Sony acquires Audiokinetic and its popular Wwise sound tool
Sony Interactive Entertainment is making an acquisition to beef up its game-development toolkit. The publisher revealed that it is buying sound-engineering firm Audiokinetic. As...
PlayStation 4 surpasses 91.6 million systems sold
Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation 4 is still a sales juggernaut. The company has sold more than 91.6 million PS4s since launching the system in...
5 big questions VR faces in 2019
Between the launch of Oculus Go, Vive Pro, and an onslaught of new titles, 2018 was a busy year for VR. But it’s no...
God of War postmortem interview — How the ending and its surprise came together
God of War was the surprise winner at this year’s The Game Awards, beating out the favorite Red Dead Redemption 2 for Game of...
God of War postmortem — The alternate design and story choices that might have been
Some of the key moments and characters of God of War, the winner of Game of the Year at The Game Awards, might have...
PlayStation leads game industry TV ad impressions three months in a row
Sony’s PlayStation once again took first place for the most-seen gaming industry commercials, its third time in a row. Meanwhile, Nintendo edged up a...
The DeanBeat: 12 predictable predictions on gaming in 2019
I’m making my annual predictions for the game industry again, not because I’m good at it, but because it has become one of the...
PlayStation maintains top TV advertiser spot, but Nintendo and Xbox aren’t giving up
As gifting season heats up, consoles have returned to TV in force. Although PlayStation is still far and away the biggest advertiser, both Nintendo...
The Game Awards doubles viewership to 26 million livestreams
The Game Awards today announced that its 2018 broadcast more than doubled its viewership to over 26.2 million global livestreams, up 128 percent from...
Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo get up on stage at The Game Awards
The leaders of Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo got up on stage together for the first time in a long time at tonight at The...