Unity CEO: Virtual reality hinges on your PC’s specs, not the headset
Virtual reality and augmented reality headsets are not the reason multibillion-dollar companies are putting their collective eggs in the immersive basket, according to Unity...
World of Warcraft’s new Legion expansion enters beta testing later this year
World of Warcraft players, get ready to play the expansion pack Legion, which goes into beta testing later this year. GamesBeat is covering Blizzard Entertainment’s...
Hall of Fame NFL QB Joe Montana highlights $1.5M raise for social sports app GameOn
GameOn Technology has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from investors that include football legend Joe Montana. The startup hopes its GameOn app will...
Tapjoy hits its billionth app install
Marketing automation and monetization firm Tapjoy is celebrating its one billionth app install today. Because, you know, that’s a big number. The San Francisco...
Lithuania’s Realore launches mobile strategy sim game Divine Academy
You can build a big mobile game company anywhere these days. The latest proof comes from Klapeda, Lithuania, where Realore Games is announcing the...
Splatoon gets a new social website to arrange battles and track progress
Splatoon has a new online social hub that lets players arranges battles with friends and track in-game progress. Splatoon’s Squid Ring website went live...
Angry Birds 2 hits 20M downloads in its first week
Angry Birds 2 has turned into a big hit. Rovio Entertainment announced the mobile game has been downloaded more than 20 million times in its...
Tencent-, Line-backed studio is bringing a top-5 ranked role-playing game from South Korea to the West
Another game is coming from South Korea to the West with the backing of one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. 4:33...
Lego Dimensions stands out from Disney Infinity, Skylanders with 14 massive open worlds
COLOGNE, Germany — Lego Dimensions sets itself apart from Skylanders, Disney Infinity, and other toys-to-life games in a big way — with expansive open...
id Software opens new German game studio
id Software, the maker of the Doom series, is opening a new game studio in Frankfurt, Germany, to create a new “best-in-class” first-person shooter...