Cashplay’s tournament engine revs up revenue for game developers
Cashplay’s concept is deceptively simple: it provides publishers with an additional revenue stream by offering player versus player cash tournaments.
Trashed E.T. Atari 2600 cartridge from New Mexico landfill lands in Smithsonian
One of gaming's largest bungles finds a fitting place in the historic museum.
Anti-censorship group sees Apple’s, Steam’s control over expression in apps and games as ‘dangerous’
The NCAC finds corporate censorship troubling when the companies are the size of Apple or Valve.
Marvel is quietly building a shared game universe
Marvel Entertainment knows a thing or two about shared universes. Its superheroes interact with each other all of the time in the comic books, and Marvel’s movie studio successfully replicated that formula with its “cinematic universe” of TV shows and blockbuster films.
Khan Academy’s learning tools appear in an unlikely place … the Xbox One
Online education company debuts app on Microsoft's flagship console -- something its rival, the PlayStation 4, does not have.
How Sunset Overdrive’s music gives us the finger in the best way
Check out our conversation with Gregory J. Gordon, music producer for the rebellious Xbox One third-person shooter.
Action role-playing game Lords of the Fallen is getting a sequel
Lords of the Fallen sold well enough to earn a second outing.
USC’s game students’ 2015 projects include demonic puberty, Bob Ross-like VR, and more
Cheap-ass kings, demonic puberty, and playing god are just some of the topics students are exploring with their projects.
Google’s Niantic Labs embarks on a giant interactive transmedia project with controversial author James Frey
After creating the mobile game Ingress, Niantic is now working on End Game, an alternate-reality game with 12 competing factions.
The controversial and unsettling Hatred is on Steam Greenlight (update)
You could help put Hatred on Steam if you actually want to.