Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds update: Here’s what’s new and different
One of the biggest hits on Steam is getting its first major patch. Bluehole is updating Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, the studio’s Battle Royale-like online multiplayer game...
Beamdog ‘spells’ out its biggest hurdle to making Planescape: Torment — Enhanced Edition
Beamdog has been untangling old computer code for more than seven years now. It released three Enhanced Editions of classic role-playing games with Baldur’s...
Tencent is rebranding its PC digital game store as WeGame (updated)
Tencent is making some changes to its PC game store. According to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, the Chinese game company is planning to rebrand its Tencent...
Is Minecraft going free-to-play? GamesBeat Decides
Microsoft is continuing to make huge moves with its Minecraft brand, and that could lead to some even bigger changes in the future. On...
Old Time Hockey is like EA NHL’s beer-league cousin
For the first time in 25 years, my Detroit Red Wings are not in the NHL playoffs. It’s weird, and it’s making it difficult...
AMD releases 6-core Ryzen 5 desktop processors for gamers
After launching its first Ryzen 7 processors in March, Advanced Micro Devices is following up with the release today of its AMD Ryzen 5...
GamesBeat embraces our first love: PC gaming
PC gaming has never died. It will likely never die. It’s strong. It’s growing. And we at GamesBeat are going to focus more on...
Strife developer S2 Games channels Clash Royale with Brawl of Ages
The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) world might be too crowded to break into, but maybe a studio could sneak into the emerging Clash Royale...
Battlegrounds surges past 1 million copies sold on Steam in a mere 16 days
The latest entry in the Battle Royale-like genre continues to top Steam’s best-seller chart. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has zoomed past 1 million copies sold on...
The Franz Kafka Videogame’s inspiration comes from literature
Inspiration comes from many places, and in the case of Denis Galanin, a lone Russian game developer, it came from literature. After years of...