Super Mario Odyssey: Catching a ride on a sphinx
If modern 3D Mario games have a defining characteristic, it’s that they don’t really have a single defining characteristic. When I played Super Mario...
Nintendo has a plan to keep Switch owners happy, and it’s more than Mario
Nintendo released Arms, the company’s first major new property since 2015’s Splatoon, right at the close of the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles...
Rocket League is NBC’s test drive for esports
NBCUniversal is already making a big push into mobile games, and now it’s launching its first esports tournament for the soccer-played-with-cars game Rocket League...
Mistwalker’s RPG Terra Battle is expanding with two new games for PC and mobile
Mistwalker, a studio owned by the man who created Final Fantasy, announced two new games today: Terra Battle 2 and Terra Wars. The first...
Cory Barlog paints a picture of a kinder, gentler God of War
With two riveting trailers, Sony has held us spellbound with the story for God of War. It introduced the first trailer last year at...
How Microsoft’s Rare imagined the pirate world of Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is a silly pirate game where you can board an enemy ship by being shot out of a cannon. Microsoft’s Rare...
Cities: Skylines is building a PlayStation 4 release
Cities: Skylines already made the transition from PC to Xbox One. Now PlayStation 4 owners can create their own massive metropolises thanks to the...
IronSource joins playable ads movement with interactivity that far outperforms video ads
Mobile monetization and marketing company IronSource today announced the expansion of its “playable ads” to its mobile advertising customers, such as game developers who...
Sega Forever bundles a collection of classic video games on mobile
Sega Networks is launching a collection of classic video games as mobile titles in a bundle that the Japanese company calls Sega Forever. Each game...
Polyarc’s Moss hides clever VR game design under its cuteness
The adorable action-adventure virtual reality game Moss debuted at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo last week for Sony’s PlayStation VR. It’s the first game...