Machine Zone and Ember settle lawsuit over Game of War copycat
Machine Zone and Ember Entertainment said yesterday that they settled Machine Zone’s copyright lawsuit that accused Ember of copying Game of War: Fire Age,...
Origin PC unveils new Chronos and Omni gaming desktops
Origin PC wants to wow attendees at the 2016 International CES with new gamer PCs. The Miami maker of gaming computers is announcing the...
Virtual reality treadmill maker Virtuix tests the waters for a ‘mini-IPO’
Virtuix, maker of the Omni virtual reality treadmill, said today it is testing the waters for a “mini-IPO” under new regulations that allow companies...
Fallout 4’s latest bad guy is … Thomas the Tank Engine
You’ve got to love the Fallout 4 modding community. Really Useful Fallout is a strangely creepy new mod for the hit post-apocalyptic role-playing game. It replaces a ton...
Pop a wheelie with your couch using this motion simulator gadget
We see a lot of cool ideas at CES, but this is the first one that could be used as both a form of...
Microsoft taps Bango to expand carrier billing across Windows 10 devices
With Windows 10 now running on more than 200 million devices, Microsoft is expanding its partnership with mobile-payments company Bango to bring carrier billing...
Logitech upgrades its Proteus Spectrum G502 gaming mouse … with colored lights
Sometimes all a good product needs for an improvement is some colored lights. One of Logitech’s most popular gaming mice, the G502 Proteus Spectrum,...
Stern Pinball shows off re-release of Steve Ritchie’s Spider-Man
Stern Pinball making an appearance at CES seems to be a tradition, so I wasn’t necessarily surprised to see the Chicago based pinball company...
Rise of the Tomb Raider has sold through 1M copies, according to Microsoft
Microsoft has confirmed that the adventurer’s latest outing, the excellent Rise of the Tomb Raider (one of the 10 best games of the year), has reached “well over” 1 million copies sold through to consumers. In a tweet, Xbox marketing exec Aaron Greenberg specifically noted that Rise made a lot of those sales in December.
Activision Blizzard buys MLG for estimated $46M to build ‘ESPN of esports’
Just weeks after announcing its esports division, Activision Blizzard has acquired the assets of live esports event organizer Major League Gaming for an estimated...