RankR gives esports a single hub for news, rankings, and tournaments
Competitive gamers have a new tool that can make organizing and following their scene easier. Esports Access announced today the launch of RankR, a...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard turns 25, and Assassin’s Creed takes a break
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, the PlayStation 4 beat the Xbox One again, Amazon reveals a new game engine, and we...
Call of Duty saw double-digit growth in 2015, now has more players than ever before
Nothing can stop Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard revealed that its popular shooter franchise is alive and well while releasing the financial results for...
No Assassin’s Creed in 2016 as Ubisoft admits the series is slowing down
While reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2015-2016, publisher Ubisoft admitted that its Assassin’s Creed franchise is beginning to lose interest from consumers. It also confirmed that the franchise will take a break and not see a main series release in 2016.
Quantum Break is Microsoft’s latest weapon in linking Xbox One and Windows 10
Microsoft is giving all sort of goodies to anyone who buys the digital version of Quantum Break, a third-person shooter that allows the player...
Tera publisher’s new project is a real-time strategy game ‘for the rest of us’
If StarCraft is a bit out of your league, En Masse might have a solution. The publisher, which runs the massively multiplayer online role-playing game...
Call of Duty and Dreamworks vets jump on the VR bandwagon
A new company has ambitious plans to tackle multiple forms of media. The Rogue Initiative, a new development studio planning to work on virtual...
China’s Locojoy partners with Taptica to drive downloads of new game
A popular Chinese studio is taking all the help it can get to make its new game a hit. Taptica, an advertising platform for...
Mario Kart meets Star Wars, and it’s fantastic
YouTube channel Dark Pixel created this awesome video which combines Mario Kart with Star Wars. Instead of riding around in miniature cars, Mario and friends are flying through space in X-wings, TIE fighters, and other iconic spaceships from the galactic franchise.
Hearthstone designers discuss Standard, Wild’s relevancy, and putting off new classes
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is preparing for its biggest changes ever. Last week, Blizzard Entertainment announced that its splitting the traditional 1-on-1 competition mode of...