Tencent’s Steven Ma: Why big acquisitions will be good for gamers
Tencent is the biggest game company in the world, and that is saying a lot considering rivals such as Microsoft, Sony, and Embracer Group...
The DeanBeat: The crazy sanity of the Square Enix and Embracer Group deal
“Why am I seeking logic or sanity here?” I asked myself. “There hasn’t been any so far.” — Endymion, by Dan Simmons, 1996. I...
Ready Games shows how blockchain games can debut on Apple and Google stores
Ready Games has launched a division to bring mobile blockchain games and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to the Apple and Google app stores. That sounds...
Eve Online is bringing narrative focused updates
CCP Games is working on releasing a series of narrative-driven updates for the infamous space-based MMO Eve Online. The set of updates was revealed...
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 film beats predecessor, speeding to $331.6M at the box office
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has beat the original film by scoring $331.64 million at the global box office. That makes it the most successful...
Filmmakers adapting video games don’t have to be fans — but it helps
The movie industry is making more adaptations of video games than ever before, and the dynamics of the forms of media have changed. At...
RiffTrax: The Game review: Easily worth the price of admission
I was really upset when The Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) cancelled Mystery Science Theater 3000. I had only discovered the show in 1997, but...
Chinatown Detective Agency review: Carmen Sandiego meets cybernoir
A mystery story is one of the most wonderful, exhilarating experiences in any form of media: following clues, interrogating suspects, finding the facts, and...
Newzoo: Games revenue will surpass $200 billion in 2022
A Newzoo report predicts that games market revenue will hit another record high this year. It also predicts that the U.S. will surpass China...
Genvid’s Pac-Man Community hits 6M players and 17K user-generated mazes
Imagine going to an arcade and putting a quarter in the Pac-Man machine and then playing through 17,000 mazes. That’s what you can do...