Thatgamecompany’s Sky reaches 20 million downloads
Thatgamecompany announced today that its latest release, Sky: Children of the Light, has passed 20 million downloads. This happens just ahead of the free-to-play...
Google and Canonical bring Flutter apps to Linux and the Snap Store
Google is partnering with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter. Today’s Linux alpha...
Games for Change honors Gordon Bellamy of USC Games and Gay Gaming Professionals
Games For Change is honoring educator Gordon Bellamy with its prestigious Vanguard Award for his role as a game industry leader and LGBTQ+ champion....
Manticore will pay DIY game creators $3 per daily player
Manticore Games has unveiled a pilot version of the monetization process for its Core platform, a do-it-yourself game construction set that folks use to...
App Annie: Mobile gamers broke app store records in Q2 2020
Mobile apps and gaming surged to the highest levels ever recorded — with games in particular scoring 14 billion downloads — in the second...
As the world resets, how do you retain players and create lifelong relationships? (VB Live)
Presented by Xsolla When quarantine hit, the number of at-home gamers rose to new levels. The question becomes: How do you retain your new...
AMD Ryzen 3000XT review — Flexing because you can
Motion is relative. That’s true of objects in space, and it also applies to the companies that make computer processors. We can tell that...
Xbox Games Showcase: What to expect from the July event
Microsoft finally announced the date for its upcoming Xbox Series X first-party game showcase. The event will broadcast at 9 a.m. Pacific on July...
Niantic taps ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ director Rian Johnson for Pokémon Go Fest video
Niantic has tapped Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out director Rian Johnson to create a commercial for the Pokémon Go Fest. Niantic...
A survey about VR sickness and gender
Several months ago, VR Heaven — a blog that we, Aaron Santiago (VR software engineer) and Winston Nguyen (VR marketer), run — posted an...