Classic gaming brand Sierra teases return at Gamescom Posted byby Mike Minotti August 8, 2014 1 min The creator of classic adventure games like King's Quest and Gabriel Knight may be making a comeback. Continue Reading 1 min
Hearthstone and Diablo III push Activision Blizzard to bigger digital revenues Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 5, 2014 1 min Hearthstone and Diablo are performing so well that Activision Blizzard is raising its guidance for 2014. Continue Reading 1 min
World of Warcraft loses 800k subscribers — down to 6.8 million total, its lowest since 2006 Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 5, 2014 2 min World of Warcraft still has millions of subscribers 10 years later. Continue Reading 2 min
The best tricks that Hearthstone's game designers used to make Blizzard's latest megahit Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 3, 2014 5 min Blizzard kept iterating, made it simple but deep, and listened to fans, according to exec producer Hamilton Chu. Continue Reading 5 min
Call of Duty: Ghosts studio picks up new development directors from Uncharted creator Naughty Dog Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 1, 2014 2 min The pair will likely bring some new ideas to the aging Call of Duty franchise. Continue Reading 2 min
A look inside Sledgehammer Games, the new Call of Duty studio (photo gallery) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 3 min Check out the place where the dev team is putting the finishing touches on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Continue Reading 3 min
Destiny tries to beat the massively multiplayer console game curse Posted byby GamesBeat July 31, 2014 7 min Massively multiplayer online (MMO) games usually go to consoles to die. Bungie's new MMO shooter-RPG Destiny tries to avoid the usual killing fields. Continue Reading 7 min
How Sledgehammer Games became the new Call of Duty studio (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 31, 2014 21 min Sledgehammer Games promises that Advanced Warfare isn't the same old Call of Duty. Continue Reading 21 min
Modern Combat 5: Blackout reflects the best — and worst — aspects of mobile shooters (review) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes July 29, 2014 6 min The fifth entry in Gameloft's blockbuster mobile series still thinks it's a console/PC shooter. Continue Reading 6 min
The making of Sledgehammer Games and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 29, 2014 8 min As Sledgehammer carved out its own style of Call of Duty game, it also had to mold its own company culture. Continue Reading 8 min