League of Legends studio is now completely owned by China’s Tencent
Riot Games, the maker of the enormously popular League of Legends multiplayer online arena battler (MOBA), is now 100 percent-owned by China’s Tencent. Los Angeles-based...
Japanese megapublisher Colopl announces $50M fund for virtual reality gaming
While traditional gaming powers in Japan are nearly all focused on mobile, one of the country’s biggest publishers is looking toward a virtual future....
Incredible Minecraft mod brings its redstone gadgets into the real world
Minecraft is an excellent way to lose dozens of hours engineering virtual buildings and machines, but now an interesting new company has devised a...
Nexon’s Ghost in the Shell embodies everything good about 2007’s Shadowrun shooter
As a digital artist and game industry press goon, I won’t blame you if you peg me as a fan of anime and manga....
2015’s biggest gaming trends: Nintendo embraces online, open worlds take over, and more
We’ve had the year of the bow. We’ve had the year of Luigi. What was 2015 the year of? It can be hard to...
Halo 5 developer finally releases Forge mode as part of Cartographers Gift update
Community builders can finally reshape Halo 5 to their liking. Developer 343 Industries launched the Cartographer’s Gift update for Halo 5: Guardians today on...
CastAR will return $1M in Kickstarter money and postpone augmented reality glasses shipments
CastAR is postponing the launch of its augmented reality glasses, but it is also doing something unusual. The startup is returning all of the $1 million...
Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Fallout 4 fans
This article may contain spoilers for Fallout 4. You spent years waiting for developers to hurry up and release a big game. You buy it,...
Nintendo’s Amiibo succeed and fail at the same time
The first line of figures launched with Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U on November 21 last year. Since then, as of the first half of fiscal 2015, Nintendo has shipped a total of 21.10 million Amiibo toys since launch, with the largest percentage — 7 million — being sold in the U.S.
Media Molecule’s Dreams encourages incredible levels of user creativity
Media Molecule took us for a great ride in user-generated content with the LittleBigPlanet series of video games. But that’s nothing compared to what...