Shawn Layden and Mark Cerny: from Icarus moment to managing 3,000 devs
Shawn Layden and Mark Cerny deserve a lot of the credit for why Sony’s PlayStation 4 is sitting at the top of the console...
Firewall: Zero Hour gets August 28 release date and PS VR Aim bundle
Developer First Contact Entertainment revealed today that Firewall: Zero Hour will be released on August 28, and come in both digital and physical bundles - including a PS VR Aim controller pack.
Candy crushes: King dethrones PlayStation at top of most-seen TV game ads chart
After months of PlayStation leading the chart, King is now in first place. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company...
The story behind Nintendo’s betrayal of Sony — and how it created its fiercest rival
The following is an excerpt from Replay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan. It should have been a coup. On May 28,...
The DeanBeat: Leaves and other false trends of E3 2018
One of the unintentionally funny moments of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at Microsoft’s press event, where Ralph Fulton, creative director of...
Days Gone hands-on — How to deal with hundreds of fast zombies
I’ve been excited about Bend Studio’s Days Gone since I first saw it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2016. But the game has its skeptics (including...
Detroit: Become Human is Quantic Dream’s best game launch ever
Sony had the best-selling console platform of May, and the latest PlayStation 4 exclusive may have helped with that. Detroit: Become Human debuted May...
May 2018 NPD: PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The PlayStation 4 was the top-selling console hardware platform in May in the United States, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. But the...
Déraciné is Dark Souls studio’s exploration of VR, made to surprise fans
Best known for creating the "fantastically demented" action games Dark Souls and Bloodborne, From Software's Hidetaka Miyazaki was motivated by a desire to learn about VR -- and create something surprising for fans -- which resulted in last week's unexpected announcement of Déraciné for Sony's PlayStation VR.
Ghost of Tsushima: How U.S. dev Sucker Punch is making the ultimate samurai game
Can an American game studio make one of the best samurai video games ever? That’s the question for Sucker Punch as it develops Ghost...