Time to invest in a good pair of cleats, as GamesBeta’s Rachel Kaser learned from Gamescom Latam. As appropriate for football-loving Brazil, she was treated to the surprise hot launch of Football Heroes League, the free-to-play tactical soccer game with heroes, skills, and over-the-top multiplayer action from AAA veterans formerly Read more…
GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi spoke with the International Game Developer’s Association’s Dr. Jakin Vela at GDC to discuss industry layoffs, the SAG-AFTRA actor’s strike, and issues game developers currently face in 2025. “To catch up on the state of game development in 2025, I caught up last week with Jakin Vela, Read more…
GamesBeat’s Rachel Kaser covers a notable bright spot for gaming startups in the midst of the turbulence of the games industry in 2024. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) recently announced the launch of a new Incubation Special Interest Group (SIG), founded by over 80 accelerators and incubators across 50 Read more…
GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi interviewed current executive director of the International Game Developers Association IGDA), Renee Gittins, about the outcomes of its recent industry survey. The survey is based on responses from more than 1,000 game developers and Takahashi engaged in an extensive discussion regarding the data it showed. Gittins indicated to Takahashi that while “we’re clearly not Read more…
GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi spoke to the newly-appointed International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Executive Director Renee Gittins and IGDA Foundation (IGDAF) Executive Director Nika Nour to discuss their appointments to their positions, how they plan on carrying out the IGDA’s mission of representing the needs of the developer community, and the IGDAF’s Read more…