DraftKings and FanDuel drop fantasy sports merger after FTC pressure
(Reuters) — Daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings scrapped a plan to merge on Thursday following a legal challenge by U.S. antitrust enforcers. The U.S....
Mobile game revenue finally surpasses PC and consoles
Two-thirds of the world now has a mobile phone in their pocket, and apparently a lot of them are spending money on games. A new...
Peter Molyneux’s The Trail: Frontier Challenge is coming to Steam (update)
Kongregate and 22cans announced they will launch Peter Molyneux’s The Trail: Frontier Challenge to PC via Steam this summer. The exploration title from the...
Games for Change’s 14th festival showcases social impact with diverse finalists (update)
The game industry has a growing number of festivals that tackle issues such as diversity, like the Game Devs of Color Expo and the...
Splatoon 2 gameplay: Watch us fight a samurai octopus on a unicycle
The second boss fight in Splatoon 2 is a sword battle. You face off against Octo Samurai, an enormous cephalopod who brandishes a paint...
Africade will showcase video games from all over Africa starting July 29
Africade is the first art exhibition dedicated solely to African video games, and it’ll run in The African Studies Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel...
Why Kabam cofounder Kevin Chou is diving into esports with Overwatch League’s Seoul franchise
Kevin Chou and Kent Wakeford spent years building Kabam into a mobile gaming giant and selling it (in parts) for more than $800 million to...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go’s Japanese players outspend the U.S. nearly 4-to-1
It’s been a full year since Pokémon Go’s meteoric rise last July, and it still speaks to a group of loyal fans. And according to mobile...
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age tips for new and returning players
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age is a great PlayStation 4 remaster of a classic PlayStation 2 role-playing game. But it can be intimidating to new...
Google Play’s Indie Games Festival now taking submissions until August 6
The second Google Play Indie Games Festival will be held in San Francisco on September 23, and it’s now accepting submissions. Developers can submit their...