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....
NBA 2K shoots for VR on November 22
Come on and slam, and welcome to the VR jam. 2K has announced NBA 2KVR Experience, a basketball virtual reality game for PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, and Samsung Gear VR. This first sports VR game from the publisher will come out on November 22 for $15.
Cozmo the sentient toy robot gets smarter with latest update
Anki debuted its sentient toy Cozmo, a cute robot toy that makes use of the company’s deep artificial intelligence research, in October. Now the company is...
Amazon Appstore announces esports tournament for casual mobile gamers
The Amazon Appstore is launching an esports tournament dubbed Champions of Fire International for casual mobile gamers. The first-ever Amazon Appstore tournament will have...
The brothers who started Vicarious Visions have created a new game studio
Game industry veterans Guha and Karthik Bala have formed a new independent game studio called Velan Studios in New York. The Bala brothers are best...