Dead Cells is making me embrace the cheese
I have a problem when I play Dead Cells, the excellent roguelike action adventure with Metroid-style exploration that is out now on PC and...
Nintendo Switch Online service debuts in second half of September
The Nintendo Switch Online service debuts in the second half of September, and the Japanese company detailed what players will get for their subscriptions....
Dead Cells review — the apotheosis of the Roguelike
I didn’t love Spelunky when I reviewed it (apologies for that headline). After writing that review, I began to see what other people like...
It’s 2018, and the NES outsold the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
June was a big month for the video game industry thanks to the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show. That’s the event that is supposed...
Nintendo Switch has sold 19.7 million consoles, 87 million games to date
Nintendo reported net sales of $1.513 billion for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, up 9 percent from $1.386 billion for the same...
The DeanBeat: Vacation gaming with the extended family
For me, summer used to be time to spend outdoors. Big video games didn’t debut when kids like me were growing up and going...
Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man raise game industry sales forecast for the rest of 2018
Market researcher DFC Intelligence raised its forecast for video game hardware and software sales in 2018 and 2019. The forecast improvement is based on...
June 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: Enter the Summer Sale (correction)
The Minecraft Marketplace is about to get the followup on a serious 1-2 punch that could boost creator’s revenues and downloads through the end...
Dead Cells’ ‘roguevania’ action launches August 7
Dead Cells is dodge-rolling out of Early Access on Steam and into its full release as well as onto consoles. Developer Motion Twin, which...
No, Nintendo Switch isn’t getting a VR headset
Sorry, everyone. While there’s a story floating around today about a “VR” or “pseudo-VR” headset coming soon for Nintendo’s Switch, it’s not true. Even...