This indie game offers a counterpoint to the Google manifesto
Elizabeth Sampat is an award-winning game designer who’s worked on blockbuster titles like Plants Vs Zombies 2 and Subway Surfers. She also makes small, intensely...
Why investment from traditional sports is so important to esports in 2017
Activision Blizzard recently announced the new owners of seven teams in the Overwatch League. Among those who have ponied up big bucks to become...
Valve announces Artifact, its Dota-themed card game
A Dota-themed digital card game is coming in 2018. Valve made the announcement today at the 7th annual Dota 2 competition The International, the biggest...
VR can be a mainstream tech — but it’s not ready yet
Though it may seem virtual reality has emerged in the last few years, the technology has been around for quite some time. The term...
Upper Deck expands past tabletop games with Legendary DXP, a digital card battler
Upper Deck Entertainment is known as a purveyor of trading cards, like sports memorabilia and Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. It revolutionized the industry when...
Ubisoft opens Stockholm office to plug into its studio-collaboration dev model
A new Ubisoft office is opening in Stockholm, and its lead is Patrick Bach, the former general manager of Electronic Arts’ DICE studio that...
Player creativity is the future of gaming
Humans possess an insatiable desire to create, to build, and to shape the world around us. Examples span from rudimentary cave paintings, to the...
Dropleaf has a dual-goal: Making it easier to find indie games and lift diversity
Dropleaf is a new subscription platform that wants to help people discover more indie PC games. The service will offer a hand-picked collection of...
Xbox Insider update focuses on customizing home screen and getting to content quicker
The Xbox One and Windows 10 are getting some new features today so people can get to content quicker. The updates will be available...
Batman: The Enemy Within review — a riddle without a satisfying answer
I’ll be honest, Telltale Games is kind of hit or miss for me. I’m a big fan of The Wolf Among Us and the...