PlayStation 4 was the best-selling hardware of the decade
The NPD Group released its annual video game report for the United States, and it included some tidbits for the last 10 years as...
Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB excerpt – “Evolution, Expansion, and Enforcement”
GamesBeat is publishing this exclusive excerpt of Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB. Previous chapters can be found here. To help commemorate its 25th...
The DeanBeat: 13 humble predictions for gaming in 2020
I’ve never been good at making predictions about the game industry, but I enjoy it. I figure if I make enough, some of them...
2019 game industry ad spend: a quieter year
At iSpot.tv, we found that the game industry spent an estimated $319.6 million on television ads in 2019 (January 1 through December 8), a...
GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson’s favorite games of 2019
Each year, it gets harder to nail down my favorite games of the past season. Part of this is because there are just so...
Sony reveals new PlayStation DualShock 4 Back Button attachment
Sony revealed the DualShock 4 Back Button attachment today, which (as the name implies) adds buttons to the back of the PlayStation 4 controller....
Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima will launch in summer 2020
Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima will debut in the summer of 2020 on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. The game for Sony’s PlayStation 4 got...
PlayStation reduces TV ads in November as game industry boosts spend to $62.7 million
As the holiday season arrives, the gaming industry as a whole has been increasing its TV ad spend: In November, 13 brands spent an...
The RetroBeat: Learning to love PlayStation after years of bitterness
I wish I appreciated the original PlayStation back when it was new. Sony’s first console celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 3. When the...
Console-free gaming may start with the cloud — but will need the edge
The video gaming world is bracing for a cloud-based, console-less future. By ditching expensive PCs and consoles, and making games accessible on the devices...