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...
The Walking Dead mobile game No Man’s Land is adding content for the show’s new season
Everyone’s favorite zombie show is back on the air, but someone doesn’t want you to forget about its mobile game tie-in. Last night, AMC’s...
November Xbox Live Games with Gold: Monkey Island, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and more
Xbox Live Gold members are getting another round of games for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 at no additional charge in November. This...
Acquiring and retaining players: Why is your tech so lazy?
Presented by Akamai. We live in a multitasking world. You see people every day surfing their phones with their right hand, mid-conversation with the...
Nintendo Switch uses cartridges, but not like the N64
Nintendo’s next gaming system will not use optical discs. Instead, the company is opting to fully embrace the technology it has used on its...
EA tries to go as broad as possible with FIFA Mobile
Electronic Arts has struck gold with Madden NFL Football on mobile, where it has consistently been in the top-ten grossing games and making a...
The NBA’s power is a boon for esports
Stephen Kaplan recently became the third NBA owner to purchase stake in an esports team in less than a week’s time. On its surface,...
Lessons for game developers from a lemonade stand
Back in Norman Rockwell’s America, kids weren’t afraid to take a chance on going into business for themselves. Rockwell’s iconic “Lemonade Stand” image showed...
Nintendo Switch: Features required for success
Nintendo revealed its new Switch console yesterday, but much the new device remains a mystery. The console/portable hybrid is coming next March, which seems awfully...