Play NYC game festival’s Graffiti Games celebrates immigrant stories
This year’s Play NYC game festival will be at the Manhattan Center, a little over 10 miles from Ellis Island, where over 12 million...
SuperData: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has its best sales month since October
June didn’t have any standout blockbuster releases, but the games industry showed that it doesn’t need big launches to generate revenue. Digital sales generated...
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is taking its insanity to VR
Developer Ninja Theory announced today that its cerebral action game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is getting a new VR version. It will release for Steam on...
Arizona Sunshine makers create new publisher, launch location-based VR version
Vertigo Games, the studio behind best-selling virtual reality game Arizona Sunshine, has announced it has created a separate company entitled Vertigo Arcades that will make...
Esports firm Team SoloMid raises $37 million from Stephen Curry and others
Swift, the parent company of esports organization Team SoloMid, has raised $37 million in a first round of funding. The backers include round leader...
GamesBeat Decides 89: We promise truth in cloud advertising
PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb is on vacation, but he came back for the podcast because what if everyone realizes they don’t need him....
Defying Reality: The oncoming train of virtual reality adventure
The following is an excerpt from Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution by David M. Ewalt. After the bright lights...
Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man raise game industry sales forecast for the rest of 2018
Market researcher DFC Intelligence raised its forecast for video game hardware and software sales in 2018 and 2019. The forecast improvement is based on...
Guacamelee! 2 dives onto PS4 and PC on August 21
Drinkbox Studios’ pollo-infused Metroidvania Guacamelee! 2 enters the ring on August 21 for PC and PlayStation 4. It’s the anticipated followup to the indie...
Twitch Creator Camp has both crash-courses and master classes for streamers
The livestreaming platform Twitch took steps in June to boost discoverability on its site. Now it’s launching Twitch Creator Camp, a series of broadcasts and...