Mike Sherlock, COO at Square Enix Europe and America, passes away
Square Enix announced that Mike Sherlock, chief operating officer for Square Enix Europe and America, passed away unexpectedly. The Japan-based company, which makes games...
Gamification can help education — here’s how
Teachers and parents hear it over and over again: “make learning fun” to keep kids engaged. Gamified education apps for use outside of the...
CEO Robin Jung tells why Pearl Abyss bought Eve Online maker
Pearl Abyss, the maker of Black Desert Online, has agreed to buy Eve Online maker CCP for $425 million. The move is a big...
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches big Year 5 update
Time flies when you’re having fun in Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The mobile game publisher is launching the Year 5 update of...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with 15 bug fixes ahead of October 2018 Update
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17754 from the RS5 branch. The changes include 15 bug fixes and an improvement to Narrator.
The RetroBeat: Maximum Carnage, aka Spider-Man and Venom’s buddy beat-’em-up
I have webs in my brain (well, more than usual). Insomniac’s new Spider-Man game comes out on September 7 for PlayStation 4. I reviewed...
David Baszucki interview — How Roblox plans to outpace the growth of Minecraft
Roblox has been on a tear. It grew from 48 million monthly active users last year to more than 70 million now. And it...
Roblox raises $150 million as its user-created game world surpasses 70 million players
Roblox has raised $150 million in a new round of funding aimed at expanding the international growth of its social platform for user-generated games....
GameWorks arcades has a new owner: ExWorks Capital
GameWorks Inc. announced today that it has new ownership. The arcade chain is now run by ExWorks Capital. GameWorks has seven locations across the nation,...
The Lord of the Rings universe is getting a free-to-play online game from Athlon Games
Athlon Games, a Los Angeles publisher of console and PC games, said it signed a long-term licensing agreement with Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and...