The accidental history of Niantic’s Pokémon Go, as told by John Hanke
John Hanke put in his time evangelizing location-based gaming and augmented reality. He spent six years refining Ingress as the first AR game from...
Overwatch’s next animated short will debut on August 18 (updated)
Overwatch might be getting ready to reveal a new character … and if not, at least we’ll get to see a nice video. Blizzard announced...
Former Sega chief Tom Kalinske wants someone to create Sonic Go
Twenty five years ago, Nintendo owned the game industry. Sega was an upstart challenger, and it could only compete by breaking the rules. Tom...
Gwent: The Witcher card Game’s closed beta is delayed to October
You’re going to have to wait a little longer for your first taste of standalone Gwent. Developer CD Projekt Red announced today that the...
Creativity: What’s diversity got to do with it?
Megan Gaiser, co-CEO of Spiral Media Ltd. and principal at Contagious Creativity, believes that creativity is the mother of diversity. And vice versa. If you lead...
A user’s perspective on in-game ads: What developers need to know
You don’t have to look far to see the reach of mobile games and how they color our world. Just take one look outside,...
No Man’s Sky’s funky fauna: Unicorn dogs, hissing crabs, and space dinos
With No Man’s Sky, everyone gets to be an intergalactic wildlife expert. Out now for PlayStation 4 today (and August 12 for PC), indie developer...
How Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi is bringing his beloved franchise to mobile (update)
Puzzle games lend themselves to mobile’s touchscreen controls. And they’re profitbable, too — look at how King Entertainment has been a top-earning app store...
Sony announces PlayStation Meeting event for September 7 following PS4 Neo rumors
We may learn details about the PlayStation 4 Neo next month. Sony is holding an event in New York City on September 7 called...
No Man’s Sky turned into No Man’s Sleep for me
I started playing No Man’s Sky yesterday after years of anticipation and hype, and while I’ve only scraped the crust of this universe-sized enigma,...