FRVR raises $3 million from Accel for HTML5 cross-platform games
FRVR has made its name as a publisher of lightweight HTML5 games such as Basketball FRVR, which has been played more than 5.6 billion...
Game devs have three choices interacting online: be a robot, log off — or risk the mob
I remember when I first went online as the representative of a big company. It was 2001, and I was working in the digital...
GamesBeat Decides 88: Jeff is a godking now
This week, GamesBeat PC gaming editor Jeffrey Grubb has begun calling himself the “godking” because his people in Frostpunk have started worshiping him. This...
Amazon responds after third-party sellers put bootleg games on its store
Over the weekend, some thrifty gamers spotted a deal on Amazon. A downloadable version of the tough strategy survival sim Frostpunk was available on...
Spotify, Snapchat, and more are down following Google Cloud incident (update: fixed)
Updated at 1:35 p.m. Pacific time. Google has fixed the problem. Multiple online services are experiencing outages and slow responses today due to a...
Sea of Thieves: Cursed Sails leaves dock with skeleton crews July 31
Rare has four teams that are all working on new content updates for the online multiplayer pirate simulator Sea of Thieves, and after releasing...
Overwatch’s new adorable hamster hero Wrecking Ball goes live July 24
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Overwatch‘s newest hero, Wrecking Ball, will be playable on July 24. This is Overwatch’s 28th character. Overwatch launched in...
Fortnite studio Epic wants to improve its hit with Amazon Web Services
Epic Games already hosts its megahit Fortnite on Amazon’s server platform, but the developer revealed today that it is planning to partner with Amazon...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies takes modern weaponry back in time
The zombies are taking over Call of Duty. This year, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 won’t have a single-player campaign. But it will...
Ubisoft has record first quarter thanks to games like Rainbow Six and back catalog
Ubisoft released its financial results for the first quarter of the financial year 2018-19, showing sales of $466.5 million for the period. This is...