January 2017 NPD: Resident Evil 7 offsets slumping hardware sales
It’s a new year for the gaming business, but some of its old problems are still around. Consumers spent $610.7 million on new gaming-related...
Electronic Arts now offers annual membership to Origin Access for $30
You can now get an instant library of Electronic Arts games at half the price. A membership to EA’s Origin Access program now goes...
Xsolla starts $30 million royalty investment fund for indie games
E-commerce and payment platform Xsolla is launching Xsolla Capital, a $30 million fund that will invest in projects by independent game developers in exchange...
YouPorn’s Team YP esports squad is back — and hitting Overwatch
YouPorn is sponsoring a professional Overwatch esports squad as part of its Team YP esports group. The roster includes several new faces and the surprise addition of Street Fighter V pro Valmaster, who is going to attempt to compete in both Capcom’s fighting game and Blizzard’s class-based team shooter.
Unreal Engine gets native Nintendo Switch support
One of the industry’s most popular game-making tools is getting a wave of improvements as well as support for a major upcoming console. Epic...
HTC is working on a new kind of mobile VR headset
Smartphone maker HTC is working on a new kind of mobile virtual reality headset, according to a story from CNET. Chialin Chang, chief financial officer at Taiwan-based HTC,...
Overwatch with a GoldenEye 64 skin looks crazy fun
Torbjorn isn’t the strongest character in Overwatch, and I think that’s unfair. But for a buff, what if Blizzard looked back to an another...
Twitch viewers watched 292 billion minutes of livestreams in 2016
Amazon’s Twitch livestreaming service had a big year in 2016, and the company celebrated it by creating an interactive retrospective of the year that...
Pokémon Go gets 80 Gen 2 monsters from Gold and Silver in massive update
Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy … well, nothing Gold (or Silver) can stay away from Pokémon Go, that is. The Google Maps-powered monster-catching location game is...
How Valve is taking a Nintendo-like approach to virtual reality
Valve is building hardware for virtual reality, and it’s taking cues from one of the console industry’s brightest minds. Valve’s prototype grip controllers. VR...