Games for Change’s 14th festival showcases social impact with diverse finalists (update)
The game industry has a growing number of festivals that tackle issues such as diversity, like the Game Devs of Color Expo and the...
Nex Machina blasts your eyeballs with its Robotron-like hordes
Nex Machina is both overwhelming and watchable. It is a dual-stick shooter that is reminiscent of Robotron or Smash TV, but it updates that...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 4.3% in Q2 2017, HP reclaims top spot from Lenovo
The PC market has now been in decline for 11 quarters in a row, according to research firm Gartner. For Q2 2017, both Gartner...
Splatoon 2 gameplay: Watch us fight a samurai octopus on a unicycle
The second boss fight in Splatoon 2 is a sword battle. You face off against Octo Samurai, an enormous cephalopod who brandishes a paint...
Africade will showcase video games from all over Africa starting July 29
Africade is the first art exhibition dedicated solely to African video games, and it’ll run in The African Studies Gallery in Tel Aviv, Israel...
What Remains of Edith Finch launches July 19 on Xbox One
The moody mystery of What Remains of Edith Finch is coming to Xbox One on July 19. It launched earlier this year on PC...
War of the Chosen promises a deeper, better XCOM 2
When it was released, XCOM 2 was a fantastic tactical combat game with an ambitious and occasionally frustrating strategic layer. The complex interactions of...
InXile gets $4.5 million investment from Gumi for an open-world survival RPG VR game
The bard has a new story to sing at InXile thanks to an investment from Gumi, and the troubadour’s tale isn’t going to take...
Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates turns New York into a Neo-Victorian Waterworld
Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates doesn’t star Kevin Costner, but it is set in a Neo-Victorian New York that’s under water from rising...
Why Kabam cofounder Kevin Chou is diving into esports with Overwatch League’s Seoul franchise
Kevin Chou and Kent Wakeford spent years building Kabam into a mobile gaming giant and selling it (in parts) for more than $800 million to...