Orcs Must Die: Unchained developer on making adjustments to keep players happy
Making free-to-play games isn’t always about getting players to spend money. A big challenge is ensuring you can keep the people who never spend...
Oculus and Samsung have 1M Gear VR users
Oculus has already sold more than 1 million virtual reality head-mounted displays — although most of those are the Gear VR peripheral for Samsung...
Perfect World is putting Xbox One multiplayer battler Gigantic on Windows beyond Microsoft’s app store
One of the Xbox One’s most interesting-looking free-to-play games is also coming to nearly every active version of Windows thanks to a new partnership....
Newzoo: A billion people will know about esports by the end of 2016
Esports is outgrowing its status as a niche industry for hardcore gamers, and it’s turning into global entertainment. More than a billion people will...
EA: 55M PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ones sold through 2015; 25M more should sell in 2016
Electronic Arts claims it is the top publisher on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and if it can keep that title through the end...
Disney Infinity canceled: The entertainment company pulls out of console-game publishing
Disney is hitting the ejector-seat button on its interactive-gaming-toy business. The company told investors today that it is ending its Disney Infinity gaming franchise. This...
Star developer Cliff Bleszinski invests in crowdfunding game site Fig
Gaming’s own crowdfunding and investment site is getting a new, big-name investor. Cliff Bleszinski, the founder of Boss Key Productions and former director of...
Mass Effect: Andromeda prepares for a big pre-E3 showing
Few new game franchises have matched the ambition of BioWare’s Mass Effect trilogy, and Electronic Arts might laugh a whole new generation of Mass...
Japanese mobile hit Puzzle & Dragons reaches 10M downloads in North America
A trio of games make the bulk of the money from the lucrative Japanese mobile app market, and one of those is continuing its...
Microsoft celebrates 4 years of Minecraft on Xbox with free content
Minecraft on the Xbox hit an anniversary, and Microsoft wants to give you a gift to celebrate. The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft turns...