Machine Zone launches new commercial with Ah-nold for Mobile Strike game
Gearing up for the holiday rush, developer Machine Zone has launched a second video ad featuring Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger to promote the modern-combat Mobile...
SuperAwesome and Poki aim to target online U.S. family gamers with kid-safe ads
U.K.-based startup SuperAwesome and the Poki online games playground have teamed up to create kid-safe AwesomeAds to family gamers in the U.S. London-based SuperAwesome has...
The DeanBeat: For Microsoft, it’s time to worry about the console war
The evidence is piling up. Sony’s grip on the console business with the PlayStation 4 is starting to look unbreakable. Microsoft has to start...
PlayFab offers its backend game service for free and launches third-party marketplace
PlayFab wants to shake things up in game development, and it is starting by shaking itself up. Today, the company is making its basic...
Microsoft asks fans to vote on its next casual game
Microsoft usually decides which games it will make next by asking its own game developers. But today, its Microsoft Casual Games division said it will...
Why does Magic Leap need another $827M?
Augmented reality startup Magic Leap is reportedly raising $827 million in a third round of funding, according to Forbes. If it succeeds, it will be...
How Ubisoft will turn you into an eagle over Paris in its first VR game
Virtual reality is still a great way to make someone sick, and that doesn’t make for good entertainment. Ubisoft’s Funhouse team realized this as...
What Remains of Edith Fitch creators don’t know the destination for their ‘sublime horror’ game
Ian Dallas has a knack for coming up with weird but creative stories for video games. His first game, The Unfinished Swan, was one...
Farmville, HTC Vive creators behind new $10M seed fund for virtual reality
Serial entrepreneur Amitt Mahajan, the co-creator of FarmVille, believes that the best opportunity for game startups is at the beginning of a new platform....
Medal of Honor vets debut Fantastic Plastic Squad for Apple TV and iOS
Pound Sand, a group of combat game veterans, is launching its first iOS game, Fantastic Plastic Squad. The title is a third-person shooter game...