Mike Capps: Ex-Epic Games prez unveils Diveplane’s understandable and responsible AI
Mike Capps, the former president of Epic Games, retired six years ago to focus on his family. But yesterday he announced that he has...
Introducing the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest
We’re happy to announce the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest. We’re going to pick five developers who will demo their games at our annual GamesBeat conference,...
Epic Games’ former president Mike Capps joins Unity as an internal adviser
This move has the industry figurehead moving from the maker of one of the most popular multiplatform game engines, Unreal Engine, to its direct competitor, which Unity CEO John Riccitiello said at the GamesBeat Summit this week sees 800 million game downloads a month.
Candid moments of the ‘who’s who’ at gaming’s red carpet event
The video game digerati walked the red carpet at the Dice Awards. Here's what they told us.
Tencent paid $330M for 40% of Epic Games
Last year, Epic Games sold a 40 percent ownership stake to China’s Tencent, according to an interview with Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney. That...
The DeanBeat: The accelerated change of the game industry
Waves of change in the game business could either sweep you aside or take you to a new shore.
Cliff Bleszinski leaves Epic Games
Gears of War maker Epic Games today announced the departure of design director Cliff Bleszinski.
Game developers salivate over the new iPad’s specs
The new iPad’s high-end specifications are perfect for game developers and will up the ante when it comes to building better graphics into their...
The DeanBeat: Top games to play on the iPhone 4S
Mainstream consumers may be drawn to the iPhone 4S because of its Siri personal assistant. But gamers will want to pick up the iPhone...
Interview with Epic Games bosses on Infinity Blade 2 (video)
Epic Games today showed a demo of Infinity Blade 2, the latest game for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. The company was...