Nexon founder Jung-Ju Kim passes away at 54
Jung-Ju “JJ” Kim, the founder of online game publisher Nexon, passed away at age 54. Nexon announced that he passed away in Hawaii on...
Nintendo adds missions and rewards to Switch Online
Nintendo has added missions and rewards to the Nintendo Switch for anyone subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online. The Japanese gaming company follows both Microsoft...
Xbox Game Pass gets Guardians of the Galaxy in March
Xbox today announced the newest additions to Game Pass. The list of games being added for the first half of March includes Marvel’s Guardians...
IGDA condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) condemned the “unprovoked aggression” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and it provided resources for helping. The IGDA, a...
Steam Deck has a surprisingly great microphone
Valve is actively rolling out Steam Deck systems to people around the world. I’ve had one for a few weeks, and I’m still diving...
Genvid and Pipeworks will make spectator game The Walking Dead: Last Mile
Genvid Entertainment and Skybound Entertainment have announced The Walking Dead: Last Mile, a new interactive spectator game coming to Facebook/Meta. Pipeworks Studios will develop...
Aglet maker Onlife raises fresh funding for the sneakerverse
Onlife, the company that created the “sneakerverse” game Aglet, has raised a new round of funding for its platform that combines virtual worlds and...
Offworld Industries receives investment from Tencent
Offworld Industries, the developer behind Squad, Beyond the Wire, and Post Scriptum, today announced it’d received an investment from Tencent. The Chinese company will...
HP launches service making it easy to manage VR devices
HP is launching its ExtendXR service for managing virtual reality or augmented reality devices simpler for enterprises. Scott Rawlings, senior product manager of commercial...
Hiro Capital launches $340M fund for games and metaverse
European venture capital firm Hiro Capital announced today its second fund for games. The fund, called Hiro Capital II totals €300 million (around $340...