Gaming veteran Chris Taylor leaves Wargaming to start independent studio (update)
Chris Taylor, one of PC gaming’s well-known game designers, has left World of Tanks publisher Wargaming to strike out on his own. The move...
Helpshift pulls Cisco into $25 million round for in-app customer support
Cisco is joining as an investor into Helpshift‘s previously announced $25 million funding round. That’s a big endorsement for the startup’s business of providing...
Path of Exile’s December 2 update will send its players into the Breach
Path of Exile’s next update will tear the fabric of reality — but not the leather of your wallet. Grinding Gear Games will launch...
Unity partners with Xiaomi to give game makers better access to China’s mobile market
Unity Technologies and Xiaomi have announced a partnership to help developers of mobile apps and games succeed in markets such as China. With the...
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is 25 years old
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past came out in Japan on November 21, 1991. That makes the Super Nintendo classic 25...
Overwatch’s 1-on-1 Arcade mode makes Blizzard’s team shooter feel like Street Fighter
Blizzard launched a major update for Overwatch last week, and it has made what was already one of the best games of the year...
Watch Dogs 2 sales lagging, Ubisoft acknowledges
Many fans claimed that the original Watch Dogs unfairly sold itself with misleading trailers, and that may be costing Watch Dogs 2. After Eurogamer...
Halo studio chief leaves 343 Industries for indie game development
343 Industries studio head of FPS development Joshua Holmes has stepped down from his position as director of the Halo developer, the company announced today. Holmes is leaving behind the blockbuster publishing industry to make games on his own as an independent developer.
Phantogeist is a first-person shooter that makes AR a social experience
The first-person shooter Phantogeist has debuted as a social augmented reality game on Google Tango. In this game from Chicago-based Trixi Studios, a friendly alien helps...
Pokémon Go thanks players with this week’s double XP event
Niantic and The Pokémon Company International are giving special thanks to players of Pokémon Go by launching new benefits for logging in during the Thanksgiving holiday week....