Google targets HTML5 default for Chrome instead of Flash in Q4 2016
Google has outlined a plan to push HTML5 by default in Chrome, instead of Flash. In Q4 2016, the company plans to only serve...
Attracting players who pay out: How data can double ad revenue and get your game ranked (VB Live)
Data is the key to attaining and retaining loyal players who pay: Join VB’s own Dean Takahashi, Thumbspire’s VP of Product Stefano Melucci, Appsflyer’s Shani Rosenfelder...
With Stellaris, Paradox finds the sweet spot between 4X and grand strategy
Stellaris’ biggest strength doesn’t appear to be its beautiful graphics, its expansive universe, its seemingly endless variety, or its fun pace of gameplay as you...
With Offworld Trading Company, a revolutionary idea takes its tepid first steps
Real-time strategy games may let you bandy about huge blobs of units in attempt to overcome the other player’s blobs, but what you’re really doing is trying to make your numbers go up faster than the opponents, whether it be resources or units.
Battleborn is a fun blend of MOBA and shooter, but it buries its potential
Battleborn strides confidently into a fight I don’t think it will win. Each market it’s trying to enter is crowded. Multiplayer online battle arenas...
Lost Reavers impression: This Wii U exclusive is good … but only if you like bad games
By nearly every measurable standard, Lost Reavers — a free-to-play, online-only, multiplayer action-adventure title from Bandai Namco and exclusive to the Wii U — is a subpar, repetitive, and badly crafted game. But even bad games can be somewhat worthwhile.
Windows 10 hit 300 million devices 6 months faster than Windows 7
At Microsoft’s Build 2016 developer conference, CEO Satya Nadella declared that Windows 10 is the “fastest growing version of Windows for both consumers and...
How filmmakers are inventing the language of VR
Imagine you’re a filmmaker. Cinema is your craft, an art honed by more than a hundred years of brilliant ideas and happy mistakes. With...
French government announces plans to legalize and regulate esports industry
As part of a sweeping set of digital reforms under consideration, the French government has taken steps to simultaneously embrace and regulate the esports...
Windows 7 drops under 50% market share (Updated)
Windows 7 is still the king, but it no longer holds the majority. Update: Net Applications updated its numbers saying they did not pass...