The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...
The DeanBeat: The American Abyss depicts a U.S. civil war in 2040
The U.S. midterm election next week feels like one of the most important in a generation. We need to get out and vote. And...
The DeanBeat: Apple’s iPhone XS Max is great for games, but they’re still catching up
The first thing I did when I got the flagship iPhone XS Max was try out some games. I’ve been playing around with Apple’s latest...
The DeanBeat: Magic Leap gave us a taste of spatial computing, but it could still blow it
Magic Leap did not mention during its coming-out party in Los Angeles this week that it has raised $2.4 billion in funding since 2011....
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...