The DeanBeat: The Game Awards and why game developers say ‘F*** the Oscars’
Last night’s The Game Awards had some touching, sweet, and funny moments. But Josef Fares, creator of the upcoming A Way Out from Electronic...
The DeanBeat: Outsiders, insiders, and manufactured outrage
I felt a bit like a lab rat this week as I found that my career in game journalism — and my terribly unskilled...
The DeanBeat: The battle of the holiday first-person shooter games
Some people are freaking out about net neutrality right now. Me, I’m deciding where to put my holiday play time. Will it be Wolfenstein...
The DeanBeat: The tragedy of the Star Wars: Battlefront II loot crates
Electronic Arts made a great game in Star Wars: Battlefront II. But it stepped in a pile of controversy by adding an unpopular monetization...
The DeanBeat: What gamers should grasp about big studios and big games
I anticipated that Electronic Arts’ purchase of Titanfall studio Respawn Entertainment wasn’t going to go over well with fans. And from what I’ve seen,...
The DeanBeat: This week’s tale of the game juggernauts
Gamers have many ways to keep score. This column is about how I like to look at the game companies during the busy fall...
The DeanBeat: Inside Microsoft’s Inclusive Technologies Lab
Microsoft’s Inclusive Technologies Lab is full of insightful ideas about how to enable as many people as possible to enjoy video games. One of...
The DeanBeat: What Visceral’s closing means for video games
The video game industry received a shock to the system this week as Electronic Arts rebooted its story-based Star Wars game and shut down...
The DeanBeat: Middle-earth: Shadow of War is the revenge of the nerds
Sometimes the GamesBeat staff is a microcosm of the world of gamers and other real people. This week, Jeff Grubb, our PC gaming editor,...
The DeanBeat: The wonderful diverse world of games
It’s that time of year when I have to start making difficult choices. So many good video games are out there, and I have...