GamesBeat Summit will explore how developers can manage crunch
The debate on “crunch time,” or forced uncompensated overtime required to finish games, exploded in the past couple of weeks after gaming veteran Alex St....
Assassin’s Creed producer gets his 1666 game back from Ubisoft
When defunct publisher THQ collapsed, it looked like one of the more interesting games it was working on would get lost forever. But its...
Doom creators John Romero and Adrian Carmack to make shooter Blackroom
John Romero and Adrian Carmack were two of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and the first-person shooter genre of games in the...
Super Mario RPG was originally a lot more like Final Fantasy
Super Mario RPG is a Super Nintendo classic, but it used to be a pretty different game. YouTube channel Did You Know Gaming has...
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End newest trailer gets the adventurer’s blood pumping
May 10 can’t come soon enough for Uncharted fans. That’s when Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End comes out for the PlayStation 4. It’s one...
Berlin’s TreasureHunt debuts zany Boomie Blast arcade mobile game
TreasureHunt, a Berlin-based game developer, is hoping to level up casual mobile games with the launch of its Bomberman-like Boomie Blast title on iOS...
Supercell stakes a beachhead in the mobile gaming clash in Iran (updated)
Update, 2:15 p.m. August 31: Cafe Bazaar says there are numerous errors in this guest post: Supercell is left with 61 percent of revenues...
ESL says it still wants to work with YouPorn’s esports team
One of esports’ biggest organizations doesn’t want to ban one of its rising teams, but it says it doesn’t have much of a choice...
Unity’s David Helgason on the open-versus-closed Windows debate
David Helgason, cofounder of Unity Technologies, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, are rivals in the game engine business. But they have similar...
How esports can learn from its traditional sports teams and broadcasters
The global esports market will grow to $463 million this year, according to Newzoo’s latest Global Esports Market Report. By 2019 the report says...