Niantic launches NBA All-World location-based basketball game
Niantic, the NBA, and the NBPA officially launched NBA All-World, a free-to-play game with geolocation from the maker of Pokémon Go. Unlock premium content...
Forspoken review: 2023’s unlikely (and unlikeable) heroes
Neither Forspoken nor its main character make a good first impression. Without spoiling, the latter spends the first several hours of the game complaining...
WoW Classic dev exits Blizzard, protests employee review system
One of the co-lead developers of World of Warcraft Classic has left Blizzard, and a new report from Bloomberg reveals that it’s allegedly over...
Search for Animera debuts on ImmutableX Web3 platform
Unicorn Labs, the development team behind Web3 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Search for Animera, today announced its launch on ImmutableX, a platform...
Skybound will raise funds via equity crowdfunding for The Walking Dead and more
Skybound Entertainment, the company behind media franchises like The Walking Dead, is launching a public crowdfunding campaign. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks...
Helpshift gets patent for bridging customer support for multiple platforms
Helpshift, which provides in-app customer service for mobile-first brands, said it got a patent for innovation in cross-platform mobile app support. Unlock premium content...
How gaming democratization will enable the metaverse | Marc Whitten
For Marc Whitten, senior vice president and general manager of Unity Create, the metaverse is an overused and ill-defined word. But if it means...
Layoffs, Stadia’s sunset and Avengers disassembled | Kaser Focus
It’s been a rough week for the games industry — not to mention the tech industry at large. Not to understate it, but more...
Microsoft shutters AltspaceVR amid company-wide layoffs
AltspaceVR is going dark in March as part of parent company Microsoft’s recent restructuring. According to a recent post on its website, the VR-based...
Why game acquisition and financing numbers show reasons for optimism | The DeanBeat
The story of gaming in 2022 will be known as one that started out with so much promise and wound up with dashed hopes....