Qualcomm touts 30% faster gameplay for Snapdragon 888 smartphones
Qualcomm says its new Snapdragon 888 processor will take mobile gaming to a new level that can match desktop-level gaming performance. That’s a big...
SuperData: Black Friday and Cyber Monday digital game sales fell 10% to $3.9 billion
Digital games earned $3.9 billion worldwide between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, said market researcher SuperData. That represented a 10% decline from a year...
Google Play’s best games of 2020 — Genshin Impact is the big winner
As part of its annual awards, Google Play announced that MiHoYo’s Genshin Impact walked away with the title of Best Game of 2020. The games...
Supercell invests $2.8 million in 2Up, a co-op mobile game studio
Supercell is investing $2.8 million in New Zealand game studio 2Up Games, which is working on a co-op mobile game. This further proof of...
Leyline rewards good deeds with gift cards and in-game items
2020 has been a hard time for many, but the video game industry has managed to thrive. Now, a new nonprofit is looking to...
Roblox partners with Ernest Cline on Ready Player Two event
Ready Player Two, the highly anticipated sequel to Ernest Cline’s worldwide best-selling book Ready Player One, debuts in the U.S. and U.K. on November...
Dean’s GamesBeat gift guide for surviving the pandemic
I’ve been a no-show when it comes to our holiday gift guides of the past, but we all need some diversions this year, so...
Genies raises $3 million from Bandai Namco for Asia expansion
Genies has raised $3 million from Bandai Namco and is opening an office in Tokyo as part of an Asia expansion for its 3D...
The DeanBeat — Here’s my Thanksgiving DeanBits
This is my last column before Thanksgiving and before the Black Friday frenzy, and so I thought it would be better to write a...
Lightfox Games raises $3.3 million for ‘hypercore’ mobile games
Lightfox Games, a Seattle-based mobile game developer and publisher, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding to make accessible mobile titles that they have...