Pokémon Go turns 1 and challenges you to catch all these special events
It’s been one year since Pokémon Go smashed mobile game records, hitting revenues of $600 million at an unprecedented rate of only 90 days. To celebrate,...
Hands-on with the Hedgehog’s return to 2D in Sonic Mania
Your favorite hedgehog went 3D for a while, and now he is flattened again. I got a sneak peek at Sonic Mania, the new Sega...
How Epic Games brought Fortnite home from the wilderness
Epic Games has evolved over the past few years from a game studio that makes one game at a time to a big self-publisher...
Fornite’s action take on Minecraft launches on PC, PS4, and Xbox One on July 25
Epic Games announced that Fortnite, its third-person shooter “action building” game, will be available in paid early access for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC,...
Sprint Vector gets your heart racing in VR, but it’s too hard to climb
Virtual reality firm Survios created a fine game with its Raw Data VR shooter. It made me tense and paranoid as I was surrounded by...
Harmonix and Hasbro show off Dropmix electronic music party game
When Hasbro and Harmonix Music Systems described their electronic music game Dropmix in a press release, I have to admit I didn’t get it. And when...
Shadow of War game trailer weaves Shelob into the story of Middle-earth sequel
Warner Bros. is unveiling a new trailer that explains some of the story behind Middle-earth: Shadow of War. And this one will get fans...
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...