John Hanke: Niantic wants Pokémon Go to look more like its first trailer
Remember how cool that first trailer for Pokémon Go looked? So does John Hanke. The Niantic chief executive officer was onstage with Epic Games chief executive...
PUBG fixed? New patch addresses the desync problem
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. is still running its “#FixPUBG” campaign. The studio has promised to deal with common problems that have ruined a...
FitXR raises $1.25 million to encourage fitness with VR boxing
FitXR has raised $1.25 million in funding to encourage people to get exercise through virtual reality fitness games such as Box VR. Earlier this...
Pagan Online is Wargaming’s first foray into Diablo’s turf
Wargaming is known more for its battleships and tanks than it is for swords and sorcery. But that’s about to change, as the publisher...
Hitman 2 review: A game that isn’t ashamed to be a game
One of my regrets from 2016 is that I didn’t play enough Hitman to put it higher on my game of the year list....
Nexon makes strategic investment in Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios
Asian online gaming giant Nexon made a strategic investment in Embark Studios, a new game-development company that former Electronic Arts and DICE executive Patrick Söderlund founded....
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds art boss on designing 64-square kilometers
Creating a map for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a monumental undertaking. The standard size for these zones is 8 kilometers long-by-8 kilometers wide. That’s a...
Red Dead’s doing great, but Grand Theft Auto still prints money
Red Dead Redemption is having a huge launch, but Take-Two Interactive won’t report the results of that success until next quarter. For now, the...
Rocket League esports rolls into a second season on TBS’s Eleague
TBS announced today that Turner and IMG’s Eleague will host a second season of Rocket League competition. Eleague has been hosting professional gaming on the...
Overwolf raises $16 million for game services in round led by Intel Capital
Overwolf has raised $16 million for its game apps and services in a funding round led by Intel Capital. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based Overwolf has...