Secret Cow Level’s Doomtrooper looks to the past while carving out a new future
Old tabletop game properties are enjoying a renaissance right now. Designers are dragging franchises such as Magic: The Gathering, Talisman, and Ogre out of...
Atari Table Pong cleverly re-creates the classic video game using physics
The nostalgia wave was strong at CES 2018, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week. I got a taste of it...
Detective Pikachu for Nintendo 3DS will finally launch in the U.S. on March 23
Strange things are afoot in Ryme City, but Detective Pikachu is on the case. The spinoff of Nintendo’s popular Pokémon series will debut in the...
PC Gaming Weekly: In modders we trust
When Civilization VI debuted in October 2016, I played it, and I enjoyed it. And then I stopped playing a few weeks after launch....
Esports is driving the South Korean PC gaming market to new heights
In South Korea, gaming is big business. Nearly everywhere you turn, you see an ad for a game—from subway stations to billboards to television....
Gartner and IDC agree: HP shipped the most PCs in 2017
The PC market is still declining, according to research firm Gartner, while IDC found positive growth in Q4 2017 and determined it was the...
Microsoft: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update was the fastest to reach 100 million devices
Microsoft today announced the latest Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) was the fastest Windows 10 release to reach 100 million devices, “all...
GamesBeat Summit 2018 speakers — Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Janina Gavankar, Brianna Wu, and Tencent’s Dan Brody
There’s just one event where you can find Star Wars: Battlefront II’s star, the games industry’s first major congressional candidate, and one of the...
Nintendo Switch’s 2018 lineup looks just like 2007, 2011, and 2014
Nintendo just gave Switch owners a preview of what they can expect in the followup to one of the company’s strongest years ever. The...
Stern Pinball expands legacy to Nintendo Switch, Oculus, and collectors’ machines
Gary Stern has been making pinball machines at Stern Pinball for decades. While that seems like an antiquated business, it’s growing in a big...