Categories Posted inin Gameplay What the heck is Dota Auto Chess? Posted byby GamesBeat February 23, 2019 4 min Introduced just a couple of months ago, a custom map created for Dota 2 is generating major attention. Dota Auto Chess is the hottest... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus Rift leads again in Steam’s December hardware survey Posted byby Jason Wilson January 7, 2019 2 min I was half expecting to write that the combined power of the Vive and Vive Pro had allowed HTC to regain the top spot... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay 5 big questions VR faces in 2019 Posted byby Jason Wilson January 6, 2019 4 min Between the launch of Oculus Go, Vive Pro, and an onslaught of new titles, 2018 was a busy year for VR. But it’s no... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Valve reveals Steam VR’s 100 best-selling games for 2018 Posted byby Jason Wilson December 29, 2018 1 min Valve released a list of the 100 top-selling VR games on Steam in 2018, and the biggest hit gets you off the couch and... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How World War Z will pick up where Left 4 Dead left us stranded Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 26, 2018 14 min Left 4 Dead fans aren’t getting much fan out of Valve. But have no fear. Saber Interactive is picking up the mantle with World... Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Warcraft III: Reforged reminds us why mod toolsets should matter Posted byby GamesBeat December 11, 2018 5 min Warcraft III created new genres of games with its World Editor. Now with Warcraft III: Reforged there’s an update for the classic game —... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Fnatic’s esports victories led it into hardware Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 1, 2018 12 min Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews founded Fnatic as one of the pioneering esports organizations in 2004. Over 14 years, its teams have competed in... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How game developers can drive our platforms forward Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2018 4 min Last night, Pokèmon Go developer Niantic announced that it was investing in a round of funding for DigiLens, a maker of holographic displays for... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Valve’s Artifact launches on Steam Posted byby Mike Minotti November 28, 2018 1 min Valve released its digital card game Artifact today on Steam. The Dota 2-inspired title costs $20. Blizzard Entertainment launched Hearthstone in 2014, and it... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay HTC is committed to the larger XR, AR, and VR ecosystem for Vive Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2018 15 min Virtual reality has a bright future, but for the present the consumer VR market is puttering along. Rikard Steiber, senior vice president of VR... Continue Reading 15 min