After seven expansions, World of Warcraft’s story never had a chance
It was inevitable that World of Warcraft would ruin its story. The current hubbub surrounding the leadup to the Battle for Azeroth expansion has Horde...
Patreon’s payment processing problems create headaches for creators
The subscription platform Patreon enables people to directly support creators (game makers, streamers, authors, and more) with monthly donations. But due to processing issues,...
The IndieBeat: How Nyamakop’s founders survived making their first game
In their last year at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand‘s game design program, Cukia “Sugar” Kimani and Ben Myres began working on their thesis project. Kimani...
Spider-Man’s New York makes webslinging even better
Though it’s a ton of fun to leap through the air and web baddies, the thing I love most about Spider-Man is New York City....
Apple kills app affiliate commissions, imperiling small publishers
Effective October 1, Apple will stop paying publishers affiliate commissions for both apps and in-app purchases from its App Stores, a move that independent app reviewers believe will kill their sites.
Surface Go review: Wonderful weight, superb software, poor performance
Should you buy a Microsoft Surface Go for $399? Well, it will really cost you $500, and you should expect some tradeoffs.
How Landfall juggles jokes, physics experiments, and commercial games
Landfall was working on Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, a physics-based tactics sim, when the studio answered the call of April Fools. It wasn’t the first time, and in this case, the concept was a goofy parody of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a three-week diversion from their main game project.
June 2018 NPD: Mario Tennis Aces serves up a smash hit for Nintendo
The games industry brought in $1.08 billion in June, up 25 percent year-over-year, according to the industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. Nintendo’s Mario Tennis Aces made quite...
Fire Emblem: Heroes burns past $400 million as Nintendo’s top mobile game
It’s been a year-and-a-half since Nintendo brought its strategic role-playing game Fire Emblem: Heroes to iOS and Android. Since then, it’s rocketed past the...
SuperSpeedBlazer claims to boot Windows on a Mac in 10 seconds flat
A new device called SuperSpeedBlazer promises to boot a Mac into Windows in only 10 seconds -- with a few caveats.