Discord starts testing video chat and screen sharing with 5% of its gamers
Discord has begun testing video chat and screen sharing — two of the most-requested features from its audience of free voice and text chat...
Ristar doesn’t have Sonic’s legacy, but it does have Sega Forever’s blessing
Sega Forever is the gaming icon’s initiative to bring its back catalog to iOS and Android devices, and now Sega has revealed that Ristar...
GawkBox raises $3.7 million to let fans tip streamers by engaging with mobile apps
GawkBox has raised $3.7 million to enable a new form of tipping for streamers. It enables fans to tip livestreamers by getting the fan...
This indie game offers a counterpoint to the Google manifesto
Elizabeth Sampat is an award-winning game designer who’s worked on blockbuster titles like Plants Vs Zombies 2 and Subway Surfers. She also makes small, intensely...
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne — when the expansion and solo quests will launch
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne is introducing 135 new cards, and Blizzard announced today that it will go live on August 10 at...
GamesBeat 2017: 4 speakers to address the challenge of mobile gaming
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next four speakers. This...
Upper Deck expands past tabletop games with Legendary DXP, a digital card battler
Upper Deck Entertainment is known as a purveyor of trading cards, like sports memorabilia and Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. It revolutionized the industry when...
Virtual blocks, virtual cons: Minecraft’s Minecon will now be just a streamed event
Is Minecon still a con without the actual convention part? Minecon Earth is going to put that question to the test on November 18,...
GamesBeat 2017 will feature legendary Myst creators Robyn and Rand Miller
GamesBeat 2017 will take place at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5-6, and we’re delighted to announce our next two legendary speakers,...
Vainglory mobile MOBA maker, Super Evil Megacorp, raises $19 million
Super Evil Megacorp, a pioneer of hardcore competitive gaming on mobile, is announcing it has raised $19 million from existing investors. The developer has...