FaceIt esports community raises $15 million to go global
Esports is a growing market, and it isn’t only about the top 1 percent of players in the world that show up for the tournaments you see on...
Pokémon Red, Blue, & Yellow rereleases are almost like riding a time machine back to 1996
To celebrate the anniversary, they are rereleasing the original, classic adventures that started the creature-catching phenomenon. For us here in the States, that means Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow, out via the 3DS Virtual Console on February 27.
Bravely Second: End Layer and Destiny share one thing in common
Bravely Second takes place a few “exact amount unspecified” years after the events of the first game. Agnes, Vestal of the Wind, was just about to sign a peace treaty with Eternia when she gets captured. The protagonist this time, Yew, a member of her guard.
Fire Emblem: Fates is a family tiff on an epic — and pricey — scale
The decisions you make will guide how you play through the most recent entry in the grid-based tactical-role-playing Fire Emblem series when it releases February 19 for $40 for the Nintendo 3DS (of course, you very well could end up paying $100 for the entire — as I’ll explain shortly).
League of Legends, Clash of Clans, and CrossFire drive digital games to $61.3B in 2015
There’s no putting the digital genie back in the bottle. Digital-game revenue grew to $61.3 billion in 2015, up 8 percent, according to a...
Discord raises $20M for voice comm app for multiplayer mobile games
Discord, the maker of a popular voice communications app for games, has raised $20 million in a round of funding headed by Greylock Partners....
PlayStation Network’s down for some gamers (update)
PlayStation Network isn’t working for everyone right now. It is down intermittently, which is preventing people from logging into Sony’s online gaming service. This is causing players to encounter errors when they go to boot up online multiplayer games like Call of Duty: Black Ops III or Destiny.
Platinum Games confirms Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan — here’s a trailer and more details
The Xbox online store leaked details of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan a little ahead of time, and now publisher Activision has released the official trailer, which you can watch below.
Games still dominated the iOS app store in Q4
Games dominate the revenue charts on the iOS App Store. That’s no surprise. Even as other non-game brands and product companies adapt to mobile,...
Helpshift’s automated customer support tools reach more than 1.3B devices
Helpshift, a customer relationship management (CRM) company focused on providing help in mobile apps, announced today that its customers are using Helpshift on more...