Categories Posted inin Development How Blizzard stayed laser-focused on quality games for 25 years Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2016 25 min Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 25th anniversary today, a milestone that very few video game companies achieve in a very Darwinian industry. It has survived this... Continue Reading 25 min
Categories Posted inin Development Unity’s Rob Pardo describes the future of multiplayer Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 21, 2015 3 min Rob Pardo made a huge impact on games in his career at Blizzard Entertainment, the publisher behind genre-defining games such as World of Warcraft,... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business $250,000 prize fund for latest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive e-sports tournament Posted byby GamesBeat January 26, 2015 2 min 16 teams will compete for Valve's prize fund in Katowice, Poland. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard Entertainment creative director Rob Pardo calls it quits after 17 years Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 3, 2014 1 min Pardo touched a lot of franchises in a long career at Blizzard. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game developers hate Windows 8, Microsoft responds Posted byby GamesBeat August 8, 2012 4 min Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Critical Path documents the brilliance of game creators with personal video interviews Posted byby GamesBeat July 23, 2012 2 min New documentary The Critical Path includes interviews with the technical and creative talents behind today's most popular video games. Continue Reading 2 min