The DeanBeat: At Europe's E3, Microsoft gets a second chance, and Sony gets to tease Microsoft again
But it's still harder than ever to tell who will win the next-generation wars, given Microsoft's strong launch line-up.
The DeanBeat: Will Call of Duty's audience split into two multiplayer factions?
The differences in multiplayer philosophy between Treyarch and Infinity Ward -- the main studios on Call of Duty -- are becoming more striking.
The DeanBeat: Casual Connect reveals a scary and hopeful gaming business
We've accumulated the key observations from the game industry's leaders at Casual Connect.
The DeanBeat: At Siggraph, dipping into gaming's frontiers — like a bathtub liquid display
The visual delights of Siggraph's Emerging Technologies exhibit may someday reach gamers.
The DeanBeat: Microsoft goes crazy with its appointment of new gaming chief
Or does it? After all, Microsoft will try to appeal to gamers and non-gamers at the same time.
The DeanBeat: How Zynga snared Xbox boss Don Mattrick as its CEO
Bing Gordon, the consiglieri to Mark Pincus, gets credit for luring Don Mattrick to the top job at Zynga.
The DeanBeat: The Last of Us is this generation’s masterpiece
Naughty Dog's crowning achievement is better than its previous Uncharted: Among Thieves.
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of E3 2013
Many companies held back original properties for the next generation of consoles -- and are now showing them off.
The DeanBeat: Our E3 expectations for next-gen consoles, consumer rights, and new games
We list what we want to hear, expect to hear, and won't hear from gaming's major companies.
The DeanBeat: Gaming’s biggest ‘suit’ gets ready for the craziness of the E3 trade show
E3 chief Mike Gallagher expects the event to draw 45,000 to 50,000 people to Los Angeles the week of June 9.