TBS will air esports as Turner creates new league
Esports might be ready for prime time. Turner Broadcasting and WME/IMG are creating a new esports league that will get airtime on cable, via...
Oculus Touch will not ship alongside the Rift
Oculus has an amazing virtual-reality controller solution, but it won’t ship with the consumer version. Oculus’s Touch controllers won’t ship until the second quarter...
Minecraft comes to Oculus Rift
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition is going to support Oculus Rift, we learned today at Oculus Connect in Los Angeles. Founder Palmer Luckey of Oculus VR announced that Microsoft will bring its block-building phenomenon will support the head-mounted display when it launches in Q1 of 2016.
Samsung and Oculus unveil new Gear VR, available in November for $99
Samsung is expanding its support for virtual reality. Gear VR launches as a consumer product this November for $99, we learned today from the...
Subway Surfers sails past 1 billion downloads
Kiloo announced today that its mobile game, Subway Surfers, has passed 1 billion downloads after three years on app stores. The Denmark-based publisher says that Subway Surfers, which it created in collaboration with SYBO Games, is now the fourth-most-downloaded mobile game of all time.
The Sims boss Lucy Bradshaw is leaving Electronic Arts
The Sims team at Electronic Arts is getting a shakeup today. Lucy Bradshaw, who oversaw the development of The Sims and all other games...
Star Wars: Battlefront beta’s launch date is October 8
It’s nearly time to go blow the hell outta some stormtroopers in a galaxy far, far away, Publisher Electronic Arts announced this morning that...
How Toca Boca got 100M mobile downloads by putting kids first
Last week, Toca Boca hit a major 100M download milestone with its range of kids mobile games. The Swedish company — with offices in Stockholm as...
Call of Duty gets a worldwide esports league from Activision
World at war, indeed. Call of Duty publisher Activision announced today the creation of a new worldwide esports league for the popular first-person shooter...
Save the date: GamesBeat Summit is May 3-4, and GamesBeat 2016 is August 1-3
We’re about 18 days away from GamesBeat 2015. But we wanted to let you know when our next big events are coming. GamesBeat Summit...