Fantasy esports site Vulcun increases its 2015 prize pool to $10M
With games like League of Legends drawing massive audiences, the fantasy esports scene is growing even faster than the companies in the space anticipated.
Succeeding in China — where 91% of the 34K mobile games released since October have failed
China is all about competition, gambling, and -- increasingly -- women.
Former Battlefield devs go indie, bring peace to space with a hybrid platformer
The only shooting here are gravitational slingshots.
Facebook’s Oculus buys computer vision startup to help the Rift understand the world
The Oculus Rift already understands where you are looking and how you’re moving your body — and now, thanks to an acquisition, it may soon understand the space around you.
Former BioShock and Dead Space developers Kickstart a hide-and-seek survival-horror game: Perception
Deep End Games has announced its newest game, a first-person horror title called Perception. The studio is made up of scary game vets, with a staff from the developers of BioShock, BioShock Infinte, and Dead Space games, headed up by Creative Director Bill Gardner, formerly of Irrational Games.
Life Is Strange Episode 3 drags its feet on its way to a great ending
The characters are still strong, and the ending is impressive and memorable, but Life Is Strange: Episode 3 makes you wait a while for the good stuff.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s next DLC pack Supremacy hits Xbox Live on June 2
New map pack revives the old fan favorite Highrise from Modern Warfare 2.
Free-to-play Heroes of the Storm won’t leave you stressing about spending money
Now that Heroes of the Storm is here, we take a look at its free-to-play business model to determine just how free it really is.
Until Dawn gives the PlayStation 4 a frightening release in August
I’m usually not a fan of horror games, but this one seems more like a movie, with frightening anticipation of noises and bad things moving around in the dark. Eight friends stay overnight at a big dark home, and that’s a big mistake. The overall effect is spellbinding.
Evolve gets a new, free, and faster-paced Arena Mode
The multiplayer shooter gets a new mode today, and it’s completely free. Arena Mode takes the 4-vs-1 gameplay — where four players take on a monster that a fifth controls — and puts it inside smaller arenas (hence the name). This ditches some of the normal game’s long and sometimes tedious tracking of the beast.