Microsoft plans to show critics how Windows is an open platform at Build
Microsoft is fending off criticisms of its plan to unify its products and to raise the profile of its Windows Store, and the company...
Hands-on: Whispers of the Old Gods turns Polymorph into your best friend in Hearthstone
I’ve never been happy to hear a sheep’s bleat as I was while playing the demo for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’s upcoming expansion, Whispers...
Here’s how Fallout 4’s latest update affects Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Sometimes, as games grow older, they begin to change and grow hair in strange places … or I think that’s what my health teacher...
Survios’ Raw Data is a frenetic two-player co-op shooter for the HTC Vive VR headset
After playing two rounds of Survios‘ Raw Data virtual reality shooter on the HTC Vive, I was sweating. The two-player cooperative demo is one of...
EverQuest Next dies, throwing series’ future into doubt
EverQuest Next was one of the largest MMOs coming, and its cancellation is further evidence that the once powerful genre is waning in popularity as more competitive PC games like League of Legends — which makes about $1 billion a year from in-game purchases — thrive.
Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods expansion is all about engagement in a $1.2B market (update)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is about to get an injection of new cards … and tentacles. Lots of tentacles. Whispers of the Old Gods is...
Hitman’s creator wants you to assassinate throughout 2016
Are you ready for a world of assassination? Hitman debuts today as an episodic game where you can live out the fantasy of being...
Yahoo announces plans to kill off Games, Livetext, Boss, and more regional sites
Yahoo today announced its Q1 2016 progress report, highlighting the closure of several products and regional sites. As shared in its last earnings call, the company wants to focus on just seven core consumer products: Mail, Search, Tumblr, News, Sports, Finance, and Lifestyle.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: PlayStation 4’s dominance continues, and Gordon Ramsay swears
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Microsoft cancels Fable Legends, we learn about the challenges of porting Final Fantasy IX to mobile,...
Hitman maker launches ‘Kill this ad’ video campaign
Agent 47 sure gets around. The main character of Hitman, the assassination game for the PC and consoles that debuts today, appears in a new ad campaign today that the creators hope will go viral.