Civilization’s father, Sid Meier, shares 25 years of insights on his beloved series
Sid Meier is the legendary designer behind many different computer games in a wide variety of genres, and he’s perhaps the only video game...
PlayStation 4 ‘Smites’ Xbox One’s exclusive deal for the third-person MOBA
Smite, a multiplayer online battle arena strategy game, is coming to PlayStation 4, Sony announced today. Smite was previously available on Xbox One and PC. While not as popular as top MOBAs League of Legends (which leads the genres — it earned $1.6 billion in 2015) and Dota 2, Smite still has over 14 million players.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: LucasFilm gets into VR, and Fallout 4’s DLC is revealed
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we have tons of coverage out of this year’s DICE 2016 summit, including stories on about...
Fiksu lets marketers target its audience of 3 billion mobile devices
I’m not sure there are 3 billion mobile device profiles in the world. But Fiksu says there are. And the mobile marketing company said...
Game of the Year goes to postapocalypse game Fallout 4
Zombies are out. But the apocalypse is still in. Fallout 4 won Game of the Year at the DICE Awards, the equivalent of the...
Hideo Kojima gets Hall of Fame honors from the video game industry
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Series games and who recently parted ways with Japanese publisher Konami, was inducted into the Hall of...
Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata gets posthumous lifetime achievement award from gaming peers
Former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata received a posthumous lifetime achievement award tonight at gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy of Interactive Arts &...
Fallout 4 maker Bethesda is working on 3 new games
LAS VEGAS — Todd Howard deserves a bit of a break. His Bethesda Game Studios and parent ZeniMax shipped 12 million copies so far...
Tomb Raider’s writer shows the rise of storytelling’s importance in gaming
LAS VEGAS — In 33 years of playing video games, writer Rhianna Pratchett has seen the value of story go through its own creative arc. Back...
InnoGames’ mobile stable sees 100% growth in 2015 thanks to Forge of Empires
Someone’s been striking the mobile forge for a nice profit. InnoGames announced today that it achieved revenues of $111.14 million in 2015, a growth...