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...
Shadow Fight 2 developer Nekki looks to maintain momentum as it surpasses 250M mobile installs
Russian gaming is more than just World of Tanks and shady markets for Steam keys. Developer Nekki announced today that its games have surpassed 250...
QuizUp jumps into user-generated content with player-made quizzes
QuizUp, the makers of the trivia app of the same name, are attempting to latch on to BuzzFeed-style content creation with its newest update. Today, the...
Exploring Siberia in Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay video
Here’s a video of 15 minutes of gameplay in Rise of the Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix as an exclusive on the Microsoft Xbox One game console. I played Rise of the Tomb Raider at a preview event, where Microsoft showed off the beginning of the game as well as some subsequent levels.