HyperX hits 20M gaming headsets sold
HyperX, the esports and gaming peripherals brand at HP, announced it has sold over 20 million gaming headsets. That’s a pretty good result, as...
Game maker inspires Turkish village children to make games
Simay Dinc is a first-generation game maker in Turkey, and she wants to teach the next generation to learn how to make games, learn...
The RetroBeat — Castlevania: Circle of the Moon somehow became underrated
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon has had some ups and downs when it comes to public opinion. When it debuted as a launch title...
Grand Theft Auto trilogy remake coming to modern consoles and PC
Rockstar Games today announced Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — Definitive Edition, a collection of remakes of three previous Grand Theft Auto games for...
The DeanBeat: Twitch hack exposes more industry secrets
Perhaps the lesson of the leak of a trove Twitch‘s data, source code, and internal tools is that we can expect this to happen...
Video games are risky, expensive, and a really good business
Making video games is an exercise in cognitive dissonance. It is a hit-driven business where you can never know how consumers will respond. And...
Eidos Montreal becomes first AAA studio to adopt a 4-day workweek
Eidos Montreal announced today it is shifting to a four-day work week. It’s keeping its eight-hour schedule, meaning its full-time employees will now work...
Far Cry 6 review-in-progress: A silly game trying to be smart
After playing several hours of Far Cry 6 on Xbox Series X, I think the word “guerrilla” has lost all meaning to me. This...
Diablo IV gets a new game director
Blizzard announced today that Joe Shely is the new game director for Diablo IV. The previous director, Luis Barriga, left the company in August,...
Far Cry 6 is gaming’s processed food
The processed-food industry and gaming industry have a lot in common. They are both extremely secretive, and they both use the science of brain...