Tencent will launch Arena of Valor’s World Cup tournament
Tencent already has a PC esports success on its hands with Riot Games’s League of Legends, but it wants to expand into mobile as...
Discord members can now spin tunes with social Spotify integration
Discord has a new feature for its community-based social network that enables people to share details about their music through the Spotify streaming service....
Clash Royale maker Supercell invests $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix
Clash Royale maker Supercell has invested $4.2 million in mobile game studio Trailmix, a startup created by two former King game developers. Supercell has...
The IndieBeat: Valleys Between is a relaxing puzzler that ponders the environment
Valleys Between is a peaceful game about interacting with nature and solving puzzles. Inspired by the New Zealand landscape outside developer Little Lost Fox‘s...
Skillz’s top 10 mobile esports athletes won $2.7 million in 2017
Skillz has created a platform for people to play mobile games for real money. And today it announced that its top 10 mobile esports...
Pokémon Go enlists Stephen Fry in spoof of nature documentaries
Nature documentaries have brought so much joy in the world, like David Attenborough’s god-tier voiceovers and Benedict Cumberbatch’s inability to say “penguin.” Today, Niantic and The...
Nintendo confirms Super Mario animated film and Mario Kart mobile game
Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima told analysts during an earnings briefing that Nintendo will work with film and animation studio Illumination Entertainment to produce an...
Nintendo Switch Online service will debut in 2018
Nintendo will debut a paid multiplayer gaming service dubbed Nintendo Switch Online in September 2018. The Kyoto, Japan-based company made the announcement during its...
Blockchain could trigger the game industry’s next evolution
Technology is mostly incremental. We make batteries last 20 percent longer. We make glass strong enough to serve as the front surface of a...
Goat Simulator studio Coffee Stain gets majority share in Gone North Games
Goat Simulator developer Coffee Stain announced today that it has acquired a majority share in studio Gone North Games, which will now be called Coffee Stain...