Kaser Focus: Scary games are giving October some spooky flavor
Something about this particular October hasn’t really felt very October to me. Oh, the fall temperatures are starting to set in, and I’m seeing...
September 2022 NPD: Sports games top charts, hardware sales soar
While the post-2021 bust continues for the video game industry, hardware sales are looking particularly promising. According to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group, hardware...
Blizzard’s Holly Longdale on World of Warcraft’s intergenerationality
Blizzard hit upon a successful idea with the launch of its World of Warcraft Classic. This relaunch of the original MMO has accrued millions...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 will highlight how sci-fi becomes real
Who would have thought that 30 years after the publication of Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Snow Crash – the book that coined the term...
Odyssey Interactive scores $19M for Omega Strikers launch
Odyssey Interactive — an indie game development studio founded by ex-Riot Games development leads — has raised $19 million in a series A round....
The Peripheral’s creators and cast embraced the mainstreaming of nerdy metaverse culture
Science fiction is getting to be less fiction and more science. And I thought how that is true about the metaverse as I watched...
Capcom drops new Resident Evil 4 remake trailer in showcase
Capcom held a showcase today that gave more information about the upcoming Resident Evil series. The biggest part of the show was the new...
Vikings and Gary Vee’s Version1 to deliver on Call of Duty League’s regional vision
Version1 esports, parent company of the Call of Duty League’s Minnesota Røkkr, is set to host upcoming regular season CDL matches in Minneapolis. Typically,...
Alan Wake Remastered shadow drops for Switch
Publisher Epic Games and develop Remedy Entertainment have released Alan Wake Remastered for Switch today. Yup, it’s available on Nintendo’s hybrid machine right now....
Wevr Virtual Studio helps devs make next-generation games
Wevr has made stellar virtual reality games like the ocean simulation TheBlu. And now it is expanding to make Virtual Studio, a cloud-based platform...