Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1 billion hours played, and 66 versions
LAS VEGAS — Civilization is one of the gods of strategy games, where you oversee the creation of a whole society in competition with other civilizations. It...
Fire Emblem makes you feel like a monster for choosing Conquest over Birthright
You don’t usually see the plural version of the word “fate.” That’s because it is counterintuitive to claim one person’s life has multiple, inevitable...
5 Fire Emblem: Fates tips to prepare you for a three-game adventure
Fire Emblem: Fates requires you to think. You need to do some of that thinking before you even start playing. The new tactical role-playing...
Minecraft’s first big update of the year comes to PC and Pocket Edition
Correction: We originally stated that the 13 redstone skins cost $2 each, but they actually all come in a bundle for $2 total. Minecraft’s...
Nimble Collective raises $8.5M for cloud-based animation community
Did you ever want unlock your inner Pixar artist? The Nimble Collective has raised an $8.5 million round to develop a cloud-based community for...
TwitchCon 2016 moves to Comic-Con’s home: San Diego
One of gaming’s biggest companies is bringing its biggest fan event to a new city. Twitch, which is behind the the popular livestreaming site,...
Virtual reality hype helps Nvidia sell more graphics chips for high-end PCs
Graphics chip maker Nvidia said that it saw an increase in game and virtual reality-related graphics hardware sales in the fourth quarter as consumers prepared...
How Ubisoft visits real places to make its open-world games like The Division
LAS VEGAS — Ubisoft game creator Tommy Francois shared how the big French video game publisher creates the animated worlds of its video games...
PC market is slowing, but Nvidia beats results as it expands to new platforms
Graphics chip maker Nvidia reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Nvidia’s results are a bellwether for the PC...
System Shock revival lures Warren Spector away from academia and back to games
Warren Spector, the veteran game developer who has been teaching video game creation for the last three years, is joining OtherSide Entertainment so that...