Rocket League now has a league of its own. Game-streaming sight Twitch and developer Psyonix announced today that the game will have its own championship series, giving the soccer/racer hybrid its own competitive league. Registration opens this month for the three-month season wi … | Continue reading
Augment is about to get, uh, augmented with $4.7 million in funding. The enterprise augmented reality company uses iPads and smartphones to help people visualize how a new retail kiosk might look in a real store. Augmented reality could hold even more promise than the much-hyped … | Continue reading
Glispa, the global performance marketing firm, closed the year with a revenue run rate of $100 million, thanks to its ability to help developers find new users through advertising, and then measure how much those users stay engaged with a game or app That means it’s on course to … | Continue reading
It's been taking the soft-launch world by storm, and although Supercell has been relatively quiet about its worldwide launch it appears that today is the day that Clash Royale [Free] is finally seeing a wide release. Just moments ago the game popped up in the US App Store, and al … | Continue reading
Don’t freak out if you can’t get online with PlayStation Network. PSN is down for maintenance. The service went offline at 9:30 p.m. Pacific (11:30 p.m. Eastern), and Sony says it will return to full functionality at 11:30 p.m. Pacific. This should only affect certain aspects of … | Continue reading
Yahoo has launched a new section on its network dedicated to covering esports. The company hopes that it will eventually become the “premiere destination for all things” in the gaming world, providing not only original and syndicated content but also a bounty of video interviews … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever wanted to serve a stadium dog to Lionel Messi, you’re about to get the opportunity. Cooking Fever, a mobile kitchen-sim game for iOS and Android, is getting an update this month that has players running a restaurant inside the stadium of Spanish soccer team FC Barc … | Continue reading
Zynga’s founder has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer for the second time, and this has Wall Street thrilled. The social-gaming publisher’s stock price is up around 8 percent in after-hours trading to $2.31 after finishing the day at $2.16. This is a sign that … | Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Speculation is increasing that Facebook will open up its Messenger chat service to outside businesses, potentially as early as its F8 conference on April 12-13. Facebook won’t comment on its plans, but such a move could open the floodgates to a revolution of sorts in co … | Continue reading
Sony may have accidentally shared a few more details about one of 2016’s most anticipated games. No Man’s Sky is $60, and Sony said it is coming out on Thursday, according to a new PlayStation blog post. The company has since updated that post and removed any reference to the sci … | Continue reading
Microsoft held an Xbox spring showcase last week, showing a bunch of games to the press. Here’s a summary of what they announced, as well as links to the interviews we did during the event. We saw a hands-on preview of the first act and first full video episode of Quantum Break, … | Continue reading
Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success. The company helped to start t … | Continue reading
Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as its new chief executive. Zynga made the announcement today, after Gibeau served for seven months on its board of directors. Mark Pincus, th … | Continue reading
Ashes of the Singularity looks like a technical tour de force. In this real-time strategy (RTS) game for the PC, you’ll be able to take direct control of a full army, with as many as 100,000 combat units on the screen at the same time. A title like this doesn’t come along every d … | Continue reading
Oh what a tangled web we weave … when we’re playing and watching Quantum Break. I discovered that the story behind the big Xbox One and Windows 10 video game coming from Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment is very complicated. That’s the hallmark of Remedy, which made memorable st … | Continue reading
Big changes are coming to Disney Infinity. Previously, a new version of the (according to the market research group NPD, most popular) “toys to life” game would come out every year. Those would support new playsets and characters, but they wouldn’t work with older editions of Dis … | Continue reading
PREVIEW: Ashes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy that uses all the brains in your computer’s processor and graphics chips to render as many as 100,000 moving objects on the screen at the same time. That lets you stage huge land battles for the control of planets in an in … | Continue reading
After years of development and demos, virtual reality’s moment of truth is approaching. And that’s pretty exciting for Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, which Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014. Luckey has been touting the virtues of VR for several years, and he was ou … | Continue reading
FEATURE: Pokémon is a multimedia giant, but it all started with one man. That would be Satoshi Tajiri, who created developer Game Freak and the initial idea that would become one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Sales … | Continue reading
Industrial Toys wants to get us hooked on playing shooter games on mobile. That’s why the indie game studio is unveiling Midnight Star: Renegade, the second in a series of shooter games for mobile devices. Shooters are a multibillion-dollar genre on consoles and PCs, but they hav … | Continue reading
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PREVIEW: Pit People is not going to win Microsoft the console wars. It’s not going to get more gamers on the PC. But it just might be silly enough to attract a small smattering of fans who like this sort of thing. I saw a preview of developer The Behemoth’s Pit People for the Xbo … | Continue reading
Phil Spencer, head of Xbox at Microsoft, says that his company’s push into Windows 10 gaming isn’t coming at the detriment of the Xbox One video game console. Rather, moving titles such as Remedy’s upcoming Quantum Break to run on both Windows and Xbox is good for the gamer, Spen … | Continue reading
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Microsoft is announcing today that it will give away a full racing game, Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, to Windows 10 gamers for no charge. The free game is intended to draw more PC fans into the Forza racing franchise as the company seeks to shore up fans on both the Xbox One game co … | Continue reading
PREVIEW: We had a good look at the first full act of Microsoft’s exclusive Windows 10 and Xbox One title, Quantum Break. The new story-based shooter from Remedy Entertainment, the maker of Alan Wake and Max Payne, features Jack Joyce (played by actor Shawn Ashmore) as a man who c … | Continue reading
Spoiler alert: This preview has text and video that tell you what happens at the start of the game. Remedy Entertainment pioneered the use of the slow-motion, Matrix-like “bullet time” in video games in Max Payne way back in 2001. It carried slow-motion combat to new levels in Al … | Continue reading
Nonprofit group Games for Change and American Express have teamed up to create Save the Park, a mobile game that encourages people to volunteer in national parks. The free title debuts on iOS in March, and it’s one more example of how do-gooders are turning to games to get people … | Continue reading
PREVIEW: Microsoft showed off a hands-on demo of Minecraft in virtual reality on the Oculus Rift VR headset. The preview experience was cool, but it also made me sick from too much motion. In an interview with GamesBeat, Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey said Minecraft in VR was an … | Continue reading
There’s more to dating than just looks. Indeed, personality matters. So say the experts at The Catch, the newest social dating app for women. The Catch lets women pick men based on their personalities, as revealed by their answers to questions posed by the woman themselves. Unlik … | Continue reading
You can finally get exclusive PlayStation 4 games like the moody combat adventure Bloodborne on your PC … sorta. Sony announced today that it is bringing the option to play your PlayStation 4 games through your PC or Mac computer. This is part of the 3.50 update that is rolling o … | Continue reading
Before I got into bitcoin, I was not too much of a gambler. In fact, back in those days, I was a compulsive gamer. I would spend my whole time playing Role Play Games. Once I got into bitcoin, my gaming days ended. I had no time to play anymore and instead I was spending … Contin … | Continue reading
Not all Pokémon are created equal. While Pikachu and Jigglypuff turn into adorable little mascots, others become embarrassing reminders of an artist’s bad day at the office. They don’t really hurt the franchise. Total sales for Pokémon have reached over 200 million. It’s spawned … | Continue reading
Jacking up the price of downloadable content could turn into a new form of marketing. Fallout 4’s season pass for all of its upcoming add-ons is the top-selling product on the Steam digital-distribution platform today, and that’s likely because its price is about to jump from $30 … | Continue reading
Here’s an excuse to play Half-Life 2 again. Gaming hardware and peripheral maker Razer announced today that several SteamVR games, including popular hits like Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2, are now available to play in virtual reality via OSVR, an open VR software and hardware … | Continue reading
China’s Mobvista has agreed to acquire mobile ad monetization firm NativeX for $25 million in cash. The deal signals further consolidation in the mobile market for advertising aimed at acquiring new users for games and apps. In this multibillion-dollar market, bigger companies ar … | Continue reading
If you've watched The Walking Dead TV show, then you probably know Michonne as the almost-immortal bad-ass with the samurai sword who chops off zombie heads as if her sole purpose is helping the poor creatures depart this world. The Michonne of the TV show has consistently been t … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s augmented reality development kit costs $3,000, and that’s because it shares some components that you’d normally find in spacecraft, guided missiles, and drones. HoloLens, the head-mounted display that mixes digital imagery with the real world, starts shipping to deve … | Continue reading
Forget about finding your son. Fallout Shelter has some new tools in its important quest for user retention. The mobile hit released a new update today, developer Bethesda announced, that adds crafting. Fallout Shelter has been a hit for Bethesda, managing to earn 12 million down … | Continue reading
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FEATURE: “Pika. Pika pi, pikachu. Pi ka chu.” OK, maybe writing this story in Pika-ese isn’t a great idea. Still, it does remind us of an important point: one of the most popular video game characters ever created can’t say any words besides his own name. Pikachu was one of the 1 … | Continue reading
Minecraft is fighting for your love. OK, “love” might be dramatic. Let’s call it “continued interest.” The game’s newest update — 1.9 — is out now, developer Mojang announced today. The new version of Minecraft adds notable changes to the game’s combat system, making it more comp … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it’s starting to send developers invitations to pre-order the $3,000 HoloLens Development Edition version of its HoloLens augmented reality headset. The kits will ship to people in the U.S. and Canada starting on March 30. Microsoft had said pre-ord … | Continue reading
Utomik is launching the open beta test for its game streaming service with a special offer of $5.99 per month for access to 145 video games. The Silicon Valley startup is the latest game streaming company trying to deliver a “Netflix for games” with a clever combination of cloud … | Continue reading
FEATURE: It’s never too late to become a Pokémon fan. The original games came out 20 years ago and spawned a franchise that stretches across cartoons (the show has over 900 episodes), movies (19 of them), a card game (that has 68 sets), and more. In total, the Pokémon brand earns … | Continue reading
VR Bangers is one of many porn web sites that is joining the race to virtual reality. The Los Angeles company is in the midst of creating VR porn videos that are shot with 360-degree cameras, so you can look anywhere in the scene in 4K resolution. Porn is expected to be big on vi … | Continue reading
FEATURE: Twenty-five years of Pokémon has given us six generations of great games, but they aren’t all equal. Each of those six generations includes two versions that have slight changes (usually just offering different Pokémon you can capture, which encourages players to trade w … | Continue reading
FEATURE: Pikachu, Squirtle, Charizard, and all their of friends turn 20 years old today. On this day in 1996, Pokémon Red and Green came out in Japan for the Game Boy. It spawned a series that has sold over 200 million copies. But Pokémon’s reach goes far beyond video games, as i … | Continue reading