MZ appoints ex-Salesforce exec to run its real-time cloud platform
MZ, the mobile game company formerly known as Machine Zone, recently launched a new real-time cloud platform that it built for its Game of...
Orcs Must Die: Unchained developer on making adjustments to keep players happy
Making free-to-play games isn’t always about getting players to spend money. A big challenge is ensuring you can keep the people who never spend...
Oculus and Samsung have 1M Gear VR users
Oculus has already sold more than 1 million virtual reality head-mounted displays — although most of those are the Gear VR peripheral for Samsung...
Perfect World is putting Xbox One multiplayer battler Gigantic on Windows beyond Microsoft’s app store
One of the Xbox One’s most interesting-looking free-to-play games is also coming to nearly every active version of Windows thanks to a new partnership....
With Stellaris, Paradox finds the sweet spot between 4X and grand strategy
Stellaris’ biggest strength doesn’t appear to be its beautiful graphics, its expansive universe, its seemingly endless variety, or its fun pace of gameplay as you...
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Mandalore’s Revenge episode armors up for June 3 launch
If you’re playing through Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion, prepare to see lots of blokes walking around in Mandalorian...
Newzoo: A billion people will know about esports by the end of 2016
Esports is outgrowing its status as a niche industry for hardcore gamers, and it’s turning into global entertainment. More than a billion people will...
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI debuts this fall with a new take on cities
Take-Two Interactive‘s 2K label and Firaxis Games are pulling out a nice surprise for gamers today. They’re announcing that Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is...
Unity launches a series of women in gaming talks
One in five game developers is a woman. In the name of making the industry more diverse, game engine maker Unity Technologies is launching...
Revlo raises $1.1 million to let livestreamers engage and monetize their fans
Revlo has raised a $1.1 million seed round to make it easier for livestreamers to interact with and monetize their fans. The Toronto, Canada-based company makes...