Esports team Cloud9 teams with Kaiser Permanente to improve mental health
Esports organization Cloud9 has teamed up with Kaiser Permanente to improve mental health in the U.S. gaming community. It’s another sign of the mainstreaming...
Tokyo and Paris game shows canceled, but ChinaJoy goes ahead in August
Two more major video game shows — the Tokyo Game Show and Paris Games Week — have been canceled thanks to the pandemic, but...
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 brings back the Birdman in 4K
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is coming back. Activision has done the work to put that franchise together again, and it’s starting with an upgrade...
Sleeper raises $20 million to expand into fantasy esports
Sleeper has raised $20 million to expand from its base in fantasy sports to the adjacent market of fantasy esports and video game chat. Andreessen...
PlayStation Studios branding unites all Sony games under one logo
Sony wants you to know when you are buying one of its games. To ensure that consumers appreciate the publisher’s first-party efforts, Sony Interactive...
European Games BizDev Gathering seeks to keep deals and money flowing during pandemic
With big gaming events getting delayed or canceled, Hendrik Lesser decided to do an online event targeted at business development professionals in the European...
Apex Legends leads leave Respawn to form triple-A Gravity Well studio
Apex Legends executive producer Drew McCoy and lead programmer Jon “Slothy” Shiring have a new studio. The pair have left Respawn Entertainment after 10...
Ubisoft announces ‘E3-style showcase’ for July 12
Ubisoft announced today that it will host a digital event on July 12: Ubisoft Forward. The publisher is calling the show an “E3-style showcase.”...
Electronic Arts shifts playbook for all-digital esports events
Like everyone else in esports, Electronic Arts has been forced to pivot to digital events because of the coronavirus. While esports companies have had to...
Origin PC launches EVO17-S gaming laptop with 240Hz display
Origin PC continues to launch products for gamers and enterprise workers who are sheltering at home, showing off its new EVO17-S gaming laptop and...