Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, the PlayStation 4 outsells the Xbox One (again), someone puts Flappy Bird on an e-cigarette, and we review anticipated games like Dark Souls 3 and Bravely Second: End Layer.
Happy reading, and have a great weekend!
Pieces of flair and opinion
The DeanBeat: The narrative of the underdog in the gaming industry
Bravely Second: End Layer tips and tricks to grind out success
GamesBeat Summit will examine what investors seek from game startups
Watch Flappy Bird played on an e-cigarette
How to get in the Overwatch, Battleborn, Doom, and Gears of War 4 open betas
Naughty America tries to get VR porn just right
Twitch’s Kathy Astromoff will share developer success strategies at GamesBeat Summit 2016
The timeline of Grand Theft Auto director Leslie Benzies vs. Rockstar Games
What we want from Titanfall 2
Above: Vivi is looking better than ever on Steam.
Image Credit: Steam
News
March 2016 NPD: Ubisoft, Nintendo shake up sales chart with The Division, Zelda
PlayStation 4 outsells Xbox One in March
Magic Leap acquires Israeli security firm NorthBit
Outlyer Technologies’ Advrtas brings ads to virtual reality
Final Fantasy IX is now available on Steam
Microsoft to open Minecraft education edition for all schools in June, free on the early access program
Loook studio will make mixed reality apps for Microsoft HoloLens
Kangaroo Pro is a $199 Windows 10 PC with a little less portability, a lot more ports
Naked Labs’ home fitness scanner captures your entire body in 3D
Blizzard is fending off a potential Lizard Squad cyberattack that’s affecting Battle.net
Stardew Valley is one of the best-selling PC games of the year as it surpasses 1M copies sold
Star Wars: Battlefront’s next expansion adds Cloud City and Lando
Microsoft on causing Oculus Rift delays: ‘This is false’
Consortium: The Tower reaches Fig funding goal in 6 days
Quantum Break developer Remedy promises fixes for Windows 10 version
Virtual reality justifies those ludicrous 17-inch ‘portable desktops’
Grand Theft Auto studio says former director’s lawsuit is ‘without merit’ and ‘downright bizarre’
GTA: Online ‘has generated at least $500M in revenue’
Destiny fans want better matchmaking, so they’re making it themselves
Grand Theft Auto producer’s camp fires back at Take-Two countersuit: It’s ‘sparse’
Ubisoft’s The Division spent more on ads than any other game in March
Azubu’s new esports viewer offers higher resolution than Twitch
The Division’s free Incursion update is now available
Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes out another esports viewership record
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 9.6% in Q1 2016, the first quarter below 65 million units since 2007
Koi is China’s first PlayStation 4 game for the West, and it debuts April 19
Gaming legend John Carmack: A strong team can take any crazy vision and turn it into reality
Violent 2D beat-’em-up hopes to get made via Square Enix’s Collective platform
CastAR shows how it will turn your tabletop into an animated gaming world
Codemasters snares Sony’s Evolution Studios and speeds into racing games’ fast lane
Titanfall 2 brings mech fights to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC
Gears of War 4’s new trailer is the franchise’s latest marketing home run
Deluxe VR offers creative services for virtual reality productions
Mobile and social
Apple App Store and Google Play downloads grew 8.2% in Q1 thanks to games
War Dragons launches on Android with new ad from Beavis and Butt-head animator
Supercell’s Clash Royale on pace for $1B year after $110M debut last month
Facebook wants to make social VR indistinguishable from real life
Facebook demos taking selfies in VR
Minecraft: Pocket Edition gets Mojang’s Realms online multiplayer service
Japan’s Gree creates a $12M virtual reality investment fund
Lucid VR raises $2.1M for 180-degree virtual reality camera
This flying saucer is Facebook’s virtual reality 360-degree camera
Zuckerberg: Future VR and AR gadgets will look like ordinary glasses
Like father, like son: A second-generation game developer launches Plight mobile game
Appnext grows by recommending the right experiences for people in the app-store jungle
Above: Bravely Second is out now.
Image Credit: MyNintendoNews
Previews, reviews, and interviews
Dark Souls 3 is the zenith of the Souls brand of ruthless action
This Monster Hunter Generations newb is as clumsy as he is stupid
Star Ocean reminds us that Final Fantasy and Persona aren’t the last big-budget JRPGs
Bravely Second: End Layer shows Square Enix still has its old-school juice
Hover Junkers is virtual reality’s best multiplayer game
How Remedy’s Sam Lake stepped up the ambition and creativity of Quantum Break
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