How HTML5 instant games could disrupt the app stores in 2017
The app stores for Android and iOS have dominated the landscape for years, creating a lot of challenges for game makers who want to get...
Horizon: Zero Dawn joins Uncharted and God of War as an iconic Sony franchise
It turns out a girl with a bow and arrow can do alright for herself in a world filled with giant killer robots. Horizon:...
Data-driven versus intuition-driven game design
When it comes to game design, we’ll find out one of these days if artificial intelligence can beat a human being at creativity. But...
Turkish couple pursues the indie mobile game dream with Escher-like Hocus
I always like the fairy tale that tells me that games can be made anywhere by anybody. While walking the streets of Berlin after...
FanFit Gaming makes loot by gamers, for gamers
Whether you’re a Twitch streamer or a noob, you can probably appreciate the loot from FanFit Gaming. The Toronto-based company has come out with...
The Nintendo Switch UI, explained
Nintendo hasn’t shared any details about the user interface for its upcoming Switch console, but anxious fans learned a lot yesterday when someone leaked a...
ClanPlay provides messaging platform for clan-based mobile games
Mobile games with strong clan features, like Clash of Clans, have proven to be very sticky. When people gather together in teams dubbed clans,...
Jam City hires AI and psychology experts to expand its mobile game research
Mobile game companies aren’t known for doing deep research into technology, but times are changing. Jam City has hired artificial intelligence expert Rami Safadi...
NPD: Nintendo’s NES Classic was January’s third best-selling console
GamesBeat reported last week that the PlayStation 4 was the top-selling gaming system in January, and the Xbox One had its best January ever. But...
Hearthstone’s big changes soothe players worries while padding Blizzard’s wallet
Hearthstone’s next Standard year is the Year of the Mammoth. It’s an appropriate name, because Blizzard is making some mammoth-size changes to its digital...