Telltale names Zynga veteran Pete Hawley as CEO
Telltale Games, the maker of story-based franchises such as The Walking Dead and Batman, has named former Zynga executive Pete Hawley as its new...
Fantasy Strike enters Steam Early Access as a more accessible fighting game
Fantasy Strike enters Steam Early Access at 3 p.m. Pacific today. The fighting game comes from David Sirlin, who was the lead designer on...
Hyakki Castle begs you to do the one thing Dungeon Masters warn you about: Split the party
Dungeon-crawlers are nothing new for the Japanese game industry. But most of them follow the paths of Rogue or Wizardry, either solo or party...
Hiveswap: Act 1 review — a very internet adventure game based on the hit webcomic Homestuck
It’s been more than eight years since Andrew Hussie first created his sprawling, self-referential, surreal webcomic Homestuck. By the time it ended on April 13,...
UEBS: More than penguins vs. the Santa army
Presented by Intel “It was when I released the video of 11,000 penguins versus the Santa Claus army that I realized that this could...
Magic Leap reportedly seeks $500 million at $6 billion valuation
High-flying augmented reality startup Magic Leap is trying to raise $500 million at a $6 billion valuation, according to a report in Bloomberg. The...
AR/VR Weekly: Apple’s incremental approach
For anyone waiting for groundbreaking augmented reality or virtual reality news from Apple yesterday, sorry, you’re still going to wait. But the announcements that...
Inside one developer’s quest to make gaming a better place for women
Men dominate the video game industry, as they have for most of its history. But perhaps as a result of the perpetual spotlight that...
Switch gets Tencent’s Arena of Valor mobile MOBA
Chinese gaming giant Tencent is making Nintendo games now. Switch is getting Arena of Valor, which is Tencent’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) for...
Minecraft is now on Nintendo’s upgraded New 3DS systems
Nintendo and Microsoft aren’t afraid to work together when it comes to Minecraft. The block-building phenomenon is already on Wii U and Switch, but...