The DeanBeat: Defiance is inescapable transmedia that you’ll want to escape
Awareness of this game-show transmedia will be huge. But the game's launch shows lots of things can go wrong.
The DeanBeat: BioShock Infinite is art trapped in a violent video game
WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS has become a familiar warning in discussions about Irrational's big game. THIS POST HAS SPOILERS, TOO.
The DeanBeat: Will Battlefield 4 or Puzzle & Dragons reach $1B in revenues?
Puzzle & Dragons is generating $2.5 million in revenue a day.
The DeanBeat: Previewing the madness at next week’s GDC
The perfect GDC plan: go out and find something wonderful.
The DeanBeat: It’s the community, stupid. Again.
Every company has to ask itself if its actions are good or bad for the gaming community.
The DeanBeat: The revenge of the old farts who outlast evil and survive in the games business
If you've put your 10,000 hours of training in, the video game business is not a bad place to be.
The DeanBeat: The Nintendo Wii U’s troubles start with a dearth of developers
Even EA says it doesn't consider the Wii U to be a true next-generation console.
The DeanBeat: The state of free-to-play mobile gaming, by the numbers
With more than 850 million smart devices out there, the transition to smartphones isn't even half way done.
The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012
Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.
The DeanBeat: Does it make sense for game developers to publish on the doomed BlackBerry?
BlackBerry is in a long decline, but does it make sense to make games for its smartphones?