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...
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — An old school adventure with action/stealth | preview
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is perhaps the biggest mass appeal gaming coming this holiday season. And I was happy to be one...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review — A quality campaign and wider gameplay variety (updated)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has finally hit the market, after four years of development. For me, this means there are new ways...
How Andrew Stephan made War Game — the Ukraine game documentary | The DeanBeat
Andrew Stephan is the director of War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, a documentary from Microsoft about the ordeal of the game developers...
Activision releases report on anti-toxicity tools for Call of Duty: 45M text messages blocked
Activision released a report on its anti-toxicity tools for Call of Duty, including the upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 coming...
Microsoft’s 343 Industries rebrands as Halo Studios, adopts Unreal Engine
Microsoft’s 343 Industries has rebranded as Halo Studios and it has adopted Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Halo Studios made the announcement in a video...
The contrast between reality and simulation in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | David Dedeine interview
For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, this is a reasonable question. Is it a game, a simulation or reality? On the reality side, the previous...
The metaverse didn’t die. It moved inside Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | Jorg Neumann interview
The scale of the ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is pretty astounding. Made with 800 game developers over four years, the title has...
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets extended reveal and release date of December 9
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle got an extended reveal in a demo before thousands of game fans at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. The...