Cyan’s original Myst debuts on the Oculus Quest 2
It’s hard to believe that I played the original Myst on a PC with a CD-ROM drive about 27 years ago. And last night,...
Bigger Games raises $6 million as Turkey’s startup market heats up
Bigger Games has raised $6 million to make mobile games as Turkey’s startup market continues to grow. This is predictable, as Zynga has acquired...
Mojo Vision teams up with optics leader Menicon to develop AR contact lenses
Mojo Vision has developed prototypes for contact lenses that enable people to see augmented reality images as overlays on the real world. And now...
Halo: Infinite is launching next fall
Halo: Infinite isn’t coming in the spring or summer. Developer 343 Industries is now aiming to launch the game in the fall 2021, according...
Facebook launches $10 million Black Gaming Creator Program
Facebook Gaming announced today the launch of the Black Gaming Creator Program, with $10 million in funding over the next two years. The effort...
Cyberpunk 2077 is key to holiday sales growth to cap off gaming’s 2020
While everyone else struggled with the pandemic, video games had a strong 2020. And that’s going to continue for the big games that are...
Aglet raises $4.5 million to make a mobile game out of sneakers
Aglet is not your run-of-the-million gaming startup, or shopping startup, or sneaker startup. In fact, it’s hard to classify, but that may be why...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands breaks record for biggest PC game launch
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Shadowlands, sold over 3.7 million copies on its launch day, November 23. That breaks...
Resolution Games’ Demeo aims to re-create a tabletop dungeon crawl in VR
Resolution Games has us cooking and fishing in VR. Now it plans to send us into a dungeon for loot. Today, Resolution is announcing...
Pokémon Go’s February 20 event will celebrate beloved Kanto region
Pokémon Go‘s next big online event will take place on February 20 as the company celebrates the game’s fifth anniversary with a return to...