EverQuest creator raises seed round to build Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Visionary Realms wasn’t successful in its crowdfunding campaign last year to raise money for its next-generation massively multiplayer online game, Pantheon: Rise of the...
Hands-on with the chaotic Warzone multiplayer mode for Halo 5: Guardians
Microsoft is banking that the Warzone multiplayer mode in Halo 5: Guardians will be one of the big attractions that brings players back to the...
Microsoft releases bleak Halo 5: Guardians television commercial
Microsoft debuted its Halo 5: Guardians television commercial debuted tonight on NBC Sunday Night Football today. It’s a bleak snippet, as it shows the reaction...
A decade later, the former chief Xbox officer revisits his critical decisions
Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001. And it made billions of dollars on the Xbox 360....
Amazon’s Twitch to add video uploads in new battle with YouTube
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitch just strayed into direct competition with YouTube. Emmett Shear, chief executive of Amazon’s Twitch division, announced at the TwitchCon 2015...
Twitch viewing app to run across all PlayStation devices
SAN FRANCISCO — Now you can view Twitch from all your Sony consoles. Emmett Shear, the chief executive of gameplay livestreaming platform Twitch, announced that...
TwitchCon 2015 opens with a brief history of livestreaming
The first major convention for Twitch gameplay livestreaming broadcasters has started in at the sprawling Moscone West convention hall. Marcus “DJ Wheat” Graham opened the event, to a ton of and roaring.
Kabam’s cofounder Holly Liu says you have to build a global culture to succeed in games
Holly Liu, cofounder of mobile gaming company Kabam, maker of The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth and Marvel Contest of Champions, says that you have...
The DeanBeat: How to get game developers to save the planet
Erin Robinson Swink is a seasoned indie game developer and founder of Ivy Games, and she’s trying set the world on fire. But in...
Hands-on with Halo 5: Guardians — Arena mode could turn into an esport
If anything turns Microsoft’s Halo 5: Guardians into an esport, it will be the multiplayer mode known as Arena. Microsoft and its 343 Industries...