Nintendo fends off more patent trolls in Wii victory
Nintendo is known for making Mario games, designing cute pocket monsters, and having an effective legal team. The publisher announced today that it has...
Star Wars: Battlefront’s next expansion brings new (slightly obscure) heroes
Star Wars: Battlefront has some new heroes, but we’re using the term loosely. Developer DICE revealed details today on the online shooter’s next expansion,...
New Nintendo Direct is coming tomorrow, focusing on 3DS and Wii U games coming through summer
The company revealed today that it’s next Direct broadcast is March 3 at 2 p.m. Pacific. The digital stream will focus on games coming out for the Wii U and 3DS through summer, so expect to hear about Star Fox: Zero for the Wii U and Hyrule Warriors Legends for the 3DS.
How the Pokémon cartoon and games form one of media’s best symbiotic relationships
When I say Pokémon, most of you probably think of the games. But the franchise owes just as much of its success to its...
Mark Pincus and Frank Gibeau talk about the future of Zynga and social mobile gaming
Zynga and Electronic Arts have exchanged hostages yet again. Zynga, the San Francisco social mobile game company announced yesterday that it had named former EA executive Frank Gibeau...
Meta starts taking orders for high-end augmented reality dev kit
Meta, the maker of a cool augmented reality (AR) system, has begun taking orders for its $950 Meta 2 development kit. Augmented reality is...
Social casino game creator FlowPlay launches in-game fundraiser for the American Cancer Society
Online social game creator FlowPlay has cut a deal that allows its Vegas World social casino game players to spend money in the virtual world to...
Rocket League enters the esports world with Twitch-backed championship series
Game-streaming sight Twitch and developer Psyonix announced today that the game will have its own championship series, giving the soccer/racer hybrid its own competitive league. Registration opens this month for the three-month season with a total prize pool of $75,000.
Augment raises $3M to bring augmented reality to sales pitches
Augment is about to get, uh, augmented with $4.7 million in funding. The enterprise augmented-reality company uses iPads and smartphones to help people visualize...
Glispa closes 2015 with a $100M run rate for performance-based marketing
Glispa, the global performance marketing firm, closed the year with a revenue run rate of $100 million, thanks to its ability to help developers...