Fortnite crushes rivals on Twitch with 74% rise in Q2 viewership
The enormously popular free-to-play battle royale shooter Fortnite crushed its rivals in the second quarter in terms of hours watched on livestreaming platform Twitch....
Spider-Man’s New York makes webslinging even better
Though it’s a ton of fun to leap through the air and web baddies, the thing I love most about Spider-Man is New York City....
Apple kills app affiliate commissions, imperiling small publishers
Effective October 1, Apple will stop paying publishers affiliate commissions for both apps and in-app purchases from its App Stores, a move that independent app reviewers believe will kill their sites.
Nexon’s Darkness Rises RPG hits 10 million downloads in 6 weeks
Nexon‘s third-person action role-playing game Darkness Rises has been downloaded more than 10 million times on mobile devices since its June 20 debut. Nexon...
Surface Go review: Wonderful weight, superb software, poor performance
Should you buy a Microsoft Surface Go for $399? Well, it will really cost you $500, and you should expect some tradeoffs.
Google and Unity partner to boost mobile game advertising
In mobile games, 96 percent of players don’t pay any money for game content. But 71 percent of them say they won’t mind watching...
How Landfall juggles jokes, physics experiments, and commercial games
Landfall was working on Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, a physics-based tactics sim, when the studio answered the call of April Fools. It wasn’t the first time, and in this case, the concept was a goofy parody of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, a three-week diversion from their main game project.
Facebook finally launches playable ads, improves game monetization
Playable ads debuted four years ago as a new way to entice gamers to play mobile games. The ads were interactive, allowing people to...
Sales of definitive editions of games surge 150% in June
How long should publishers wait before rereleasing their games? Ten years is a bit long, and five years seems too quick. Except these days,...
Stardew Valley’s multiplayer update is live on PC with horse hats
Beloved farming simulator Stardew Valley is getting multiplayer support in its PC version. You can use services like GOG or Steam to connect with...