Kongregate surpasses 100 million mobile game downloads
Kongregate, a division of game retailer GameStop, has surpassed 100 million downloads for its mobile games. That’s a big accomplishment for any mobile game...
HTC doubles Viveport catalog, its Netflix for VR
HTC’s fledgling virtual reality subscription service Viveport has just doubled the number of apps and games available to 150. Tech adviser Digi-Capital projects that the VR/AR market...
FoxNext promotes Rick Phillips to weave Kabam’s Aftershock and Fox together
Fox is going about the business of starting an ambitious effort in games. It announced on Tuesday that it was acquiring Aftershock, the remaining studio...
Turtle Beach debuts Stealth 600 and 700 wireless glasses-friendly headsets for consoles
Gaming headset maker Turtle Beach is getting ready for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) early by announcing its new Stealth 700 and Stealth 600...
GG Media wants to talk esports on its dedicated news show 4Cast
The esports industry has been building up infrastructure, such as developing platforms for managing teams or launching an awards show. To capture the new ecosystem springing up around...
Logitech introduces dual-use gaming and music headsets
Logitech said it is introducing two new colorful headsets for mainstream gamers to use in everyday life. The headsets are dual-mode devices that you...
AR/VR Weekly: Apple enters the fray
This week at its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple finally jumped into the augmented and virtual reality world. ARKit is Apple’s tool for making AR applications, and it was the first of several announcements that show that the iPhone company is ready to take the next step into a larger world.
How the game industry can play well with hackers
The gaming industry has come a long way since I got my start in gaming with Diablo and Counter-Strike in the late ’90s. With...
Scorpio, Mario, and God of War — what matters at E3? GamesBeat Decides
The next time you hear from us, we’ll have suntans and terrible driving skills (Southern Californian drivers + Dean Takahashi in a rental car...
Future Group inserts game characters into Street Fighter esports broadcast
Televised esports took a step into mixed reality with the recent Street Fighter V Invitational event. The broadcast by Turner-IMG’s ELeague, Ross Video, and...