Paradox hooks up with Tencent to take Cities: Skylines and Stellaris to China
China is a huge market for gaming, but it’s tough to succeed in that country without help from domestic publishers. And help has arrived...
YouTube has muted The Game Awards due to a copyright claim
The Game Awards aired last night, and you can watch the video-on-demand on YouTube right now … but you cannot hear it. Google’s video...
Star Wars: The Old Republic launches Knights of the Eternal Throne expansion
Star Wars’ canon is doing just fine, but one vestige of the old Extended Universe is not only active but also still growing. BioWare...
How Nokia broke into virtual reality with its Ozo camera
Nokia has been searching for new businesses to break into ever since it retreated from the smartphone business. And after a few years of...
The DeanBeat: The gaming world is flat, but you can tilt it in your direction
TOKYO – I’m third-generation Japanese-American. My grandparents came from Japan as farmers about 100 years ago. I considered it an honor to be able...
The Game Awards trailer roundup: Zelda, Mass Effect, and Death Stranding
The Game Awards happened yesterday evening, and the show handed out trophies to 2016 hits like Overwatch, Doom, and more. But the show also...
Dauntless is a free-to-play take on Monster Hunter from ex-BioWare and Riot devs
Phoenix Labs is coming out of stealth mode with the announcement of a new science fiction role-playing game called Dauntless. The PC game comes...
Star Wars holochess-inspired AR game Hologrid: Monster Battle hits closed beta
Happy Giant and the Tippet Studio announced that HoloGrid: Monster Battle is now on sale on mobile and is entering a closed beta in which you can play the game with cutouts as you wait for the boxed product to arrive.
Blizzard fixes Hearthstone: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan pack bug and will compensate players
Your luck is terrible, but it’s probably not as bad as you think it is if you just finished getting an abnormal number of...
PlayStation VR headsets in Japan live in cute little prisons
To fully appreciate virtual reality, you have to try it yourself. That’s why retailers have demo stations set up for HTC Vive and PlayStation...