Chinese mobile games are spreading around the globe
2016 was a year in which Chinese mobile games became popular around the globe. A total of 84 games from Chinese publishers made it...
Why Kixeye took its time making War Commander: Rogue Assault
Lou Castle has made more than 150 games in his 34-year career as a game developer. But he had a challenge on his hands...
Akonia uses holography to create transparent augmented reality display
Akonia Holographics, a startup in Longmont, Colorado, spent years trying to make holographic data storage work. It didn’t succeed, but now it found a...
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
Cloud Imperium Games announced today that its Star Citizen and Squadron 42 games will use the Amazon Lumberyard game engine. These are two of the...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports players and owners group get into dispute
In professional sports, owners and players don’t always agree. And in esports, the same is proving true, as a player group launched a complaint...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2016
Let’s face it: 2016 was a bad year in so many uncountable ways. But when it comes to video games, it was a great...
Passengers movie gets its official mobile mystery game
Hero Digital Entertainment has launched a mobile game that serves as the official game for the Columbia Pictures film Passengers which debuts today. The...
After nearly 3 years of struggle, Kixeye launches its spectacular War Commander: Rogue Assault
It took almost three years of development, but Kixeye is finally launching its ambitious mobile game War Commander: Rogue Assault. The military game looks...
Jaunt lets you watch VR movies on the PlayStation VR
Jaunt has built a library of cinematic virtual reality films, and now you’ll be able to watch them in your living room on the...
Gardenscapes by Russia’s Playrix is Facebook’s game of the year
Facebook’s Game of the Year award goes to Gardenscapes, a match-3 game created by the relatively unknown mobile game publisher Playrix. The win is...