GamesBeat weekly roundup: Minecraft gets educational, and Exploding Kittens hits mobile
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, a prototype for a different take on Star Wars: Battlefront III leaks, we see what Metal...
Super Mario Bros. 3’s Game Boy Advance port is now on Wii U
Another classic game is available digitally on the Wii U. Nintendo today released Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Wii...
Heroes of the Storm gets new Diablo characters — including an old favorite
It’s time to raise an old character back from the dead Blizzard’s multiplayer online battle arena, Heroes of the Storm, is getting two new...
The Witcher 2 highlights 10 new Xbox 360 backward compatible games for Xbox One
More of your old Xbox 360 games could now be playable on Xbox One today. Microsoft revealed 10 more Xbox 360 titles that are...
Warner Bros. disappoints PC players again with Mortal Kombat X DLC characters
This adds another mark against publisher Warner Bros.’ track record with the PC platform after it famously had to pull and refund the PC version of last year’s Batman: Arkham Knight after it suffered significant performance issues at launch.
Star Trek: Timelines is the best Trek game in years
The best Star Trek game I’ve played in a long time, surprisingly, is a free-to-play mobile app — a style I usually despise for feeling...
D.I.C.E. is going to be Epic thanks to sponsorship
Las Vegas about to get a little more unreal. Epic Games announced today that it will sponsor 2016’s D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas on...
Mortal Kombat XL includes every DLC character from last year’s gory fighter
Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Mortal Kombat XL today. This new version of last year’s Mortal Kombat X includes every downloadable character released for the fighting game. It will come out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 1.
Investors threw $686 million at virtual and augmented reality in 2015
The virtual and augmented reality future draws nearer, and investors want in. AR and VR attracted $686 million in investment deals in 2015, according...
Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Wii U
The first episode, The Order of the Stone, releases on January 21 for $5. Telltale promises that additional episodes will follow in the coming weeks. Players can also buy a $20 season pass that nets them episodes 2 through 5 once they become available.