Nintendo knocks Sony off its TV ad impressions perch
Thanks in part to an ad that aired during the Super Bowl Kickoff Show on CBS, Nintendo led gaming industry TV ad impressions during...
Hearthstone’s next expansion is Forged in the Barrens
Hearthstone’s next expansion is Forged in the Barrens (literally, that’s its name). It ushers in a new Standard rotation — the Year of the...
Baldur’s Gate III adds druids, a natural choice for its next class
Nature is healing on the Sword Coast in a beary good update for Baldur’s Gate III. During its “Panel From Hell 2” livestream today,...
Mobile gaming revenue is under threat from reverse-engineering and other hacks
Mobile gaming is boom. 2020 app revenue topped $111 billion, 30% more than all of 2019, according to research firm Sensor Tower. It estimates...
The D20 Beat: Bringing the cool combat wheelchair to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Representation matters. And for Codename Entertainment, this is more than just a pithy statement. Last month, it introduced Talin Uran to Idle Champions of...
Disciples: Liberation unearths dormant strategy-RPG franchise in early 2021
Looks like 2021 is the year of comebacks for strategy-RPG franchises. King’s Bounty II is coming sometime soon, and now we know that Disciples...
Asmodee acquires Board Game Arena, a platform for playing tabletop games online
I’m fortunate in that I have two kids and a spouse who love to play board games, so I haven’t had to try to...
Game industry’s TV ad spend drops in January
As you’d expect after the holiday season, gaming brands pulled back from TV advertising in January to the tune of a 60% decrease in...
Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Earthblood review: Stealth makes me howl
Action-role-playing designers do a lot of things well. You can get satisfying combat, interesting progression, good stories, and some gorgeous-looking worlds out of those...
Services, not software, are the future of game enterprise tech
Over the last few years, venture investor interest in the game industry has skyrocketed. The industry is no longer just about video games; as...