Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick: ‘I’m charged with making hard decisions’
Strauss Zelnick is very efficient with his answers. When I interviewed the CEO of Take-Two Interactive last week at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),...
What Alienware has learned from 10 years of esports
Frank Azor cofounded Alienware more than two decades ago, and so he had the look of a grizzled veteran at the Electronic Entertainment Expo...
How Facebook is stepping up its plans to immediately gratify gamers
Facebook isn’t a game company, but it knows a lot about games and gamers. During last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big video...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2018
Although I’m not on my plane yet, I’ve survived another 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game trade show that draws billions of views...
Ori and the Will of the Wisps hands-on — Combat’s time to shine
Ori and the Blind Forest was my favorite game of 2015. The Metroidvania (a mix of Castlevania-like gameplay and Metriod-esque nonliner level design) is...
Resident Evil 2 hands-on — a masterful remaster that even a coward can appreciate
I am a coward. When Capcom asked me if I wanted to go through their haunted house experience at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) before...
The RetroBeat: Mega Man 11’s caretakers explain why the series had such a long break
I fell in love with Mega Man 11 when I played it during the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this week in Los Angeles....
Mega Man 11 hands-on — This hardcore fan is mega-happy
Mega Man 11 is one of the games I’m most excited about at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big gaming trade show...
Asssassin’s Creed: Odyssey won’t let you romance Socrates, so what’s the point?
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is the culmination of Ubisoft’s efforts to turn its historical playground adventures into full role-playing experiences. The publisher started that effort...
Metro Exodus puts you on a train journey through nuclear winter
Huw Beynon remembered doing a demo for me back in 2011, when Metro: Last Light debuted. And there was Deep Silver’s head of global...