Valve cares about PC gamers, but struggles to show it
I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Gabe Newell would be joining us. When Valve invited me to its office last week for a...
Arkadium doubles down on its web games with quiz app
After a tumultuous 2015, Arkadium returned to its core business of providing games that can be embedded in the websites of media companies. During...
Friction hurts, especially in gaming
You've probably seen a long list of complaints from players, and it might even drive you to say, "If I can't keep them all happy, what's the point?" But some concerns deserve your attention, and most of those fall into a single theme.
Milwaukee County requires Pokémon Go and AR/VR games to get land use permits
When you own land, you often own the rights to minerals, oil, or metals beneath it. Do you also own the right to virtual...
Gabe Newell shares how Hollywood types have trouble adjusting to Valve
A lot of different kinds of people work at Valve, but one group may have difficulty fitting in at first. People who shift from...
Engaging ad experiences on mobile are the new gold standard for marketers
Television has been long held as the gold standard in the world of advertising, and marketers are comfortable using their tried and true gross...
Pokémon Go gets a surge in spending after introducing Gen 2 creatures
Pokémon Go got a wave of new content last week, and this has helped the mobile game generate even more revenue. Niantic‘s Google Maps-powered...
Paradox sells over 500,000 copies of WWII grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV
Paradox has created another hit by giving its audience the in-depth strategy war game it craves. Hearts of Iron IV has surpassed half a...
The Legend of Zelda escape room struggles to adapt the classic game
At the Social Hall at The Regency Center in San Francicso Monday night, I tried out a press preview of Scrap Entertainment’s Zelda-inspired room escape: Defenders of the Triforce. So-called room escapes — where people are locked in a room and given a time limit to solve puzzles and escape — are booming around the country.
How HTML5 instant games could disrupt the app stores in 2017
The app stores for Android and iOS have dominated the landscape for years, creating a lot of challenges for game makers who want to get...