The DeanBeat: The game industry rolls with the punches of the coronavirus

Another week has gone by, and the game industry has rolled with the punches of the coronavirus. It demonstrates how resilient game companies are and how they can adapt to almost anything. But our collective experience shows it’s hard to dodge something as apocalyptic as a pandemic that shuts down many parts of the global […]

The Best Xbox One Games Of All Time (March 2020)

Excitement is ramping up for the next generation of Xbox. Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Series X is scheduled to launch sometime later this year, after all. While that should come as no surprise, it’s crazy to think that Xbox One actually launched in 2013. Time certainly has a way of flying, and with each year, there […]

The Best PS4 Games (March 2020)

It’s crazy to think, but Sony’s PlayStation 5 is coming in holiday 2020. While we wait on a release date confirmation, you might as well use this time to catch up on all the great PS4 games you may have missed in the current console generation. The PS4 launched back in 2013 (time flies, right?), […]

FunPlus Phoenix leaves the CSGO league Flashpoint

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league Flashpoint will replace FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) for the second phase of the competition. Following the signing of FPX’s Patrick “es3tag” Hansen to Astralis, reports of trouble regarding the team emerged. Upon confirming these, Flashpoint forced FPX to forfeit their match against Orgless. As a result, the team dropped out of the […]

How the tech industry will have to step up to fight online toxicity and child abuse

When it comes to fighting online toxicity and sexual abuse of children, most companies say they are supportive. But complying with the laws can become tricky. The proposed federal legislation, dubbed the EARN IT Act (short for Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies), creates incentives for companies to “earn” their liability protection for […]

The Angry Birds Are Getting Their Own Netflix Animated Series

The Angry Birds are coming back to TV screens, with a new Netflix series scheduled for 2021. Angry Birds: Summer Madness will debut on the streaming service, and is planned to consist of 40 episodes that will run for 11 minutes each. The show will feature all our the birds from the games, and will […]

One Step From Eden Review: The Battle Network Game You’ve Been Waiting For

One Step From Eden is a roguelike spiritual successor to the Mega Man Battle Network series on the Game Boy Advance/Nintendo DS. Thomas Moon Kang, the solo developer of One Step From Eden, has said that the game uses the Battle Network combat system because he’s been searching for that style of combat since the series ended. Eden does an […]

Microsoft Reveals The Power Of Xbox Series X

Today on Xbox Wire, Microsoft revealed the full specs for Xbox Series X, and let Digital Foundry and Austin Evans take this powerful hardware for a test drive. The hardware used for these hands-on sessions isn’t the final model that will ship to retail, but Microsoft is clearly comfortable enough at this point to say […]