Annapurna Interactive represented the pinnacle of indie games | The DeanBeat
We heard the news yesterday that all 25 of Annapurna Interactive’s team resigned after a deal fell through to spin them out of the...
Gamescom’s clues about a game industry recovery | The DeanBeat
With more than 30,000 layoffs in the past 2.5 years, the game industry’s resilience and adaptability has been pushed the breaking point. But at...
Epic Games Store and Fortnite launch on mobile platforms after a monumental fight |The DeanBeat
The Epic Games Store debuted on iOS in the European Union and on Android worldwide with Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League Sideswipe included....
For optimism in games, look at Brazil | The DeanBeat
It’s not easy to find good news in the game industry these days. But on my trip to see the Gamescom Latam event in...
NCSoft’s Songyee Yoon believes in gaming for a better world | The DeanBeat
Songyee Yoon is president of NCSoft, the South Korean maker of online games including Aion, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, Lineage,...
Resilience and adaptation on display at GamesBeat Summit 2024 | The DeanBeat
It’s been a tough time in the game industry lately and I’d like to think of our GamesBeat Summit 2024 event as an oasis. If you’d...
What we can learn from the Helldivers 2 and Palworld launches | The DeanBeat
When everybody shows up at once to play a game like Palworld and Helldivers 2, it’s like a thunderous stampede for the company trying...
Hypixel created 21 books full of fan condolences for Minecraft’s Technoblade | The DeanBeat
The condolences for Technoblade, a young man who was a Minecraft creator, exceeded 430,000 messages. They now fill up 21 books which were given...
The metaverse is back. But let’s not call it the metaverse | The DeanBeat
When Disney shut down its metaverse division on March 28, 2023, the end of the 50-person division was interpreted as doom for the metaverse,...
It’s good to be Kojima | The DeanBeat
As I watched this week’s trailer for Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, I had to wonder again if Kojima is a...