The DeanBeat: Why Blackout battle royale will be huge for Call of Duty
I’ve been thinking a lot about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout battle royale mode. It is Treyarch and Activision’s answer to the competitive...
The DeanBeat: Will the Oculus Quest get Zuckerberg to his 1 billion VR users?
It was a big moment for virtual reality this week when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Oculus Quest, a standalone, wireless VR headset...
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...
The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming
Blockchain this and that. You hear it all the time now. I get pitched a few times per week, or sometimes per day, on...
The DeanBeat: The ridiculous schedule for triple-A games of the fall
Spider-Man debuts today on the Sony PlayStation 4, and that’s about as big a kickoff event you can get for the triple-A games of...
The DeanBeat: Crazy Rich Asians raises hopes for better representation in media
The Asian Americans that I know are hopeful that Crazy Rich Asians, Hollywood’s first major romantic comedy about Asians with an Asian American director...
The DeanBeat: Could the U.S. have a trade war with China over games?
Donald Trump’s trade war with China over steel and aluminum seems like a battle from the last century. It begs the question: What would...
The DeanBeat: Fortnite underscores the competitive difference between Unreal and Unity
Epic Games and Unity Technologies are locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. They both make game engines, or...
The DeanBeat: Vacation gaming with the extended family
For me, summer used to be time to spend outdoors. Big video games didn’t debut when kids like me were growing up and going...
The DeanBeat: Why Universal went all-in on Jurassic World games
When the blockbuster film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom debuted on June 22, it came with a bunch of Jurassic World games. Normally, based on...