How EA is moving to turn all players into competitive gamers
Peter Moore is a former pro soccer athlete, and so he knows the mixed emotions people feel when they describe professional video game players...
Bossa Studios raises $1.35 million to boost online game Worlds Adrift
Bossa Studios has raised $1.35 million in funding from venture capital firm London Venture Partners. London-based Bossa is working on an ambitious massively multiplayer online...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $200 million in its first month
When it comes to mobile earnings records, this game has gotta break ’em all. Pokémon Go has earned more than $200 million worldwide in...
Hundreds of universities want to teach VR development, but few have the equipment
Hundreds of universities have expressed an interest in teaching virtual reality development to students, but few are equipped to do so, according to a...
Lionsgate’s Peter Levin on the convergence of VR games and entertainment
Peter Levin has been running the game and investments division at Lionsgate, one of Hollywood’s biggest studios, for two years. And he is so bullish...
Why the game marketing ecosystem is ripe for disruption
For many game developers, the traditional way of promoting their products online is broken beyond repair.
With no direct digital access to potential customers, they depend on an ungainly mix of ad exchanges, media buying platforms, data aggregators, agencies, and resellers. The results of such a tangled web are predictable: Unfair prices, low-quality leads and surging churn rates.
AMD’s Roy Taylor on how VR will change entertainment
Roy Taylor works as corporate vice president of alliances at Advanced Micro Devices, a chip maker that creates processors and graphics chips for personal...
Why the Pokémon trading card game still rocks 10 years later (updated)
In the competitive field of trading card games, few stick around long enough to make any sort of lasting impression, especially those that spawned...
Xbox One S is the right console for 2016’s messy 4K-television market
Sony and Microsoft are both trying to push console gaming into 4K, and the latest revision of the Xbox is doing that the right...
How Hearthstone’s tech team tackles an online game for PC and mobile
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has 50 million registered players, making it the biggest hit in which players on PC and mobile are playing each other...