Been a journalist since 1987 and am Editorial Director for the independent GamesBeat. I cover games, chips, hardware, R&D, and more. Wrote two books on Xbox.
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Despite its beautiful Ori games, Moon Studios is called an ‘oppressive’ place to work #Ori @GamesBeat #MoonStudios venturebeat.com/2022/03/18/d… via @VentureBeat
I am speaking at GamesBeat Next 2026. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app
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GOLDEN STATE. GOLD STANDARD.
Your 2026 @WNBA Champions, the Golden State Valkyries. 🗣️
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The FBI is releasing information advising the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion USD in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, on or about October 29, 2026. The FBI refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as "TraderTraitor."
The FBI, together with partners at the USSS and IRS-CI, has observed TraderTraitor actors converting stolen assets primarily into Ethereum (ETH). It is expected these assets will then be further laundered by converting them using DeFi and instant swap services as they prepare them for further laundering stages.
How You Can Help:
FBI, USSS, and IRS-CI are urging private sector entities including THORNode operators, RPC node operators, instant exchanges, DeFi services, blockchain analytics firms, and other virtual asset service providers to block transactions with or derived from addresses TraderTraitor actors are using to launder these stolen assets.
A list of addresses associated with this activity is available here: fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/al…
ALT FBI public service announcement with Department of Justice seal in the background on a gold gradient.
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So working on the next expansion and a big update for Galactic Civilizations IV. There have been a ton of player requests over the years that we just couldn't realistically do because of the ROI.
But AI changes that. So for you gamers and game developers out there, enjoy this thread of showing how AI removes enough of the overhead to let the humans have time to be creative. [1/N]
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🏷️ Welcome to the DMZ High Stakes Tournament! 🏷️
🔥 42 creators | 14 Trios
💰 $75,000 Prize Pool
📅 November 2nd
📺 twitch.tv/callofduty
Gear up. Drop in. The stakes have never been higher.
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Happy birthday to the incomparable Nolan North! 🎉
Nolan's performances, both as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series and as David in The Last of Us, have contributed greatly to our games and our studio.
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GB MAX Market Intelligence: Physicist Michio Kaku says AI will replace repetitive work, not creative work.
He also predicts three-hour New York-to-Tokyo flights and a U.S.-China race to build the first workable quantum computer.
Read the full story at GamesBeat: gamesbeat.com/renowned-physi… #AI #QuantumComputing
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🎵🎹Want to listen to all my soundtracks in one place? Including Myst and Riven. Here's a virtual lounge to sit back and relax.🎶🎼
Additional Riven music coming soon.
Oh... maybe there are puzzles?
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MW4 WEEK ONE
Modern Warfare 4's first week is behind us, and #TeamRICOCHET has been working around the clock to protect your matches.
Early signals are encouraging. Reports of suspected cheating are trending lower compared with last year's launch, fewer primary cheat vendors are active, and our response times remain strong.
New launch protections, including Server Culling, DMA detections and stronger hardware enforcement, have been working together since Day One to make cheating harder across Multiplayer and DMZ.
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John Romero's canceled game finds a new publisher amidst an overall scope change www.gamedeveloper.com/business/john-romero-canceled-game-finds-a-new-publisher-amidst-an-overall-scope-change
thank you
✨ 🙏🏽 ✨ A HUGE thanks to @deantak, @Gina_YJ, @alexleewastaken, @rachelkaser and the full @GamesBeat team for kindly including me and for continuing to bring the gaming community together!✨🙏🏽🫶🏽🙏🏽✨
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For convenience, we've organized this GamesBeat Next 2026 event agenda by topic/track. This way, you can see sessions organized by tech/AI, business, development, marketing/ads, etc. gamesbeat.com/breaking-down-…
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Another fun watch for GRIM FANDANGO's 28th birthday: The Grim Fandango 25th Anniversary Jazz Concert, which featured composer Peter McConnell and the Calavera Quartet performing a selection of tracks from the game!
youtu.be/YGrT5dFJaUc
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EXCLUSIVE: @StudioAtelico is launching an AI engine designed to bring smarter NPCs, dynamic dialogue and player-generated content into games without the cost or latency of cloud-based AI.
The Atelico AI Engine runs directly on players’ devices and integrates with Unity, Unreal Engine and Godot. Its tools support image generation, speech, semantic search and AI-driven character behavior, while proprietary GPU scheduling is designed to prevent AI workloads from hurting game performance.
For developers, on-device processing also eliminates recurring cloud inference costs and keeps player data local.
@deantak spoke with Piero Molino, CEO of Studio Atelico, about the engine and how it could enable new kinds of gameplay while keeping developers in creative control.
“The studios that succeed won’t be the ones using the most AI, they’ll be the ones using AI entirely in service of the player experience,” Molino said.
Read the full interview at @GamesBeat:
gamesbeat.com/studio-atelico…
hashtag#AI hashtag#GameDevelopment hashtag#Gaming hashtag#GameIndustry
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The future of the games industry depends on the connections that bring it together.
Meet @icjman, Co-founder of @indieexchange, joining us as an emcee at GamesBeat NEXT 2026.
4 days left with only few tickets remaining. Be in the room → gamesbeat.com/our-gamesbeat-…
#GamesBeat #GBMAX
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This finish line is just the beginning.
@InfinityWard looks ahead at live seasons and how stories, characters, Multiplayer, DMZ, and Call of Duty: Warzone come together in the journey ahead.
Watch the series finale of From the Ward.
