DFC Intelligence: Cloud gaming could hit $13.5B in annual revenues in 5 years
Cloud gaming is less than 1% of the game business today, but game analyst firm DFC Intelligence estimates it will grow to over 5%...
Todd Howard: Elder Scrolls VI ‘has got to be a decade game’
Xbox boss Phil Spencer and others from Microsoft sat down with GQ Magazine to talk about Xbox ahead of the 20th anniversary of Microsoft’s...
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand now works on Xbox Series X/S (so do 75 other games)
Microsoft is expanding support for backward compatibility on its Xbox consoles. That starts with a huge drop of new … uh, old games to...
Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer surprise launches
Microsoft announced the surprise launch of Halo Infinite‘s multiplayer during its Xbox 20th anniversary stream today. Technically, this is an open beta, but it’s...
League of Legends and Dota 2 saw boost in esports viewing in October
StreamElements today released its State of the Stream report for October. Thanks to insight from Rainmaker.gg, StreamElements’ analytics partner, we know that the month’s...
Tanya Watson signs on as president of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games
JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Games has named game development veteran Tanya Watson as president and chief operating officer. She will join Anna Sweet, who...
Rahul Sood returns to gaming with $5M raise for Irreverent Labs
Gaming veteran Rahul Sood is returning with a new startup today dubbed Irreverent Labs, which has raised $5 million to build games with AI...
Square Enix Montreal celebrates a decade of triple-A mobile games
Square Enix Montreal is celebrating its 10th year as a mobile game studio focused on triple-A franchises. The studio opened its doors in 2011...
Why Unity scooped up Weta Digital’s 3D tools for $1.6B
Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital has made some of the most amazing movie special effects, like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films. And...
Why more developers should start supporting user-generated content
User-generated content (UGC) has been around for decades. But what started as fan-made levels and story campaigns is quickly growing into a profession of...