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...
Marvel’s Spider-Man review — Spidey’s best game yet
Spider-Man has had a place in gaming since the Atari days, with the web-slinger starring in dozens of titles ranging from classics to, well,...
Talking Tom: Managing a franchise with 8 billion downloads
When Talking Tom developer Outfit7 was sold to a Chinese company in January 2017 for $1 billion, it might have easily been seen as...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview without performance visualizations in the Game bar
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17751 from the RS5 branch. The changes include 12 bug fixes and one feature being removed.
China’s education ministry moves to curtail screen time for games to prevent myopia
China’s Ministry of Education issued a notice on Thursday aimed at preventing myopia, or nearsightedness, among children and adolescents by limiting the screen time...
Melbourne festival showcases Australia’s impressive game dev growth
The Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) showed off its event program today, and it sheds light on how big Australia’s game business has become. Overall,...
Mini Metro launches on Switch with console-exclusive multiplayer
Radial Games released its subway-based puzzle game Mini Metro on Switch today. This version of the indie PC/mobile hit includes an exclusive multiplayer mode....