The DeanBeat: When games are too fricking hard — it's a joy
Some people are completionists, but designing games for those people will piss off the masses who want something easier.
Oculus VR acquires game-networking engine RakNet — and makes it open-source
RakNet is Oculus's second acquisition since falling under Facebook's umbrella.
Guns, goats, and bomb scares: When video game PR goes bad
We've collected 12 extreme examples of video game PR and asked the professionals why it always has to be so "edgy."
E-sports league that prohibited women Hearthstone players reverses policy after talking with Blizzard
Blizzard says it works to ensure that its games are inclusive and that it won't permit tournaments to use its games if they don't support this.
Kabam to make Lord of the Rings and Mad Max mobile games with Warner Bros.
Kabam grossed more than $100 million from its Hobbit mobile game. Now it is extending its partnership with Warner Bros.
Study: 9K apps and 397M users show cost-per-install is the worst mobile user acquisition method
Thousand of developers are making millions of apps to reach billions of consumers. Unfortunately, that critical last step of mobile app development, user acquisition,...
You are now free to move about the 'holodeck': Metaio gives virtual reality legs
The future of virtual reality is not bound to a chair, so Metaio is encouraging folks to take a stroll.
Google Play growing, growing, growing: Downloads up 1.5x, revenue up 2.5x
Games now generate 90 percent of Play revenue, and 98 percent of that revenue comes from freemium apps, according to a new report from mobile analytics company App Annie.
From pixels to polygons: Ultra Street Fighter IV edition
Take a look at the evolution of 35 of your favorite Ultra Street Fighter IV world warriors.
Hands on with Amazon's Fire Phone
In a hands-on session with the new device at Amazon on Wednesday, I got a close look at the some of the Fire Phone's main innovations and features.