The DeanBeat: Big money and the super-rich have descended on esports
The 4,000 or so investors and VIPs who attended the Milken Global Conference this week heard sessions about luxury brands, avoiding war in North...
HTC sets 2018 Vive Ecosystem Conference for May 25, promises VR, AI, and 5G surprises
Following Oculus’ big showing at F8 this week, it’s nearly HTC’s turn to make some announcements. Vive China president Alvin Wang Graylin today confirmed...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with snipping, Sets, Fluent, security, and gaming improvements
Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 17661 from the RS5 branch. Among the changes are snipping, Sets, Fluent, security, and gaming improvements.
Desktop Dungeons’ developer brings strategy to the sky in Volantia
Volantia is a serene strategy game about islands in the sky. It’s the second commercial title from Marc Luck, who developed Desktop Dungeons at...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 gets ‘significant dedicated resources’ on PC
Activision won’t reveal the details of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 until its May 17 event, but it did make some promises about...
Overwatch League viewership is growing, and expansion teams are coming
Viewership for Overwatch League esports broadcasts is growing, and Activision Blizzard is engaged in negotiations to add more expansion teams this year. Blizzard Entertainment...
Call of Duty’s in-game revenues are growing despite Fortnite
The battle royale shooter Fortnite is a pop-culture phenomenon and a juggernaut in the video games sector, but it hasn’t had a detrimental impact...
Candy Crush is still a beast, helping King hit a quarterly revenue record
The gaming community may be abuzz about Epic’s Fortnite on mobile, but King’s Candy Crush Saga and Candy Crush Soda Saga continue to satisfy players’...
Overwatch’s Retribution had more engagement than any of its past events
Overwatch‘s Retribution event had more participation than any other in the team-based shooter’s history, Blizzard Entertainment revealed today as part of Activision-Blizzard’s financial report for the...
KSV Esports rebrands as Gen.G, adds Clash Royale team
KSV Esports has rebranded itself as Gen.G, a global esports company that has teams for multiple games. And Gen.G is adding anew Clash Royale...