Cyberpunk 2077 review — A look at the present, not the future
Cyberpunk 2077 is a promise. But it’s a different promise to different people. For many, it’s the blockbuster sci-fi followup to The Witcher 3:...
Humble Bundle’s Black Game Developer Fund makes first 5 investments
Humble Bundle has awarded its first five grants from its $1 million Black Game Developer Fund to Black-led game studios. Those five studios will...
Why THQ Nordic has joined the game studio acquisition binge
On November 17, Embracer Group (a game publisher formed from the combination of THQ Nordic and Nordic Games Publishing) announced the acquisition of a dozen...
Core Loop raises $2.4 million to build cross-platform MMO with co-op gameplay
New game studio Core Loop has raised $2.4 million to develop a new cross-platform massively multiplayer online game. That’s a lot of money for...
The DeanBeat: How to get good in Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War multiplayer
Michael “MajorManiak” Szymaniak is one of the star Call of Duty League (CDL) esports players for the Minnesota Røkkr. And this young man who...
Gala Games paves path for blockchain games in a deal with Brave
Gala Games, a blockchain games startup that Zynga cofounder Eric Schiermeyer help create, cut a little-noticed but very interesting promotional deal this week with...
As key leadership leaves, BioWare pushes ahead on Dragon Age 4 and Mass Effect
BioWare executives Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah are leaving the studio, according to blog posts from Hudson and Darrah as well as from publisher...
Outward’s freedom and challenge helped the RPG sell over 1 million copies
Outward is not a mainstream role-playing game. Its world embraces brutal difficulty, to the point in which just carrying a basic set of armor,...
How Leyline plans to help gamers make the world better
The game industry has been having a good 2020. The rest of the world can’t say the same. Leyline wants to help balance that....
ESA: Games directly contributed $40.9 billion to U.S. economy and employed 143,045 people in 2019
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has released a new economic impact report today for the U.S. video game industry that says gaming directly generated...