This chart visualizes why live-service games are the ‘it’ thing for publishers
The video game business is an expensive and risky hit-driven market. But live-service games are altering this dynamic. Instead of trying to hit a...
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game gets its first expansion with Crimson Curse
CD Projekt Red today announced Crimson Curse, the first expansion for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. It launches March 28. Gwent had its official...
Apex Legends passes 50 million players in a month
The official Apex Legends Twitter account revealed today that the battle royale game has reached 50 million players since its February 4 launch. Apex...
How Roblox is moving ahead with its digital civility initiative
Roblox has more than 80 million monthly players on its Lego-like virtual world platform for teens, and it only takes a few bad apples to...
Nvidia and AMD are shipping fewer GPUs as retailers sit on inventory
Nvidia and AMD are still dealing with the fallout of the cryptocurrency fad of 2017. The video-card companies rushed to fulfill demand in early...
GamesBeat Decides 111: Seeing into the future
The video game industry is closing up shop after another wild week, and now it’s time to read books and speak to our families....
Riot Games hires chief diversity officer in wake of sexism scandal
Angela Roseboro is taking on a big task as the chief diversity officer at Riot Games. She joins Riot from Dropbox and comes in...
Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links hits 90 million downloads
Konami announced today that Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links has reached 90 million downloads on PC and mobile. Yu-Gi-Oh Duel is a free-to-play digital card game....
The DeanBeat: Chasing the fun in ‘Fortnite killer’ Apex Legends
Against all odds, Respawn Entertainment‘s Apex Legends has become one of the most popular games in the world. It had a surprise launch just...
Ape Out is the video game palate cleanser you’re looking for
I was listening to The Exploding Barrel Podcast this week, which GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti hosts, when they started talking about how the...