Israel’s Planet of the Apps churns out zany games one after another
Small indie mobile-game companies have to be nimble, or they quickly become prey in the $30 billion mobile-games market. Ben Engel-Kacen, the chief executive of...
Koei Tecmo ‘explains’ decision to not bring Dead or Alive Extreme 3 to the West
If you’re not in Asia, you won’t be getting your digital bikini fix from Koei Tecmo. The publisher released a statement on its Twitter...
Planet Jakku from ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is live in Battlefront if you preordered
The war against the Empire wasn’t over after the Battle of Endor, and now you can help finish off the dark side or the...
A Very Special Holiday Interview with (fake) Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker
For Devolver Digital’s non-existent chief financial officer, the holidays reign as the most glorious time of the year. Devolver “CFO” Fork Parker is a...
Windows 10 hits 9% market share, El Capitan takes first among OS X versions
Even with free upgrades, Windows 10 adoption has significantly slowed down. After four months, Windows 10 has captured just 9 percent market share, according...
New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game coming from Bayonetta creator Platinum Games
Platinum Games is taking on another classic ‘80s franchise. The Japanese developer — which recently brought us Transformers: Devastation — is now working on...
Xenoblade Chronicles X impressions: Size matters
With Starfox Zero being delayed into 2016, Nintendo’s biggest holiday release – both figuratively and literally – is Xenoblade Chronicles X, the followup to...
Just Cause 3 impressions: Bugs mar what could be a tremendous Grand Theft Auto-at-war game
Just Cause 3 brings back the incredibly flammable open world of prior installments in the series and adds some fun twists for those willing...
Investors believe in augmented and virtual reality — and they’re betting big money on it
Analysts have predicted for some time that augmented- and virtual-reality technologies will quickly grow into a lucrative industry. And by the way that venture capitalists are pouring money...
Black Ops III and PlayStation won Black Friday, marketing study finds
Call of Duty: Black Ops III commanded the lead position in video games on the start of the holiday season on Nov. 27, according to a marketing study by researcher Infoscout. And of the console brands, Sony’s PlayStation also edged out Microsoft and Nintendo on Black Friday among millennials.