Why Microsoft cares so much about Xbox Live’s new social features
In the new era of Xbox Live, you’ll get by with a little help from your friends. A new update is out for for...
Tetris, VR, and escapism: Why we play
You have no control. You are a cluster of systems cohabitating a space with the systems of other people and the physical world. The...
World of Tanks: Blitz brings its mobile armored battles to Steam
The new circle of life is a developer making a PC game, porting it to mobile, and then bringing that port back to PC. I...
How Ubisoft built a virtual mountain and then created a video game around it
Steep was born as a labor of love by a team that wanted to give you the feeling that you’re in the Alps flying...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has fewer Steam players than Rainbow Six: Siege or Payday 2
This holiday gaming season is overflowing with blockbuster shooter games, and that is potentially limiting the appeal of one of that genre’s perennial hits...
Vivendi’s latest purchase of Ubisoft stock shows it isn’t going away
In September, Ubisoft executives breathed a sigh of relief as Vivendi didn’t launch a hostile bid to control the French video game company’s board....
Paladins hits 4 million players since September open beta started
The free-to-play alternative to Blizzard’s hit Overwatch is doing alright for itself. Hi-Rez Studios announced that its team-based shooter Paladins has reached 4 million...
Venture capitalists contemplate how much exuberance is good for VR investing
Is virtual reality a bubble? That’s a common question in a number of panels I’ve covered in the past year. The answer isn’t quite...
Pokémon Go’s daily-bonus update is live
Your hard work to catch ’em all is about to start paying a little better. Pokémon Go is getting an update today that brings...
Every skin revealed for Overwatch’s new character, Sombra
The newest addition to Overwatch’s roster is now available in the testing version of the team-based shooter. This means that anyone who updates the separate client for Overwatch can try out the hacker Sombra, whom Blizzard announced at its BlizzCon event on October 4.