Plays.tv is now World of Tanks’ official ‘video-capture solution’
Gaming-related video is hugely popular on the Web, and now one of the competitors in that space is making a deal to grow its...
GamesBeat 2015 puts the spotlight on finding whales in free-to-play games
Prior to his onstage appearance at GamesBeat 2015, Ninja Metrics CEO Dr. Dmitri Williams spoke with us about the mobile game's industry to "whale-fish," and how our relationship with our heaviest users could be improved.
Microsoft buys Havok from Intel, promises to keep licensing physics tech
Microsoft now owns one of gaming’s most popular middleware tools. The Xbox company announced this morning that it has acquired Havok, the technology company best...
Windows 10 adoption passes Windows 8.1 on Steam
More than one in every five gamers on Steam is already using Windows 10. Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for September 2015,...
Final GamesBeat 2015’s epic agenda features 116 of gaming’s brightest leaders
Our GamesBeat 2015 conference is just 11 days away. It’s going to be an epic and efficient show with some of the industry’s best...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2015 will reveal the state of the game industry
Since I’ve been writing about games for 19 years and I’ve been running our GamesBeat conference for seven years, I’m often asked about the...
Might and Magic: Heroes VII — avoiding this epic disappointment is your best strategy
When a good series runs into serious trouble, the results feel especially ugly. Might & Magic: Heroes VII offers the worst game yet in a venerable turn-based...
The fan that’s trying to re-create Pokémon Red in Minecraft has made some updates
You can make almost anything in Minecraft, and fans have shown over and over that they will. One community creator, who goes by the...
SteelSeries will give commissions to streamers who use — and hawk — their gear
Gaming peripheral creator SteelSeries announced a new affiliate program today. Any streamer who takes part in it that uses SteelSeries products can earn a commission off sales made via links on their streams.
Smite designer discusses the sweet spot for multiplayer matches and mixing cards and shooters in Paladins
Part 2 of our discussion with Rory Newbrough, lead designer on card game/FPS hybrid Paladins