BlizzCon returns to Anaheim on September 12-13, 2026
BlizzCon is returning to the Anaheim Convention Center on September 12 and September 13 in 2026. This means Blizzard Entertainment, owned by Activision Blizzard,...
Xbox’s AI initiative with Muse is an attempt to read the tea leaves, not the room
Earlier today, the heads of Microsoft’s Xbox division revealed Muse, a generative AI model that intends to create both visuals and gameplay for games....
Muse is Xbox’s generative AI model for gameplay ideation
Microsoft Research unveiled Muse, the company’s first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation. Fatima Kardar, corporate vice president of gaming AI at Microsoft,...
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the year’s finest game | review
There were 21 Indiana Jones games before this year’s Indiana Jones and the Great Circle debuted on December 9. I didn’t remember any of...
From Kickstarter to Netflix: The Exploding Kittens Journey | Elan Lee
The collaboration of The Oatmeal cartoonist Matt Inman and video game designer Elan Lee has been a fruitful one. And I recently caught up with Lee...
Getting systems to simulate flight behavior in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Sebastian Wloch interview
For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, the ambitious flight sim game that debuts today, the physics and environmental systems are far more sophisticated than the...
From humble shoe salesman to a bird’s eye view of video game history | Peter Moore interview
Peter Moore is a legend of the game industry. He told us in a fireside chat at our GamesBeat Next 2024 event that he...
Microsoft touts deep dive trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; here’s our interview
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is inching nearer to its December 9 release and Microsoft is releasing a deep dive trailer about the...
How games companies can attract (and keep) new talent
At our recent GamesBeat Next event, we held our ninth Women in Gaming Breakfast, where I had the opportunity of speaking with Dametra Johnson-Marletti,...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is biggest release in history
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 had its biggest three-day opening sales in the 20-plus year history of the franchise, Microsoft announced in its...