Why longtime Xbox chip architect John Sell moved to Intel
Intel announced last week that it hired John Sell, the chief architect of next-generation console chips at Microsoft. Sell worked on the chips for...
Osmo Little Genius Starter Kit targets preschoolers with hands-on games
Byju’s Osmo division is taking mobile innovation to preschoolers with the launch of the Osmo Little Genius Starter Kit. When Indian edtech startup Byju...
Roblox’s famous ‘oof’ death sound allegedly came from a Tommy Tallarico game
The Roblox death sound, a comical and short “oof” noise, has become famous to the 90 million players who play games in the kids...
How Ghost Recon: Breakpoint turns up the realism of drone warfare
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint pits the ghosts of elite military units against rivals who are armed with killer drones. The game is a...
Sensor Tower — Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’s first day is slower than Pokémon Go’s debut
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite launched yesterday for iOS and Android in the U.S. and UK, and Niantic‘s new game conjured about 400,000 installs and...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite hands-on — Stepping up from Pokémon Go
Since July 2016, I have walked 438 miles playing Pokémon Go, reaching level 30 in the location-based mobile game. I’m not sure how much...
Intellivision Entertainment prepares for its rebirth on 10-10-20
Intellivision Entertainment is winding up for a big launch of its retro video game console on October 10, 2020, or 10-10-20. That number is...
Global Gaming Citizen Lual Mayen launches Kickstarter for Salaam, a game about peace
Lual Mayen has become a well-known figure in gaming during the past six months after he was named a Global Gaming Citizen by Facebook...
Toy Story 4 content arrives in Big Fish mobile game
Big Fish Games is adding new character-themed playsets and bonus chapters to its Toy Story Drop! mobile game with the launch of the Toy...
Agora.io lets game developers embed video chat in Unity games
Agora.io, a voice and video streaming platform, announced that game developers can now easily embed high-quality video chat in their games built with the...