Categories Posted inin Business Rime developer talks about Spain’s struggle to grow in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2017 9 min Companies like Tequila Works, the maker of games such as Rime and Deadlight, are trying to put the gusto in game development in Spain.... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Development ProBeat: Microsoft needs to stop overpromising Windows 10 features Posted byby GamesBeat July 7, 2017 2 min Underpromise and overdeliver — an easy concept to grasp, but not always to execute. When it comes to Windows 10, it’s particularly difficult to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Remedy’s Sam Lake on 21 years of game storytelling and transmedia Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2017 15 min Sam Lake has been writing stories for Remedy Entertainment’s games for 21 years. He started with the graphic novel tale of Max Payne, and... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game investor Phil Harrison sees the broader view of games beyond Sony and Microsoft Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2017 7 min Phil Harrison was probably the tallest person at the Gamelab gaming event in Barcelona, Spain, this week. And that, along with his decades of... Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with enterprise security features, pauses app updates for testers Posted byby GamesBeat June 28, 2017 3 min Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with some of the enterprise security features the company detailed yesterday. This is the... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Is Xbox One X ‘parity’ a real problem? GamesBeat Decides Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 28, 2017 2 min Microsoft wants fans to spend $500 to get what it is calling “the most powerful console ever” in the Xbox One X, but some... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business July 2017 Xbox Games With Gold: Kane & Lynch 2, Grow Up, and more Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 27, 2017 2 min Microsoft’s premium network service Xbox Live Gold is back with some more games to give away to its subscribers, and July is all about... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 12 min Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Microsoft wants to make Direct Reality VR’s answer to DirectX Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 24, 2017 2 min Just ahead of Microsoft’s media event prior to E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show) last week the company filed a trademark for Direct... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay State of Decay 2 fully simulates the world of the undead Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 24, 2017 3 min Most undead games try to hook you with the number of zombies you can shoot in a minute. But Microsoft’s upcoming State of Decay... Continue Reading 3 min