The DeanBeat: ArenaNet’s disaster sends shock waves into gaming
I was on vacation last week, hanging out with my extended family and playing a few games on my aging iPhone 6, my Nintendo...
The DeanBeat: Why outsiders see us better than we can see ourselves
When I learned that Ghost of Tsushima, an authentic samurai swordfighting action-adventure game, was under development at Bellevue, Washington-based based Sucker Punch, I did...
The DeanBeat: Where game developers still dare to bet big
In 2010 and 2011, the development team at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam surveyed the landscape of video games. They had just shipped the sci-fi...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2018
Although I’m not on my plane yet, I’ve survived another 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game trade show that draws billions of views...
The DeanBeat: E3 is back with dozens of games we’ll want to play
The annual ritual of sacrifice that addles the brains of game journalists around the world is at hand. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big...
The DeanBeat: Casual Connect Europe shows inspiration and salvation for mobile game devs
Mobile gaming has become half of the global game market, bringing in about $70 billion of the $137.9 billion annual take. But it’s not an...
The DeanBeat: The battle royale between Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Battlefield V
Activision and Electronic Arts disclosed the war plans for their big first-person shooter games of the year, and now it’s time for one of...
The DeanBeat: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 takes a lot of risks, not all good
Game development studio Treyarch is taking a lot of risks with this year’s multiplayer-only Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. And in my opinion, not...
The DeanBeat: Big money and the super-rich have descended on esports
The 4,000 or so investors and VIPs who attended the Milken Global Conference this week heard sessions about luxury brands, avoiding war in North...
The DeanBeat: God of War can fill you with a sense of awe
Jason Silva, the host of the show Brain Games, gave a talk yesterday at the Promax Games conference in San Francisco. In his best...