How I accidentally became a video game writer during the mobile boom
Back in 2006, rumors were swirling about Apple’s new iPhone, but most of us were still carrying around clamshell phones or old-school BlackBerrys. A...
Google Play hits 8 billion new app installs per month, gets new developer features and bug bounty program
At Google’s annual Playtime developer event in Berlin and San Francisco, the company made a series of Google Play announcements. In terms of momentum,...
Pokémon Go is celebrating Halloween with its first Gen 3 additions
Pokémon Go is holding another Halloween event, and this time it’s bringing in some new creatures to help celebrate the holiday. Niantic announced that Pokémon from...
Nintendo Switch outsells Sony and Microsoft heading into the holiday season
Nintendo’s Switch has claimed another month in the console sales race. The home/portable hybrid was the top-selling system in September in the U.S., according...
Game of Thrones: Conquest launches on Android and iOS
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment launched Game of Thrones: Conquest, the mobile strategy game, for iOS and Android worldwide today. Game of Thrones is one...
Tencent opens signups for Arena of Valor on Nintendo Switch and mobile
Tencent announced today that it has opened North American registration for Arena of Valor, its multiplayer online battle arena that is coming out for...
Steel Media opens submissions for its first mobile games competition
Media publisher Steel Media is seeking nominees for its first annual Mobile Games Awards. Anyone can nominate games or studios for consideration before the...
Office Space: Idle Profits mobile game opens a PC branch
Kongregate announced today that Office Space: Idle Profits is now available for PC via Steam. The clicker game, based on the cult classic 1999...
Former Xbox leader Ed Fries quizzes Feargal Mac on Atari’s new console
Atari is charging forward with its plans to make a new video game console, the Ataribox, the first such hardware from the iconic American...
Hearthstone is celebrating Halloween with a new Arena mode and free card packs
Hearthstone‘s Hallow’s End event (the Warcraft universe’s version of Halloween) is going to be giving players more treats than tricks. Blizzard announced today that it...