Newzoo report highlights how ‘power users’ pushed mobile gaming to $30B in 2015
The worldwide adoption of smartphones has turned mobile gaming into a mammoth business. This was the year that mobile gaming revenues reached $30 billion and...
This Hearthstone esports team’s newest sponsor is Full Tilt, an online poker company
Well, I guess they’re both card games. The online poker company Full Tilt is now sponsoring G2 Esports’ Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft team. Hearthstone has over $40 million players and earns $20 million a month.
Glu CEO predicts the trends that will be hot next year in mobile games
Glu Mobile has seen some ups and downs in the past year in mobile games. The San Francisco game publisher’s fortunes will rise and...
Firewatch crafts relationships through … radio
Your most constant companion in the forests of Firewatch speaks can only connect to you through a walke-talkie. I spoke to the game's writer Sean Vanaman to discuss the challenges of writing such a relationship.
You can now play Angry Birds Friends, Monopoly, Risk, and more on your Chromecast
In case you didn’t know, Google’s Chromecast is capable of playing games. Oh, you knew that already? Well, did you know Angry Birds Friends...
Industry pioneer wants to bring brand management to esports
One of the great things about quickly expanding industries is the incredible minds that opportunity attracts. In the year that Dictionary.com recognized esports, it...
2015’s best video game stories: Life is Strange, Until Dawn, and more
2015 isn’t short of great and memorable video game stories, whether it’s playing the role of a detective and solving a murder, escaping the...
PlayStation Network finally gets the GoPro Channel
Better late than never. GoPro is announcing today that its GoPro Channel action sports videos will now be available for viewing on the PlayStation...
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the best-reviewed new game of 2015
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the last collaboration between series creator Hideo Kojima and publisher Konami, has topped Metacritic’s game-of-the-year chart. The popular review aggregator site reports that The Phantom Pain scored an average of 95 out of 100 for its Xbox One version.
Nvidia’s Shield gaming tablet is one of the first to get Android Marshmallow
Following last month’s rerelease of Nvidia’s Android gaming tablet, the company has begun upgrading the 8-inch Shield K1 slate from Lollipop to Marshmallow. The device is for...