How Hearthstone’s tech team tackles an online game for PC and mobile
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has 50 million registered players, making it the biggest hit in which players on PC and mobile are playing each other...
What Pokémon Go can teach the mobile game industry
The global success of Niantic Labs’ Pokémon Go is officially a phenomenon, amassing more downloads, headlines, revenue and memes than anyone could have predicted...
Iran ban on Nidoran: Pokémon Go not permitted due to ‘security concerns’
You cannot catch ’em all if you happen to live in Tehran. Iran has blocked Pokémon Go after the country’s High Council of Virtual Spaces...
AMD’s Radeon RX 470 does a solid 1080p60 but at a confusing price
AMD has made it clear that it wants the low end of the graphics card market, and now it’s time to see how committed...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GamesBeat 2016 recapped and Overwatch hits 15 million players
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We had a busy week running and covering our GamesBeat 2016 conference, which you can read all about...
HTC plans to complement Steam with its own Viveport VR app store
Steam isn’t the only way you’ll get games for your HTC Vive virtual reality headset. HTC announced today that it is working on its own VR...
MSI’s desktop GPU-equipped laptop is one helluva gaming and VR rig
Gamers have had a lot to complain about when it comes to the scaled-down graphics processors companies like AMD and Nvidia cram into laptops....
Pokémon Go developer plans to fix ‘bug’ that makes creatures run away more often
If you’ve played Pokémon Go from the beginning, you’ve probably noticed that those little buggers are getting harder to catch in recent days. Well, it turns...
Grand Theft Auto and NBA power Take-Two’s strong revenues and minimize its Q1 losses
Online and digital is a booming business for Rockstar and 2K’s parent publisher. Take-Two Interactive generated (GAAP) revenues of $311.6 million in its fiscal...
Overwatch has more than 15 million players
Publisher Activision Blizzard revealed today that it has more than 15 million people playing its Overwatch shooter across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The beloved team-based action game debuted in April, and it has quickly established itself as one of the most popular releases in the $99.6 billion gaming market.