YouTube’s top-10 most-viewed game trailers of 2016: Pokémon, Overwatch, and more
Popplio, Hanzo, and “man with flamethrower” are all YouTube stars now! To cap off 2016, Google is looking back at the year. And since...
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction
TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...
The accelerating inspiration cycle of science fiction, video games, and real-world technology
The science fiction in games and other entertainment used to be very different from real-life technology. Sci-fi creators made time machines and flying cars. But...
Watch Dogs 2 sales lagging, Ubisoft acknowledges
Many fans claimed that the original Watch Dogs unfairly sold itself with misleading trailers, and that may be costing Watch Dogs 2. After Eurogamer...
Ubisoft will remove a woman character’s exposed genitalia from Watch Dogs 2
Watch Dogs 2 is rated M for Mature, but it still decided to remove some adult-themed material. Ubisoft has confirmed to GamesBeat that it is...
Player finds genitalia in Watch Dogs 2; Sony bans him for sharing a screenshot of it
Watch Dogs 2 has lady parts in it, but you better be careful about how you share that information. Over the weekend, a player...
Watch Dog 2 sees Ubisoft almost pulling an Assassin’s Creed II
A sequel can turn a mediocre game into a superstar franchise. Just look at Assassin’s Creed II or Mega Man II; both improved upon...
Watch Dogs 2 takes dig at vanity of infamous pharmaceutical CEO
The designers of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 enjoy ripping stories from the headlines about cyberattacks, as many of the missions in the fictional game resemble...
This Watch Dogs 2 mission resembles the Sony Pictures hack
Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 debuts on Tuesday on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. It is a work of fiction, but the game is...
Watch Dogs 2 lets you drive a talking car similar to Knight Rider’s K.I.T.T.
The original Watch Dogs sold more than 10 million units when it debuted in 2014, and Ubisoft’s sequel to that game arrives on Tuesday...