Categories Posted inin Business Pocket Gems launches Atlas expansion for War Dragons Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2017 2 min Pocket Gems is launching the first major expansion for its War Dragons mobile game. Dubbed Atlas, the expansion will open up the world of...
Categories Posted inin Business Google Play to donate in-app purchases from 12 apps to fight world hunger Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2017 1 min The Google Play app store has partnered with 12 developers of apps and games to fight hunger. Google will donate 100 percent of proceeds...
Categories Posted inin Business RumbleMonkey expands beta to let Hearthstone gamers compete for real money Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2017 1 min RumbleMonkey has created a platform that enables gamers play their favorite games like Blizzard’s Hearthstone for money. And today, the company is opening up its...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay South Park: The Fractured but Whole review — better combat saves the day Posted byby Mike Minotti October 16, 2017 4 min South Park: The Stick of Truth was one of the best licensed games I’ve ever played. The turn-based role-playing adventure aptly captures the look...
Categories Posted inin Business Playrix scores another big match-3 mobile game hit with Homescapes Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 15, 2017 4 min Russia’s Playrix has become a big mobile game player in the past couple of years. It has scored three big hits, and now, it...
Categories Posted inin Business Bury me, my Love stays true to the experiences of Syrian refugees Posted byby GamesBeat October 15, 2017 4 min Bury me, my Love is a game about a journey that millions of people have made simply so they can survive. It’s from developers...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay VR modder re-creates Sonic the Hedgehog’s Green Hill Zone Posted byby Jason Wilson October 15, 2017 1 min Of all the many platforming heroes we’d love to bring to VR, we have to admit Sonic the Hedgehog wasn’t one we’d previously considered....
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Oculus’ Nate Mitchell: VR ‘expectations got ahead of themselves’ Posted byby Jason Wilson October 15, 2017 2 min Nate Mitchell is one of the Oculus co-founders and continues to be a key leader at Facebook defining the product strategy for VR going...
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Game boss interview: Oculus’s Jason Rubin expects a triple-A VR game from Titanfall maker Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 14, 2017 15 min GamesBeat: How do you look at some of the stranger things that could be coming into the platform — haptics and all the things...
Categories Posted inin Development Game boss interview: Rob Pardo says playtesting is critical to game design Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 14, 2017 17 min GamesBeat: Did you ever get a common kind of complaint at Blizzard? Pardo: I don’t know if there was a common complaint, but I...