Tim Sweeney’s 2 minutes onstage at HoloLens 2 event says a lot about AR openness
One of the bigger surprises at Microsoft’s introduction of HoloLens 2 was the short appearance by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, a veteran critic...
The DeanBeat: Sorting out the Epic-Unity-Improbable mess
If I’ve concluded one thing from the spat in the past week between Unity Technologies, Improbable, and Epic Games, it’s that it won’t be...
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney continues campaign against closed platforms
Some major questions remain unanswered by Facebook’s Oculus team regarding how open and accessible its Oculus Quest hardware will be to buyers. With some...
Epic acquires game security and player services firm Kamu
Epic Games is making hundreds of millions of dollars from its Fortnite battle royale game, and now it’s putting that money to use. Epic...
Ubisoft explores how blockchain games can help players
A lot of people are dismissing blockchain as a lot of hype. While that hype can be nauseating, some very big companies, including French...
John Riccitiello Q&A: How Unity CEO views Epic’s Fortnite success
Years ago, Epic Games pitched a little game called Fortnite to then-Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello. Not so prophetically, he turned it down. Fortnite...
The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming
Blockchain this and that. You hear it all the time now. I get pitched a few times per week, or sometimes per day, on...
Alex Tapscott interview: Taking stock of the blockchain revolution
Punditry runs in this family. Don Tapscott has been writing about business strategy for decades, doing everything from pontificating about Wikinomics to giving Ted...
Review: Fortnite on Android brings authentic battle royale to (most of) the rest of us
Epic Games announced today that it is launching the beta for Fortnite battle royale on Android, starting with select Samsung devices. The Samsung devices...
The DeanBeat: Fortnite underscores the competitive difference between Unreal and Unity
Epic Games and Unity Technologies are locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. They both make game engines, or...