RPG Maker MV is coming to the Switch, PS4, and Xbox One
NIS America announced today that RPG Maker MV is coming out for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019. The RPG Maker...
Games for Change goes beyond its yearly festival with student programs
The 2018 Games for Change Festival wrapped up its 15th annual event in New York over the weekend. Its celebration of the social impact...
Branching out: How limiting skill choices made Diablo 2 more fun
On Diablo 2’s 18th anniversary, Blizzard North’s designers recount the triumphs and pitfalls of growing the game’s skill trees. In the mid-1990s, computer role-playing...
ProBeat: Windows 10 dropping Sets (again) is for the best
Microsoft has lately been releasing Windows 10 builds on a weekly cadence. Because of a bug last week, however, this week's build brought more than the average number of improvements (and bugs). And yet, the highlight of this build was not what was added, but what was removed: Sets.
Atomico leads $21 million investment in Oh BiBi for mobile versions of popular PC and console games
Paris-based studio Oh BiBi announced today that it has raised $21 Million as the company seeks to accelerate the rollout of its mobile-first portfolio...
Death’s Door: Aftermath turns the Twitch Plays Pokémon model into a streaming game
Twitch Plays Pokémon broadens how we think about what is and how to play a video game. We’re now seeing other developers build on...
When anyone can make games, ‘soul’ will make some rise to the top
As exciting as the democratization of game development may sound, it's problematic in practice. Pretty soon, it's going to be easier than ever to make a game, but harder than ever to convince people to give it a chance.
Apptopia: iOS games peak quickly, and top 50 take 76% of revenues
A new multi-year study from Apptopia quantifies the challenges for iOS game developers, showing that even top performers average under 28 days on the U.S. App Store's 50 top grossing list, and earn under $50,000 per day unless they're in the list's top 25.
Sony used Dreams to make fun animated sequences for E3 briefing
In between trailers, Sony’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) event featured little animated scenes with adorable creatures playing musical instruments. These were all created by...
Mail.ru will invest in Made with Unity games
In 2017, Mail.ru announced that it would invest $100 million in games, and some of that cash will be going to developers who use...