play games, off everyone I meet these days. With...
Game Boss interview: Nexon CEO preaches focus on players, not monetization
Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney thinks that mobile game publishers lost sight of what was good for players when they turned up the crank on...
The DeanBeat: Strategic zoom for the game industry
In the past nine years, I’ve written around 10,000 stories on games. In this column, I’m going to mention quotes from about 10 of...