E3 2016: PlayStation VR made Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey ‘really happy’
The 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles last week marked Sony’s biggest virtual reality push yet, and one of the company’s...
Fable Fortune closes its Kickstarter campaign — because it’s found outside funding
Well, this is a strange turn of … fortunes (sorry). Flaming Fowl Studios, which consists of the remnants from the closed Lionhead Studios, is working...
Science Game Lab to be a central hub for scientists and gamers
Scripps Research is partnering with game studio Playmatics to create a Science Game Lab portal for games that will support citizen science. The portal’s...
With Supercell, China’s Tencent will command 13% of $99 billion game business
With the acquisition of most of Supercell, China’s Tencent will have an estimated 13 percent of the global $99 billion game business in 2016,...
GamEffective raises $7 million to gamify worker performance
GamEffective has raised $7 million to improve worker performance via “gamification” or making work activities more game-like. GamEffective also offers real-time feedback, so workers...
South Korea’s Netmarble uses Marvel to bring its mobile games to the West
Netmarble Games has grown to nearly $1 billion in sales. That’s a long way from its humble beginnings in 2000, when Jun-Hyuk Bang started the...
Tencent-led consortium to acquire up to 84% stake in Supercell from SoftBank at $10.2 billion valuation
After months of speculation, Chinese tech giant Tencent has confirmed that a consortium it established will acquire a majority stake in Clash of Clans-maker...
VR report says consumer interest in virtual reality goes far beyond games
Consumer interest in virtual reality goes far beyond gaming, according to the latest research from Greenlight VR. In addition to games, consumers want to...
PlayStation VR’s weakness is the Move controller
Sony’s PlayStation VR has a number of advantages over its virtual reality competitors, such as lower price, ease-of-use, and brand recognition. But it also has a...
God of War director Cory Barlog says that Sony’s violent series is growing up with the industry
God of War was one of the most surprising games to appear at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, and not for the...