PlayStation Network is down — Sony engineers are working on a fix
PlayStation Network is down for a significant number of PlayStation owners. Sony has confirmed the outage, and fans are complaining about “PSN down” on social...
Survey: AR/VR startups are leaving international money on the table
The bulk of AR/VR startups aren’t selling outside their own backyards, at a time when growing revenue and extending financial runways have become critical...
PlayStation reclaims top spot for gaming industry ad spend on TV
Sony’s PlayStation 4 is back on the top, as EA Sports and Xbox muscle in while Nintendo drops. As kids went back to school,...
Fortnite’s Android gambit could reform mobile’s walled gardens
Epic Games’ decision to release Fortnite on Android outside of Google Play is one of the biggest stories in the mobile games industry in...
What the makers of Final Assault learned with their second VR game
One of my early joys in virtual reality was the HTC Vive’s Final Approach from Phaser Lock Interactive. It put you in the middle of a virtual reality...
PlayStation 4 changes crossplay policy, begins Fortnite testing
Sony announced today a major policy shift regarding crossplay with other consoles. PlayStation 4 previously wouldn’t allow online games to connect to Xbox One...
The DeanBeat: Console games aren’t dead yet
We all remember headlines about how console games are dead or dying. Mobile games, PC games, Android settop boxes, virtual reality, and cloud gaming were...
Marvel’s Spider-Man webs up God of War by selling 3.3 million copies in 3 days
This topples God of War, another PS4 exclusive, to claim the record for best three day debut a Sony first-party game. That action game came out earlier this year, on April 20.
The RetroBeat: The PlayStation Classic needs these 15 games
Sony announced the PlayStation Classic early this morning. Given the success of the NES and SNES Classic Editions, a micro console for the first...
Sony announces the PlayStation Classic micro console
Sony announced today that it will release the PlayStation Classic micro console on December 3. It will cost $100 and come loaded with 20...