App Annie: Mobile gaming widened market lead on PC and console in 2017
Mobile games first overtook home game consoles and PCs in 2014. But now mobile gaming’s lead in consumer spending has widened even more. In...
Google Cloud’s Agones enables open source dedicated multiplayer game servers
Dedicated game servers for multiplayer games serve a lot of purposes. They keep the speeds in multiplayer matches high, reducing interaction delays, or latency....
BitGuild and Tron partner to bring blockchain technology to in-game item ownership
The concept of buying in-game items has been around for long enough for it to be ubiquitous to gamers. But any time you open...
The road to game industry diversity: Building on Phil Spencer’s 5 steps from DICE
As a 25 year-plus veteran of the game industry, I’ve seen all too closely the danger that arises from a lack of women in...
Game devs respond to Trump with video highlighting games’ art and beauty
President Donald Trump showed a reel of video game violence last week during a meeting with the game industry as part of an attempt...
Fortnite: Battle Royale iOS signups are now open
Epic Games has opened up the signup program for the iOS version of Fortnite: Battle Royale. If you go to Fortnite.com/mobile, you can put...
With 5G coming, your neighborhood could get 10Gbps cable broadband
The imminent arrival of 5G wireless with “true mobile broadband” speeds is forcing wired broadband companies to respond, and their next step may be dramatic:...
Hearthstone’s The Witchwood builds on Year of the Mammoth’s best ideas
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed Hearthstone‘s next expansion, The Witchwood. The set includes 130 new cards, including new Keywords that introduce new mechanics and strategies....
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 sells 500,000 copies in less than a week
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 launched on PC just last week, but it has already surpassed 500,000 copies sold. Developer Fatshark debuted the cooperative melee action adventure...
PUBG Corp. acquires online tools maker MadGlory, launches developer portal
PUBG Corp. announced today that it has acquired MadGlory, a company that works on network features like matchmaking, tournaments, and game chat. The firm...