Crytek cuts 15 more jobs from the publishing team at its Frankfurt office
Crytek’s downsizing continues, and this time it’s the company’s publishing team that is dealing with the pain. The company announced today that it is...
Activision Blizzard dives into consumer products division with ex-Mattel hire
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has started a new consumer products division and hired former Mattel and Disney veteran Tim Kilpin as that group’s...
SuperData: Mobile games hit $40.6 billion in 2016, matching world box office numbers
Mobile games hit a new record by generating more than $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016, up 18 percent from a year ago,...
1App put Android in the cloud so you can access apps instantly on any device
Advertising mobile apps faces a lot of friction. You have to advertise it, get someone to tap on the ad, download the app, and then...
Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax acquires Doom co-developer Escalation Studios
ZeniMax is bringing in a little more game-development firepower to its already considerable roster. The parent company of Fallout and Skyrim publisher Bethesda announced...
Nintendo will air its first-ever Super Bowl ad to support the launch of the Switch console
Nintendo isn’t just getting ready for the March 3 launch of its upcoming Switch console. It’s prepping for some football as well. With billions...
Windows 10 passes 25% market share, Vista drops below 1%
A year and a half after its release, Windows 10 has passed 25 percent market share. That means one in four computers are now...
Magic: The Gathering expands its Twitch presence to 36 Pro Tour and other events in 2017
Wizards of the Coast and Amazon’s livestreaming subsidiary today announced that they’ll work together to broadcast 36 Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour competitions and other organized-play events this year.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a pimple-poppin’ journey in the belly of a transdimensional beast
The role-playing game from the crowdfunding maestros at Inxile Entertainment (Wasteland 2) comes out February 28 (Techland is the publisher) for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It raised nearly $4.2 million on Kickstarter in 2012, making it the second-highest game campaign in the platform’s history.
Jagex creates RuneScape audio adventure with Amazon Alexa
Alexa, play RuneScape. Fantasy role-playing gamemaker Jagex has created an exclusive audio adventure based on its popular RuneScape PC game for Amazon’s Alexa voice-based intelligent personal assistant.