How Blizzard stayed laser-focused on quality games for 25 years
Blizzard Entertainment celebrates its 25th anniversary today, a milestone that very few video game companies achieve in a very Darwinian industry. It has survived this...
Google reportedly plans to release a Cardboard successor like Samsung’s Gear VR this year
Google is planning to release a new virtual reality headset for smartphones this year, pegged as a successor to its Google Cardboard platform and...
Games accounted for 32% of Windows Store downloads in Q4 2015, over 85% of in-app purchases
Every few months, Microsoft shares Windows Store numbers to help developers figure out what is worth investing their time and energy in. Today, the...
Unreal Engine’s latest innovation is about building games while inside virtual reality
Epic Games is unveiling a new virtual reality edition of its Unreal Engine game-development tool today that enables you to create a video game from within...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs and ninja monkey wallpapers
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the fourth build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, once again,...
Back-end secrets for app store optimization (webinar)
Whether you’re publishing game or utility apps, Yetizen CCO Japheth Dillman says that far too many marketers are neglecting even the most basic optimization strategies. “Ninety-nine...
Windows 10 passes 10% market share, overtakes Windows 8.1 and Windows XP
Six months after its release, Windows 10 has finally passed 10 percent market share. Not only that, but the latest and greatest version from...
5 vital user-acquisition concepts for mobile role-playing games
This sponsored post is produced by LEDO Interactive. When it comes to mobile game user acquisition, I call it “the art of growing the...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a big bug fix for gamers
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the third build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, though it...
USC’s game-design graduate program now has more women than men
Men make up 80 percent of the people working on games today, but women may represent a majority of the next wave of highly...