Alien: Blackout review — This is how you do a mobile spinoff
A couple weeks ago, a pre-launch build of Alien Blackout taught me a lesson: Don’t assume a mobile port of a popular game series...
Unity plays the acquisition game with chat service Vivox
Unity Technologies, the maker of the Unity game engine, announced it has acquired Vivox, the provider of cross-platform voice and text communication tools for...
February 2019 Xbox Games with Gold — Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon and Assassin’s Creed: Rogue
Microsoft has revealed the free games that will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers during February, which includes some modern retro-inspired games and...
State Farm sponsors Fortnite streamer DrLupo
State Farm announced today that it has entered a sponsorship agreement with Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo, one of the most popular Fortnite streamers in the world. DrLupo...
Why NetEase and Quantic Dream are teaming up for games on multiple platforms
For the past 12 years, Quantic Dream has been making exclusive video games like Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain for the PlayStation 4. But Chinese internet company...
NetEase invests in Detroit: Become Human game studio Quantic Dream
Chinese internet company NetEase Games has acquired a minority stake in Quantic Dream, the French game studio that created blockbuster games such as Detroit:...
Digi-Capital: Game investment doubles previous record at $5.7 billion in 2018
Investments in game companies hit a record $5.7 billion in 2018, or more than twice the previous record set in 2017, according to advisory...
Kingdom Hearts III — 5 tips for your darkness-destroying adventure
Kingdom Hearts III is finally a reality, and now we can all go destroy darkness, awaken lost hearts, antagonize Donald Duck, and all that...
Chinese regulators start approving mobile games for Tencent, NetEase, and Perfect World
After a long delay, big Chinese game publishers Tencent, NetEase, and Perfect World are getting their mobile games approved for the Chinese market again....
Can anyone beat PlayStation’s TV ad impressions?
It’s becoming a familiar sight: PlayStation at the top of the most-seen gaming industry ad ranking for the fourth month in a row. But...