Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 gets over 3 million players in its first weekend Posted byby Mike Minotti September 16, 2019 1 min Gears 5 is off to a strong start, seeing over 3 million players in its first weekend, according to Microsoft. The third-person shooter debuted... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 interview — Rod Fergusson explains the story, characters, accessibility, and ending Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 9, 2019 18 min Rod Fergusson, studio head of The Coalition, went out on a limb recently when he said that Gears of War 5 is the finest... Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Zynga looks for the right game companies to acquire Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 8, 2019 14 min When Zynga sold its San Francisco headquarters for $600 million in May, the social mobile game company received a lot of fresh gunpower for... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox rolls over Nintendo to lead a sleepy August for gaming industry TV spend Posted byby Jason Wilson September 7, 2019 2 min The summer slump for gaming brands continued in August, with the industry’s estimated total spend coming in around $3.6 million, down from July’s $6.2... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Gears 5 review — The Coalition nails action and emotion in one of series’ finest games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 4, 2019 9 min The Gears of War saga has always been a mixture of intense combat, serious war story, ridiculous over-the-top scenes, and comedy in a world... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Development Acer unveils 300Hz gaming laptop for $2,800, Planet9 esports platform Posted byby GamesBeat September 4, 2019 5 min At IFA 2019 in Berlin today, Acer unveiled two gaming laptops, a gaming chair, an esports platform, four new monitors, two more refreshed laptops,... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Nick Berry interview — A data scientist confronts his own mortality Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 2, 2019 32 min Nick Berry has stage IV cancer. He is a first-class data scientist, but even he is not certain how much time he has left.... Continue Reading 32 min
Categories Posted inin Development Net Applications: Windows 10 passes 50% market share, Windows 7 falls to 30% Posted byby GamesBeat September 1, 2019 2 min More than four years after its release, Windows 10 has passed 50% in market share. This means every other desktop computer is now running... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Paymentwall’s Terminal3 lets game developers create their own online shops Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 1, 2019 9 min Paymentwall built a business as a global payments platform, with much of its focus on games. Last year, the company spun out its Terminal3... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How Germany does gaming events right with Gamescom Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 23, 2019 5 min In the past, Gamescom (the giant fan event in Cologne, Germany) was a sideshow for the worldwide game industry. Companies could choose to come... Continue Reading 5 min