Activision’s $5.9B King deal will rewrite the gaming landscape
Activision Blizzard’s $5.9 billion purchase of Candy Crush Saga maker King Digital Entertainment will alter the gaming industry in the years ahead. The giant...
Tera gets new Brawler class in December update
The free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game is getting a new class in an upcoming update, titled Knockout, which comes out for North American servers this December.
World of Warcraft monthly subscribers fall slightly to 5.5M — and Blizzard will no longer report player numbers
I don’t think Blizzard wants us to watch World of Warcraft’s subscription numbers continue to shrink. Activision Blizzard revealed today that its popular MMO...
Konami apologizes for Pro Evolution Soccer 2016’s incomplete roster updates
Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 players are stuck with team rosters that don’t reflect real life. Publisher Konami has officially apologized for failing to properly...
Need for Speed reboot offers fun, even if its always-online is just crass commercialism
The Need for Speed franchise, which turned 18 this year, has become older than some of the players who’ll buy it. Unfortunately, this latest reboot might...
World of Tanks developer Wargaming helps Twitch rival Hitbox with $4M funding round
Hitbox, a European startup that can stream gameplay at 4K resolution, has raised $4 million from World of Tanks developer Wargaming and others to...
Games are riding high in Apple TV App Store as Top Charts reveal early trends (update)
Correction 1:13 p.m. Pacific: Beat Sports is in the top spot for Paid and Grossing apps. We have corrected the error that stated it...
Activision buys Candy Crush Saga publisher King for $5.9B
One of the biggest publishers of traditional games in the world now also owns one of the biggest mobile publishers. Call of Duty, World...
Marvel Puzzle Quest gets fired up with Jean Grey’s Phoenix
When a comics publisher needs to give its books a boost, it often promotes a big in-world event. Now, game developers are using the...
The App Store is burying some Apple TV apps — and developers are fuming
One of the big innovations with the new Apple TV is that it has full app support, but some early supporters this device are feeling...