Bonfire Studios announces debut game Arkheron after 8 years — exclusive
Bonfire Studios, an independent video game developer started by Rob Pardo and other game veterans in 2016, is finally coming out of stealth mode,...
Building studio culture by empowering teams
Some gaming CEOs take their company cultures very seriously. Rob Pardo, the founder of Bonfire Studios, has been around the business enough to know...
Bright Star Studios attracts new investors following in-game land sale
Bright Star Studios, developer of the play-to-earn MMORPG Ember Sword, today announced a new investment deal in which it’s bringing on twenty new investors,...
The DeanBeat: Building visionary triple-A game studios that last
One of my favorite business books is Built to Last: Successful habits of visionary companies, by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. Starting the 1990s,...
Bonfire Studios is not ‘gonna suddenly go out and make Candy Crush’
Indie studio Bonfire Games has been quiet about what it’s been up to since its founding in 2016. But at the 2019 GamesBeat Summit,...
The DeanBeat: Our dream event with Atari father Nolan Bushnell, Respawn’s Vince Zampella and Spider-Man dude Ted Price
I’ve been dreaming about putting on a great game industry event for a long time. We’ve been doing our GamesBeat conferences for a decade...
Beware, Minecraft and Roblox. Here comes the blocky world of Hytale
Minecraft and Roblox have big targets painted on their backs, and Hytale is an arrow pointed at them. Hypixel Studios is unveiling Hytale, a new...
Game boss interview: Rob Pardo says playtesting is critical to game design
Rob Pardo developed his relentless focus on excellent game design when he was at Blizzard Entertainment, making games, such as StarCraft, Warcraft III, and...
World of Warcraft’s ex-lead designer Rob Pardo creates Bonfire Studios
Rob Pardo was the lead designer of World of Warcraft, and he had a stellar career in his 17 years at Blizzard Entertainment. But...
Blizzard cofounder Frank Pearce: 25 years of making games isn’t enough
Blizzard Entertainment is the division of Activision Blizzard that’s brought us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft, and it turned 25 this...