Black Friday 2019: Everything we recommend this holiday
Happy Thanksgiving, readers. May your turkey be moist, and your post-meal naps refreshing … because you’re going to need the rest if you plan...
Shovel Knight’s superb soundtrack becomes a soothing collection of lullabies
Scarlet Moon Records produces albums for original soundtracks and remixes of video game music, and its next project is giving Shovel Knight‘s tunes a...
Xbox Scarlett and PlayStation 5 launches will be all about service games
Google Stadia’s launch didn’t make sense. The cloud-gaming service debuted with nearly two dozen games, but they are nearly all premium-priced products that were...
Sam Lake interview — How storytelling creates value in games
For the past 24 years, Sam Lake has been the creative director at Remedy Entertainment, writing the stories that have become the heart of...
When game companies squander player trust, bad things happen (VB Live)
Presented by Akamai Technologies Games have become a primary target for attackers because there’s real money to be stolen in the virtual world of...
The Steam Controller is dead, but its legacy lives on
Valve Software is putting an end to one of its hardware endeavors. The company has produced its last Steam Controller, according to The Verge....
Teatime Games’ One Word fights loneliness through social gaming
Teatime Games has launched One Word, a word puzzle game aimed at elevating social interaction and combating loneliness. The mobile game integrates face-to-face, two-way...
Beat Saber is now an Oculus studio after Facebook acquisition (update)
Facebook is acquiring Beat Games, the studio responsible for virtual reality megahit Beat Saber. That is a VR music game where players must hit...
Sensor Tower: Candy Crush Soda Saga bubbles up to $2 billion lifetime revenue
Candy Crush Soda Saga has earned $2 billion revenue since its launch in 2014, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. Soda Saga is the...
Hearthstone’s Mike Donais and Conor Kou break down Battlegrounds’ recent changes and future
Hearthstone launched its newest game mode, Battlegrounds, in a beta test earlier this month. Battlegrounds takes inspiration from the emerging auto chess genre, and...