Categories Posted inin Business Project Morpheus: Sony announces its virtual-reality headset for PlayStation 4 Posted byby GamesBeat March 19, 2014 3 min Sony believes that VR will fundamentally change the rules of gaming. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 16, 2014 16 min IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How honest will the Game Developers Conference be? Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 14, 2014 4 min The head of GDC tells us why we should care about real-world advocacy issues around games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Inside Nvidia’s plan to give $100K to the next hot emerging startup (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 7, 2014 11 min Nvidia's top investment executive, Jeff Herbst, also tells us what he looks for investments. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Sony’s executive change makes you wonder how much the old guard is necessary Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 7, 2014 4 min Now it's Sony's turn for change as Jack Tretton, a 19-year veteran, exits the U.S. games division. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Amy Hennig, creative director on the Uncharted series, has left Naughty Dog (report) Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2014 2 min The creative director and writer behind the Uncharted franchise has reportedly been "forced out" of developer Naughty Dog. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation 4 sales top 6M units in less than four months Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2014 2 min Sony's game console is a smashing success and is now on sale in 57 countries. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct a movie about how Sega took on Nintendo Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min The Sega Genesis versus the Super Nintendo was one of the earliest battles in the “console wars,” and now some filmmakers that specialize in... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Steam matters: Valve’s ambitious plan for the future of the PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 13 min A technology company in Washington state has 75 million users. It earns more profits-per-employee than Apple or Google, and its fans adore it. That... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ditching the physical: 16% of consumers play digital only Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 3 min As more gamers purchase the new consoles, analysts predict more will adopt digital as their primary method of purchasing software. Continue Reading 3 min