Horizon: Zero Dawn’s The Frozen Wilds expansion launches November 7
Horizon: Zero Dawn has been one of the biggest hits of the year, and now fans of the open-world PlayStation 4 exclusive know when...
Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo taps Signal Studios to build mobile game
GungHo Online Entertainment America has tapped developer Signal Studios to make a new mobile game. The deal brings together GOEA, the U.S. division of...
Batman: The Enemy Within review — a riddle without a satisfying answer
I’ll be honest, Telltale Games is kind of hit or miss for me. I’m a big fan of The Wolf Among Us and the...
What Angry Birds and Clash Royale taught us about surviving after your game goes viral
The past several years have seen the rise and fall of viral mobile apps that strike gold for several months, falter and then fade...
Has Facebook become the game developer’s best friend?
Gaming is better with friends. And gaming is important at Facebook. Those are the takeaways that Brian Boland, vice president of publisher solutions at...
Bait! fishing game maker Tommy Palm is hooked on mobile VR
Mobile virtual reality is hard, and it isn’t growing as fast as predicted. But Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm is sticking with it. His...
Why Japanese mobile sensation Monster Strike failed in North America
Mixi Inc.’s Monster Strike is a mobile juggernaut in Japan. It frequently ranks among the top-grossing mobile apps on both Android and iOS, boasts...
The metrics that matter for successful gaming companies
If you’re a gaming company seeking an edge over the competition, you’re probably also a big fan of game analytics. At the same time...
Carnegie Mellon’s ETC is like the Disneyland of video game schools
Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center became famous in part because of The Last Lecture. Computer scientist Randy Pausch and Donald Marinelli, a professor of drama,...
HP Windows headset dev kit hands-on: the appeal of first-party VR
This week we got our hands-on the first development kit edition of the HP “Windows Mixed Reality” VR headset. Right off the bat let’s clarify that...