‘Balance that in-app economy’ and other game monetization pearls of wisdom

Amanda Farough January 26, 2021 10:01 AM

Analysis

Xbox Live Gold was always going to drop the free-to-play paywall this year

Jeff Grubb January 25, 2021 4:04 PM

RuneScape publisher Jagex acquired by The Carlyle Group for at least $530 million

Dean Takahashi January 25, 2021 8:59 AM

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JetPlay’s Ludo AI platform accelerates game concept creation

Dean Takahashi January 25, 2021 6:30 AM

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IMVU relaunches as Together Labs, raises $35 million

Dean Takahashi January 25, 2021 6:00 AM

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PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions

Eleanor Semeraro, iSpot.tv January 23, 2021 6:16 AM

Opinion

Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers

Mike Minotti January 22, 2021 12:48 PM

The DeanBeat: What Ready Player Two tells us about the metaverse

Dean Takahashi January 22, 2021 8:00 AM

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What mobile developers can learn from Angry Bird’s cross-platform approach (VB Live)

VB Staff January 22, 2021 7:10 AM

Path of Exile: Echoes of Atlas is Grinding Gear’s most downloaded expansion

Jason Wilson January 22, 2021 4:00 AM

Resident Evil: Village is coming May 7 — PS5-exclusive demo launches today

Jeff Grubb January 21, 2021 2:37 PM

Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds

Jeff Grubb January 21, 2021 9:28 AM

Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021

Dean Takahashi January 21, 2021 6:30 AM

Former EA exec Peter Moore returns to gaming as Unity SVP of sports and live entertainment

Dean Takahashi January 20, 2021 11:35 PM

Rival Peak interactive reality show hits 22 million views

Dean Takahashi January 20, 2021 6:00 PM

Hitman 1 and 2 players probably shouldn’t play Hitman 3 yet

Jeff Grubb January 20, 2021 1:19 PM

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The future of creation and play in the Metaverse

Chris Swan, Unit 2 Games January 20, 2021 7:50 AM

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Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division

Dean Takahashi January 20, 2021 5:30 AM

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VB Staff January 19, 2021 3:16 PM

Hearthstone gets 35 new cards on January 21

Mike Minotti January 19, 2021 1:00 PM

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Toya and Zag Games team up for Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir adventure game on Roblox

Dean Takahashi January 19, 2021 9:00 AM

Review

Hitman 3 review — A world made entirely out of Chekhov’s guns

Jeff Grubb January 19, 2021 5:00 AM

Opinion

The D20 Beat: King’s Bounty II heralds what should be a fantastic year for RPGs

Jason Wilson January 18, 2021 9:07 AM

GamesBeat Decides: Sonic’s best (and worst) friends

Mike Minotti January 17, 2021 6:16 AM

The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight

Mike Minotti January 15, 2021 12:34 PM

AMD CEO Lisa Su talks core counts, console launches, and Apple relationship

Dean Takahashi January 15, 2021 7:15 AM

NPD reveals the best-selling games of 2020 in the U.S.

Jeff Grubb January 15, 2021 6:40 AM

Blizzard launches Battle.net update

Mike Minotti January 14, 2021 2:00 PM

Ultimate Gamer Worldwide Open will give away $1 million in prizes

Dean Takahashi January 14, 2021 12:48 PM

505 Games acquires Puzzle Quest studio Infinity Plus Two

Mike Minotti January 14, 2021 6:00 AM

CD Projekt Red releases Cyberpunk 2077 apology and roadmap

Mike Minotti January 13, 2021 1:23 PM

Analysis

Ubisoft is making the Star Wars game that EA couldn’t

Jeff Grubb January 13, 2021 12:00 PM

Steam customers purchased 21.4% more games in 2020 than in 2019

Jeff Grubb January 13, 2021 10:00 AM

Ubisoft will make a new Star Wars open world game for Lucasfilm Games

Dean Takahashi January 13, 2021 8:00 AM

Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones to capture more gamers and podcasters

Dean Takahashi January 13, 2021 5:30 AM

Razer shows smart mask, futuristic gaming chair, and new RTX laptops

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2021 11:30 AM

Alienware launches Aurora Ryzen desktop and Nvidia-based 30 Series laptops

Dean Takahashi January 12, 2021 9:45 AM

Nvidia reveals mobile RTX 3060, 3070, and 3080 GPUs for gaming laptops

Jeff Grubb January 12, 2021 9:23 AM

Nvidia designed its new RTX 3060 GPU to get GTX 1060 owners to upgrade

Jeff Grubb January 12, 2021 9:15 AM