Why Microsoft knows it needs to beef up its Xbox leadership
Microsoft announced today that Phil Spencer has appointed a new boss of games to handle the role that the executive had previously handled as...
Minecraft boss is now in charge of all Xbox game efforts
Microsoft has promoted Matt Booty, a leader in the Minecraft games business, as corporate vice president of Microsoft Studios, making him one of the...
December 2017’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: Blockception repeats at No. 1
Minecraft is the best example of Microsoft’s modern approach to gaming platforms. The publisher acquired the block-building phenomenon and developer Mojang in 2014 for $2.5...
Twitch brings in a team of executives to oversee deployment of new features
Twitch is getting a new chief operating officer and some new vice presidents to help it continue to develop and launch community products on...
Popup Dungeon shows off its ‘build your own dungeon’ tool
Popup Dungeon is a roguelike dungeon crawling role-playing game, which is nothing new — but this one includes a customization tool that enables players...
Fortnite: Battle Royale’s map is getting a big update for its 40 million players
Epic Games announced today that an updated map for its hit shooter Fortnite: Battle Royale is coming on January 18. Fortnite: Battle Royale is...
FoxNext Games acquires Cold Iron Studios for an Alien online shooter
FoxNext Games has acquired game developer Cold Iron Studios, which is making a science fiction shooter set in the universe of the Alien films....
Overwatch League’s first week attracted over 10 million viewers
Blizzard announced today that the first week of Overwatch League drew more than 10 million viewers. Overwatch League is Blizzard’s new esports organization for...
PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan gets promoted to deputy president of SIE
Sony Interactive Entertainment has a new deputy president. Jim Ryan, who previously served as president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe, has moved up to...
Hero Academy 2 launches on PC early access, iOS, and Android
Robot Entertainment has spent the last several years dealing with rampaging humanoids with the Orcs Must Die! franchise. But it also has another well-received...