The Game Awards arrives December 10 with new accessibility honor
The Game Awards show is returning December 10 as an all-digital event with awards presentations, musical performances, and game premieres — this time in...
Akamai: Cyberattacks against gamers spiked in the pandemic
The video game industry and gamers faced more than 10 billion cyberattacks during the past couple of years, and these spiked in the pandemic,...
Blizzard cofounder Mike Morhaime launches new gaming endeavor Dreamhaven
Mike Morhaime, the cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, has launched a new game company called Dreamhaven, and it has established two new game studios: Moonshot...
Zynga poured a lot of magic potion into Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
Zynga is launching Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells worldwide today on iOS and Android, and the game has a lot more depth than you...
Astro Gaming launches Cold War headset and lays out next-gen strategy
Astro Gaming has launched a Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War version of its A10 gaming headset for console and PC players....
Console Wars documentary gives Sega and Nintendo’s epic battle visual context
Console Wars was a hit book, and now it’s a documentary. It tells the story of Sega and Nintendo’s fight for gaming dominance in...
Xbox’s Bethesda acquisition is evidence of blockbuster gaming’s volatility
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division is acquiring The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim publisher Bethesda for $7.5 billion. And it’s difficult to overstate how much this...
Epic Games invests $15 million in DIY game startup Manticore Games
Manticore Games has raised $15 million in a round of funding led by Epic Games as the two companies further pursue their mission of...
Ad format success factors for casual and hypercasual games
This article is part of a Gaming Insights series paid for by Facebook. Fun-to-play, simple to understand, and easily interruptible, it’s no surprise that...
‘No pixel left behind’: The new era of high-fidelity graphics and visualization has begun
Presented by Intel Everybody loves rich images. Whether it’s seeing the fine lines on Thanos’ villainous face, every strand of hair in The Secret...