How Unity is pushing VR and better 3D graphics with its game engine
Unity Technologies showed off some high-end graphics demos created with its Unity 5 game engine last week at the Game Developers Conference. That shows...
Twitch users decided my fate in a VR game built on Amazon Lumberyard
Hidden away on the exhibition floor at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today, I found a short line next to the big...
Inside Amazon’s decision to make a video game engine
Amazon launched its Lumberyard video game engine this week, showing its intentions to become a much bigger platform company in the games business. To date,...
Amazon takes on Unity, Unreal, Stingray, and more with Lumberyard, a free cross-platform game engine
Amazon has unveiled two new products aimed squarely at the professional game-developer fraternity: Lumberyard, a free 3D game engine; and GameLift, a service for...
Amazon Prime members get 20% off games in effort to counter Best Buy, GameStop, and EA Access
Retailers want loyal gaming customers, and another one is showing today that it’s willing to offer discounts to keep you coming back. Amazon is...
Call of Duty, Fallout 4, and Star Wars Battlefront are Amazon’s top-selling games
Amazon said that its top video games of the holiday season were the year’s biggest blockbusters: Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Fallout 4,...
Glu CEO predicts the trends that will be hot next year in mobile games
Glu Mobile has seen some ups and downs in the past year in mobile games. The San Francisco game publisher’s fortunes will rise and...
Receipts data: 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet, not iPad, won Black Friday
The 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet was a Black Friday hit, according to receipts data collected by Info Scout. Info Scout makes a series of...
Keeping it real when you have to balance game advertising and authenticity
Coke’s old slogan was “It’s the real thing.” And that’s a good thing to keep in mind when coming up with promotions and marketing...
Fire TV is great if you’re deep into Amazon Prime — and don’t have a separate sound system
FireTV is great if you're hardcore into Amazon Prime ... and don't have a sound system