Pokémon Go turns 2 at the top of the mobile gaming charts
Niantic’s augmented reality game Pokémon Go launched in 2016, becoming an instant hit and generating over $1.2 billion in its first year. Two years...
ProBeat: HTC should kill its phones and focus on VR
Let’s talk about HTC. The struggling Taiwanese consumer electronics company announced more layoffs this week: 1,500 jobs, or around 25 percent of its workforce....
Cat Nigiri found the solution for its Keen puzzler in Asia, not the U.S.
Keen’s turn-based combat combines sliding-tile puzzles and dungeon-crawling, and it features a cutesy cartoon aesthetic. It is developer Cat Nigiri’s latest game, and it’s...
VR arcades are playing a leading role in the consumer market
The “VR hype cycle” used to explain the relatively slow rate of adoption for VR refers mostly to the consumer market, and in large...
No, Nintendo Switch isn’t getting a VR headset
Sorry, everyone. While there’s a story floating around today about a “VR” or “pseudo-VR” headset coming soon for Nintendo’s Switch, it’s not true. Even...
Conan Exiles is Funcom’s biggest hit after selling 1.4 million copies
Funcom’s open-world survival adventure Conan Exiles has emerged victorious, becoming the developer’s fastest-selling and best-selling title. It initially launched in Early Access on PC in...
Dead Cells hacks its way out of Early Access and launches August 17
Motion Twin’s stylish dungeon-crawler Dead Cells entered Early Access on PC last May, and the developer teamed up with publisher Merge for the full...
The IndieBeat: Glitch Mundo carves out a grassroots festival for indie games in Brazil
Brazil’s Independent Games (BIG) Festival ran last week in São Paulo, but it wasn’t the only event there that celebrates indie games. A group of...
Google’s DeepMind taught AI teamwork by playing Quake III Arena
Google's DeepMind today shared the results of training multiple AI systems to play Capture the Flag on Quake III Arena, a multiplayer first-person shooter game. The AI played nearly 450,000 games to gain its dominance over human players and establish its understanding of how to work with other machines and humans.
Semblance squishes onto PC and Switch on July 24
Nyamakop’s jiggly platformer Semblance has been bouncing around the festival circuit, picking up the Excellence in Game Design Award at BitSummit in Japan and...