PAX South will host NGE’s Overwatch Winter Premiere Live Finals
Overwatch is bringing its team-based shooting to the next PAX. Next Generation Esports (NGE) announced today that it is partnering with Twitch to bring...
Sensor Tower: Q4 game revenues grew 70%, downloads up 33%
Mobile game revenues grew 70 percent in the fourth quarter to $7.5 billion, compared to $4.4 billion a year earlier, according to mobile measurement...
MIT launches Play Labs to help AR, VR, and AI startups get off the ground
Bayview Labs, Seraph Group, and MIT Game Lab are creating Play Labs to accelerate startups in augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The...
South Korea’s YJM Games invests in The VR Fund
YJM Games, a South Korean mobile game developer, has invested in the Venture Reality Fund (The VR Fund), a $50 million fund dedicated to...
Xbox One beats PlayStation 4 and mobile gaming in December’s ad spend
Consoles blew their mobile counterparts out of the water GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real time, to bring you...
Nintendo Switch hands-on: Intriguing tech comes with some concerns
After an initial teaser in October, Nintendo finally fully revealed its newest console — the Nintendo Switch — last week. The hybrid system —...
Harmonix vet Florian Hunziker grabs Adam Boyes’s old third-party relations gig at PlayStation
Among the three major console manufacturers, Sony has had arguably the strongest support from third-party indie developers and major blockbuster publishers this generation. Now,...
How Digital Extremes built Warframe into a free-to-play sci-fi juggernaut
It’s easy to fail in the video game business. If you sit still long enough, this ever-changing market will leave you behind. Someone with fresher...
Halo Wars 2 inspires a social media strategy game on Twitter
To tease the coming of video game Halo Wars 2, Microsoft Xbox and Twitter are launching a social media strategy game on Twitter. Available today,...
MMOne unveils commercial version of insane giant simulator arm for wild VR rides
MMOne announced that the commercial version of its insane gaming chair mimics the motions that happen in a virtual reality game and makes you feel every...