Google targets HTML5 default for Chrome instead of Flash in Q4 2016
Google has outlined a plan to push HTML5 by default in Chrome, instead of Flash. In Q4 2016, the company plans to only serve...
How CastAR’s Jeri Ellsworth will use augmented reality for fun tabletop gaming
Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson have been toiling away at augmented reality for years at their startup, CastAR. Their ambition to make a fun...
How Samsung plans to snare game developers with its ‘Made for Samsung’ program
Global conglomerates like Samsung dominate the tech landscape. But when it comes to games, they’re underdogs. Samsung knows this, and that’s why it recently...
Playwire launches a free video player for indie publishers
When it comes to making Internet video, free is a pretty good price. Playwire is announcing today that it has created a free version...
Nvidia’s hardware keeps winning because of its software
Last week, Nvidia introduced its next-generation line of graphics processors, but the company’s silicon is only half the reason I’m excited about the future of gaming...
Report says SoftBank considering sale of Supercell at $5B-plus valuation
Supercell is as close to being the Pixar of mobile games as any other company. Japan’s SoftBank Group knows this, and so it may not...
2016 is not the year the masses pick up virtual reality
Mark Zuckerberg (along with many others) believes that virtual reality will change the way we live, work, and communicate in many ways. Zuck may...
Microsoft is pulling the plug on Project Spark’s online services
Some sparks grow into a fire, an others get snuffed out. Microsoft is shutting down the game-creation sandbox Project Spark. It will no longer appear in the...
Overwatch: One of the biggest betas ever made a promising game great
If you think all betas are glorified demos, you’re wrong. Gamers are buzzing about Overwatch, Blizzard’s upcoming team-based shooter. While it doesn’t debut until May 24 for...
Ellen DeGeneres has her own mobile slots game now
Look out, Kim Kardashian. OK, maybe not. Look out … Willy Wonka? Ellen DeGeneres, the star of her own daytime talk show and the...