Europe’s virtual reality sector has grown to nearly 300 companies
Europe’s booming virtual reality ecosystem now consists of nearly 300 companies, according to the first European Virtual Reality landscape released by The Venture Reality Fund...
Following Super Bowl ad, Evony is the No. 5 most downloaded iPhone game in the U.S.
The free-to-play city-building Flash game Evony from 2009 is the No. 5 game on the iPhone download charts in the United States, according to data-tracking firm App Annie. Developer Top Games aired an ad during the Super Bowl to attract new players, and it looks like that commercial is helping.
World of Warcraft Tokens can now be exchanged for Battle.net currency
Playing a lot of World of Warcraft can now help you unlock that Mercy skin in Overwatch that you’re craving. Blizzard has changed the...
Pokémon Go developer Niantic will now need a permit to use Milwaukee county parks in its game
Last summer, Pokémon Go players descended on Milwaukee County parks in droves, and those Poké masters allegedly left quite a mess. This has prompted a response...
League of Legends superstar Faker breaks Twitch record with his first livestream
Forget about the Super Bowl (as exciting as it was). Twitch announced today that Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok, a member of the professional League of Legends...
2010’s World of Tanks gets a Super Bowl ad while upcoming Sony, EA, and Microsoft blockbusters don’t
The Super Bowl is one of those rare events that still attracts a live television audience of tens of millions of people, and that...
Earthfall is a new four-player co-op shooter akin to Left 4 Dead
Earthfall is a lot like Left 4 Dead. But instead of shooting zombies, you are shooting aliens who came out of a meteorite that...
Innervate launches Gamesight do-it-yourself influencer marketing platform
Innervate is launching Gamesight, a do-it-yourself marketing platform that enables game companies to promote their titles to social influencers. Seattle-based Innervate has created a suite of...
Adam Orth joins First Contact to dive deeper into VR games
Game developer Adam Orth, the creator of the groundbreaking VR title Adr1ft, is going all in on virtual reality. Orth said in an exclusive...
Hearthstone’s next expansion could have a dinosaur theme
Hearthstone is the leader in the digital card game market, earning $394.6 million in revenue in 2016. The PC and mobile game is free-to-play and receives a new set of cards via regular expansions and “adventures” every four months or so.