The DeanBeat: What would Orwell think of big tech vs gaming?
I happened to start writing this column while I was in the city of Barcelona, which has a square dedicated to George Orwell, author...
Fortnite officially not coming to Steam Deck
Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney announced on social media that Fortnite won’t officially come to Steam Deck. A Twitter user asked Sweeney if Epic...
The DeanBeat: Predictions for gaming in 2022
Predictions are a dicey business. The year 2020 was one of the most unpredictable in all of human history. And now I think about...
Metaverse thought leaders tout visions at Nvidia GTC event
The metaverse has been the talk among science fiction fans for years, but it’s becoming more real as a point of discussion among the...
GamesBeat Summit Next’s agenda is full of ways to level up gaming
We packed a lot of inspiring speakers and sessions into our GamesBeat Summit Next event coming on November 9-10. This post gives you a...
GamesBeat Summit Next: Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, Niantic’s John Hanke, Xbox’s Sarah Bond
Sometimes you need people to inspire you to greater heights and to believe that some amazing technology is just around the corner. That’s what...
The DeanBeat: What’s coming next for the games industry
The core of the game industry is doing just fine. By various measures, it grew users and revenues by 23% last year when the...
The DeanBeat: Interpreting what Epic v. Apple means for games
A federal judge last week issued a landmark ruling in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit against Apple over how Apple runs the App Store and...
The DeanBeat: Epic pulls out its real case against Google in antitrust lawsuit (update)
On Thursday, Epic Games revealed its fully unredacted antitrust lawsuit against Google, and the nature of the allegations and the evidence to back them...
The DeanBeat: Sorting through the steamy evidence in Apple v. Epic Games
The game industry has been buzzing about the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust lawsuit since testimony in the three-week trial began on Monday. The...