The Pokémon Go sensation dances its way to Spotify
Gotta listen to ’em all. Spotify noted today that the frenzy surrounding the mobile game Pokémon Go has created a huge increase in the popularity...
Warner Brothers settles FTC charges over promotional payments to livestreamers like PewDiePie
In a push to market its The Lord of the Rings-based Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor,” Warner Brothers failed to adequately disclose that it had paid...
Russian games market reached nearly $1 billion in 2015
Russia’s online and mobile games market amounted to 51.9 billion rubles in 2015, or $830 million at the average exchange rate, up 2 percent from the...
Nintendo’s stock price is up 25% thanks to Pokémon Go
Nitnendo stock is climbing faster than a Zubat’s population in a cave. Nintendo’s shares in Japan closed up at 24.5 percent on Monday at 20,260...
ReCore’s director details the Microsoft exclusive’s ties to Metroid and Mega Man
Modern blockbuster games still take inspiration from the classics. ReCore is one of Microsoft’s biggest exclusives for the rest of year, coming out for Xbox One...
How Scalebound’s action master Hideki Kamiya views partnership with Microsoft
Platinum Games is known for over-the-top action, but Scalebound is taking that top, adding a few dozen miles, and clearing it in a single leap....
Machine Zone commands TVs in June as Overwatch, Xbox, and Lego march on
Arnold Schwarzenegger had cameos in all major sports broadcasts this month — and it’s all thanks to one hit mobile strategy game. GamesBeat has...
Samsung Gear VR successor may be in the works
We’re just two months away from the anniversary of the reveal of the consumer Gear VR. So it’s time to wonder if a successor...
5 places Pokémon Go players should avoid for their own safety
Pokémon Go is out in the United States, and people are already finding monsters (and love?) in strange places. Thanks to Go’s GPS-powered gameplay, trainers...
The Elder Scrolls: Legends is not a mere Hearthstone clone
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft did something that few games have accomplished: help launch a new, $1.2 billion dollar “dominant category” in gaming. Blizzard Entertainment...