Nintendo revenues grow 175% as Switch crosses 14.86 million consoles sold
Nintendo reported some astonishing growth numbers on the strength of its Switch hybrid mobile-home console, which sold 14.86 million units during 2017. The Japanese...
Death Coming brings pixel art soul-harvesting puzzles to iOS in February
The Grim Reaper eventually arrives for us all — whether you’re on PC or mobile. Next Studio’s darkly comic puzzler Death Coming will launch...
Why ex-Activision Skylanders executive is marketing Osmo’s educational games
Skylanders inaugurated the “toys to life” industry that combined physical toys and digital games. It became a billion-dollar business for Activision, and John Coyne...
Lego developer TT Games opens Brighton studio to make mobile games
TT Games announced today that it is opening a new studio, TT Games Brighton, that will focus on making Lego titles for mobile platforms. TT...
Downstream.ai raises $1.5 million for AI-driven programmatic ad platform
The founders of Grow Mobile are back with a new ad tech startup called Downstream.ai. Co-CEOs Brendan Lyall and A.J. Yeakel are announcing that...
Shadow of the Colossus remake review — they never made games like this
The PlayStation 4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus is a sad experience. That’s because it’s about not only destroying beautiful creatures but also...
3 reasons a Microsoft EA acquisition sorta makes sense
I don’t think Microsoft is going to acquire Electronic Arts, but that rumor is attracting a lot of attention today after appearing in a...
Hearthstone will nerf 4 of its most overpowered cards in February
Blizzard announced major changes today to four of Hearthstone‘s most powerful and popular cards. These cards — Corridor Creeper, Bonemare, Patches the Pirate, and...
Monster Hunter: World shipped 5 million copies in beastly first weekend
Capcom announced today that Monster Hunter: World has shipped more than 5 million copies in its launch weekend, via GamesIndustry.biz. Monster Hunter: World came...
Playchemy unveils blockchain-enabled Immortal Player Characters
Ed Annunziata is known for creating memorable games, such as Ecco the Dolphin, Jurassic Park, and Mr. Bones. And now at startup Playchemy, he...