Seagate is launching its FireCuda Gaming solid-state drive (SSD) and BarraCuda Fast SSD with the goal of hooking gamers who are on the go.
SSDs are faster than hard drives, but historically they’ve been more expensive and don’t have as much storage capacity compared to hard disks. But they’re becoming a better solution for gamers because the capacity is getting better and so are the speeds.
'Fortnite' made a historic $1.8 billion in 2019
January 5, 2020
Fortnite won its chicken dinner in 2019 by grossing $1.8 billion in sales, more than any single-year sales total in videogame history. While the game itself is technically free-to-play, Epic Games offers a $10 per month Battle Pass as well as myriad in-game item purchases…
Grand Theft Auto V comes to Xbox Game Pass
January 3, 2020
Microsoft announced today that Grand Theft Auto V is now available on Xbox Game Pass.
Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most popular games of all time. The open-world game has sold over 115 million copies since its release in 2013. Despite its age, it remained a top-seller in…
The combined game industry grew 3% to $120.1 billion in 2019, according to market researcher SuperData in its year-end report. And Epic’s Fortnite battle royale shooter accounted for $1.8 billion of that amount.
The Nielsen-owned SuperData said the industry is moving into a phase of slower growth, with 4% growth expected to take games to $124.8 billion in 2020. The data includes mobile, PC, and…
Nintendo Switch Lite 3 months later
January 3, 2020
Since Nintendo launched the Switch Lite on September 20, I have transitioned to using it as one of my primary gaming devices. And while I immediately fell in love with the dedicated handheld, I’ve had some concerns about durability. I take the Switch Lite with me…
Smoke app brings the Steam store to your Apple Watch
December 31, 2019
If you can’t bear to be away from Steam for a moment least you miss one of its famously great sales, then Smoke, a new app for the Apple Watch, has you covered.
Smoke advertises that it “brings parts of Steam” to the Apple Watch. The hardware is…
'The Witcher 3' is now more popular on Steam than it was at launch
December 30, 2019
You’d think that a single player game over four years old would be long past its prime, but don’t tell that to CD Projekt Red. The studio’s community lead Marcin Momot has revealed that the PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt broke its record for the most number of concurrent players, with nearly 94,000 people playing on December 29th. Polygon noted that the number has…
Valve revealed Steam’s Best of 2019 lists, including the top-selling VR games of the year. The section is split into platinum, gold, silver and bronze subdivisions, along with a section purely for the best VR releases of 2019.
The platinum category features the top VR…
2016 indie hit 'Hyper Light Drifter' is free in the Epic Games Store
December 28, 2019
The Epic Holiday Sale is still going, and today’s daily free game is Hyper Light Drifter. The top-down action RPG was crowdfunded a few years ago before it was eventually released in 2016, and now you can try it out yourself for zero dollars. Hyper Light…
In 2020, we’re getting both the PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox. And with that next-generation of hardware on the horizon, we’re looking forward with anticipation. What do we want from yet another round of consoles? We talk about that on this special episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Join us, won’t you?
We also talk about some of the games we’re looking forward to in 2019. And then…
