Nintendo sold 5.88M 3DSes and 3.06M Wii U systems over last 9 months
Nintendo may make smartphone games now, but it’s still a hardware-first company at this point. The gamemaker has now sold a total of 12.6...
YouTube’s Fine Bros. face legal challenge after enraging Internet with ‘React’ trademark
Trademark law is complex, but the Internet isn’t known for waiting for understanding before letting the rage fly. YouTube creators, Twitch streamers, and —...
The Witness: Here’s Jon Blow’s pissjug in the game (and the hidden credits)
Before the release of the popular mindbending puzzle game The Witness last week, its developer tweeted something that looked like a jug of urine....
Here’s what’s different in Fallout 4’s new Steam patch
Fallout 4’s dirty world of ruin and nuclear debris just got a little cleaner. Publisher Bethesda released a new patch for the role-playing game...
NBA 2K giving away $250,000 as part of an attempt to attract an esports crowd
The publisher announced today that its starting a competition, called Road to the Finals, for its basketball simulator NBA 2K16 that will give away $250,000. This represents another major company actively trying to attract competitive gamers (and the millions of viewers that love to watch them).
Ant Simulator canceled after crowdfunding money spent on liquor and strippers
[Updated with Kickstarter response 11:48 am Feb. 1, 2016] Ant Simulator, a game that raised money through crowdfunding, has allegedly been canceled because the...
Tom Clancy’s The Division is getting an open beta, according to Xbox Italy
Ubisoft isn’t done testing its upcoming online shooter, according to a leak from one of Microsoft’s social-media accounts. Xbox One will get an open...
The Division’s closed beta hands-on: Ubisoft’s blockbuster is overhyped but playable
It was inevitable that Tom Clancy’s The Division from Ubisoft came down to Earth. The game has been hyped ever since Ubisoft unveiled the...
PlayStation Network down for many gamers around the world
Sony’s online infrastructure is going through another hiccup this morning. PlayStation Network isn’t working for everyone right now. An outage is preventing gamers from...
China’s Linekong Interactive to invest $20M in North American mobile game business
Like other Chinese mobile game companies, Linekong Interactive wants to go global. That’s why the company is announcing today that it is investing $20...