Ubisoft researcher scouted Watch Dogs 2 by hanging out with hacktivists in SF and DefCon
Thomas Geffroyd spent about 20 years preparing to be the hacker advisor inside Ubisoft for the Watch Dogs 2 game. Well, not really. But...
Triseum unveils calculus educational game Variant: Limits
Triseum is unveiling Variant: Limits, the first game in a series that teaches students how to learn calculus in a fun, results-driven experience on...
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son explains why a $100 billion fund isn’t enough
To understand Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, you have to think of normal ambitions and multiply them by a million or so. That’s...
Pokémon Go and Mariners sale are the only bright spots in a weak Nintendo quarter
Nintendo reported earnings that missed expectations for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30. And it also significantly lowered its outlook for revenues for...
Shooter veterans form VR game studio Drifter Entertainment
Three veterans of first-person shooter games have formed Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle-based virtual reality game studio. The founders include Ray Davis, Kenneth Scott, and Brian Murphy....
Why Watch Dogs 2 creators chose to focus on San Francisco’s hacktivism
When Dominic Guay started working on Watch Dogs more than eight years ago, his mandate was to create a new brand for Ubisoft. The...
Amazon opens a new game engine team location in Austin
When one company sunsets in the game business, another one rises. That’s my interpretation of Amazon’s decision to open a new location for its...
Live.me has processed $1 million in virtual gift payments for streamers in 7 months
Cheetah Mobile’s Live.me mobile streaming app launched just seven months ago. And the Chinese company is announcing today that Live.me has now processed more...
How The Oatmeal’s Bears vs Babies card game scored $1.4 million in a week on Kickstarter
First, they gave us Exploding Kittens, the physical and digital card game that raised $8.7 million on Kickstarter and sold more than 2 million physical...
Privacy author Violet Blue helped Ubisoft capture San Francisco’s hacktivism in Watch Dogs 2
Violet Blue grew up in San Francisco, and she writes about hacker culture and cybercrime in the region’s hacking community. That made Blue, an...