Square Enix president expects AI, 5G cellular, and digital payments to benefit gaming
Yosuke Masuda, president of Square Enix, predicted that 5G networks could make high-quality web browser games in the HTML5 format more popular. In a...
The DeanBeat: 10 wildly inaccurate and predictable predictions for gaming in 2018
The ritual has arrived again. It’s time for me to make wildly inaccurate predictions about the future of games. This is always embarrassing for...
GamesBeat’s 10 biggest stories of 2017
Fun fact: Four of our 10 most popular stories this year are about Electronic Arts’s Star Wars: Battlefront II situation (aka “CrateGate”) even though...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The most overlooked games of the year
Sometimes, it seems like a Sisyphean task to try to keep up with all the games that come out every year. And that’s not...
Civilization VI is now available for iPad
One of the PC’s best strategy game series is now available for iPad. You can buy Civilization VI in the iOS App Store for...
The RetroBeat: Final Fantasy keeps the magic alive 30 years later
Final Fantasy is one of the few names in gaming that just makes me feel fuzzy when I hear it. It’s the greatest Japanese...
Celebrate The Last Jedi with some Star Wars gaming deals and new content
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now out in theaters. Many of you will be coming home with a hunger for more Star Wars....
Sensor Tower: Kobolds & Catacombs doubled Hearthstone’s mobile revenues
According to the mobile data and insights company Sensor Tower, Hearthstone’s Kobolds & Catacombs expansion has doubled the digital card game’s mobile revenues in...
Apptopia — Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has earned $17 million with 25 million downloads
Since launching on November 21 for Android and iOS, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has reached 25 million downloads and earned $17 million in revenue....
Skillz raises $25 million for mobile esports platform
Skillz has raised $25 million in funding for its mobile esports platform from investors including Liberty Global and Telstra. Back in May 2017, the San...