Jason Wilson - Managing Editor, GamesBeat - VentureBeat

Managing editor for GamesBeat and copy editor for VentureBeat. Former group managing editor for GamePro Media. Former copy chief for Ziff-Davis Media’s Game Group. Former sports copy editor and sportswriter. Critic for strategy and role-playing games. Noted grammar and style nerd. I adhere to VentureBeat’s ethics policy.

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Dr. Boom welcomes you to Rise of the Mech, a month-long Hearthstone event.

Hearthstone: Rise of the Mech event adds a free Legendary, buffs 18 cards, and ushers in Arena rotation

Jason Wilson May 21, 2019 10:00 AM

Dungeons & Dragons returns to Baldur’s Gate with Descent into Avernus

Jason Wilson May 17, 2019 2:00 PM

Knives Out.

Sensor Tower: Mobile battle royale games have brought in over $2 billion in less than 2 years

Jason Wilson May 16, 2019 5:44 PM

Magic: The Gathering’s War of the Spark Chronicles brings a story-based event to Arena

Jason Wilson May 16, 2019 3:49 PM

John Wick Hex is Bithell Games' first license game.

John Wick Hex is indie darling Bithell Games’ first licensed game

Jason Wilson May 8, 2019 10:49 AM

The Tremere Clan are warlocks that use blood magic to achieve their goals.

Exclusive

Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines II: With the Tremere, there will be blood (magic)

Jason Wilson May 8, 2019 3:00 AM

WTF! Deantak has shown up on a victory screen in Apex Legends?

Apex Legends: Nearly 30% of its over 50 million players are new to EA, China and mobile on horizon

Jason Wilson May 7, 2019 2:29 PM

EA Sports FIFA 19 is due out later this month.

FIFA 19 and FIFA 18 had 45 million unique console and PC players in EA’s fiscal 2019

Jason Wilson May 7, 2019 2:11 PM

The vendor that will help you upgrade and unlock weapons using cells.

Dead Cells is coming to iPhone and iPad, with Android plans in the future

Jason Wilson May 7, 2019 10:03 AM

EA Access is coming to the PlayStation 4 in July.

EA Access comes to PlayStation 4 nearly 5 years after debuting on Xbox One

Jason Wilson May 7, 2019 8:00 AM

Pokémon Go's Eggstravaganza didn't leave Niantic with egg on its face.

Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go’s 2019 spending up 33% from first 4 months of 2018

Jason Wilson May 6, 2019 12:11 PM

Risk of Rain 2 has sold over 1 million copies in Steam Early Access.

Risk of Rain 2 storms to over 1 million copies sold after 1 month in Steam Early Access

Jason Wilson May 3, 2019 6:00 AM

There be dragons in Game of Thrones: Conquest.

Sensor Tower — Game of Thrones: Conquest revenue grows 90% thanks to TV show’s final season

Jason Wilson May 2, 2019 3:45 PM

Candy Crush Friends Saga.

Activision Blizzard snacks on another strong quarter of Candy Crush growth

Jason Wilson May 2, 2019 1:58 PM

Chris Taylor (left) tells GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi about his new cloud gaming platform, Kanoogi.

VB Event

GamesBeat Summit: Watch all the Day 2 talks

Jason Wilson May 2, 2019 10:15 AM

Insomniac Games' Ted Price interviews Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella (right) at the GamesBeat Summit.

VB Event

GamesBeat Summit: Watch all the Day 1 talks

Jason Wilson May 2, 2019 9:23 AM

The Oculus Quest (left) and the Oculus Rift launch May 21.

Oculus opens Quest and Rift S preorders, start shipping on May 21

Jason Wilson April 30, 2019 10:30 AM

The Oculus Quest Standalone VR headset opens a new realm of possibilities for virtual reality developers.

Review

Oculus Quest review: Virtual reality’s freedom day is transformative … and pricey

Jason Wilson April 30, 2019 10:30 AM

Have at you, evil worm-plant thing!

Exclusive

Eden Rising will launch with a free-to-play version of its open world tower defense game

Jason Wilson April 29, 2019 3:07 PM

Split the beam! Split the beam!

NetEase launches Cyber Hunter, a sci-fi battle royale on iOS and Android

Jason Wilson April 25, 2019 8:00 AM

Wizards of the Coast taps Baldur’s Gate, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic designer James Ohlen for new studio

Jason Wilson April 24, 2019 8:17 AM

Two-Bit Circus sure makes for a pretty conference venue.

Watch GamesBeat Summit 2019: We talk online gaming, influencers and video, and community on Day 2

Jason Wilson April 24, 2019 7:27 AM

Sean "Day9" Plott's smiling face is ready to teach you some Magic.

Magic: The Gathering and ProGuides partner on tutorial videos

Jason Wilson April 24, 2019 6:00 AM

Frostpunk sells over 1.4 million copies in its first year

Jason Wilson April 24, 2019 3:00 AM

Close your eyes, Abe.

March 2019 NPD: The Division 2 jumps over Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice to lead sales chart

Jason Wilson April 23, 2019 3:24 PM

UploadVR is presenting the E3 VR Showcase, virtual reality's first major event in E3 history.

UploadVR announces E3 VR Showcase, a Nintendo Direct for virtual reality

Jason Wilson April 23, 2019 9:00 AM

Jade Raymond of Electronic Arts speaks at GamesBeat Summit 2018.

Watch GamesBeat Summit 2019: Phil Harrison, Amy Hennig, Ted Price, and Vince Zampella headline Day 1

Jason Wilson April 23, 2019 8:47 AM

Zombies swarm in smart ways in World War Z.

World War Z passes 1 million copies sold in a week

Jason Wilson April 23, 2019 6:01 AM

Close to the Sun is a first-person horror game -- and an Epic Games Store exclusive.

Close to the Sun launches May 1 as an Epic Games Store exclusive (update)

Jason Wilson April 11, 2019 5:00 AM

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is Triumph Studios' first game since Paradox Interactive acquired it in 2017.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall interview — How a fantasy strategy series went sci-fi

Jason Wilson April 8, 2019 5:47 PM

Yermak is the engineer for the Auroroa, the

Metro: Exodus — Yermak’s humanity is touching

Jason Wilson April 4, 2019 1:03 PM

Ubisoft Winnipeg's Darryl Long

Ubisoft Winnipeg guides Ubisoft’s use of AI and cloud computing to make bigger, better games

Jason Wilson April 3, 2019 11:11 AM

Review

Etrian Odyssey Nexus review — a bittersweet dungeon finale

Jason Wilson April 1, 2019 8:05 PM

Memory fragments play a key role in Path of Exile's new expansion: Synthesis.

Path of Exile: Synthesis comes on the heels of Grinding Gear Games’ best expansion

Jason Wilson April 1, 2019 5:35 PM

Sunset in Outward's Ciezo, with a better set of gear that I've ever found so far!

Outward interview: Unlearn what you have learned about role-playing games

Jason Wilson March 26, 2019 4:37 PM

Vampires love Ferris wheels.

Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines II interview: Deathless in Seattle

Jason Wilson March 26, 2019 11:07 AM

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum interview — Middle-earth doesn’t intimidate Daedalic’s CEO

Jason Wilson March 25, 2019 9:10 AM

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is Daedalic's new adventure game.

The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is Daedalic’s first game in new Middle-earth licensing deal

Jason Wilson March 25, 2019 9:00 AM

GDC quick takes: Versus Evil founder Steve Escalante

Jason Wilson March 20, 2019 1:31 PM

Slay the Spire.

Slay the Spire passes 1.5 million copies sold

Jason Wilson March 18, 2019 12:31 PM

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