Blizzard, Infinity Ward vets raise $5 million to make VR games
First Contact Entertainment has raised $5 million to make high-end virtual reality games. The Los Angeles company has recruited a team of developers from...
Newzoo: Mobile games will make 82% of global app revenues this year
The global mobile app market will generate $44.8 billion in gross revenues in 2016, and 82 percent of that comes from mobile games, according...
NYU students take you into a clockmaker’s workshop with mobile game Cognition
If you ever feel like a cog in a wheel, then you might relate to Cognition, the first game from a student-led team called...
Level Ex lets doctors practice virtual surgery in a mobile app
Level Ex is announcing today that it will enable doctors to practice surgery in a realistic 3D virtual surgery mobile app. The app shows...
Kerbal Space Program will live on as key staff leave the rocket simulator behind
The Kerbal Space Program mission isn’t over despite some key developers leaving. Nathan Kell, one of the producers of Kerbal Space Program, posted a...
Blizzard claims director never said World of Warcraft has 10.1 million subscribers
World of Warcraft fans are nuts about the latest expansion, Legion, and that has led to a resurgence for the long-running massively multiplayer online role-playing...
Pokémon Go reclaims top-grossing spot on iPhone
Pikachu needed a quick rest at a PokéCenter, and now he’s already returned to dominating his mobile gaming competition. Pokémon Go is once again the...
Heroes of the Storm follows Hearthstone, Overwatch with a Hero Brawl mode
Blizzard has announced a new mode for Heroes of the Storm, its multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) for PC. Named Hero Brawl, the upcoming...
From Stanford roots, Omlet Arcade has become a fast-growing mobile social network for gamers
MobiSocial‘s Omlet Arcade social network didn’t really take off until it became the defacto social layer in a very popular game. In July, Pokémon Go...
Juniper Research: VR hardware market will hit $50 billion by 2021
PlayStation VR could trigger massive growth for the virtual reality industry. A new report from market analysis group Juniper Research states that VR hardware will be...