PUBG Mobile’s progression pass boosts revenue 365%
All anyone in the video game space was talking about for most of last year and the first half of 2018 were loot boxes,...
Gfycat hits 2.5 million creators and 40 million GIFs
Gfycat has reached 2.5 million creators in the past year across 160 countries on its platform, and those creators have produced more than 40...
How Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018’s VR showcase beat E3
Dan Tucker is apologizing again. We’re stepping over cables, ducking under scaffolding and trying to hear each other over the drone of drilling on...
Sable’s alien desert is a central figure in its story
The open-world exploration game Sable has an extraordinary art style, appearing as a kind of living science-fiction graphic novel. But the eponymous character’s journey...
Sea of Thieves’ updates are transforming player behavior
Sea of Thieves is one of the biggest Microsoft releases of 2018, and during our conversation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, executive...
Ninja Theory’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice passes 1 million downloads
Developer Ninja Theory announced on Twitter that Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has now passed 1 million downloads. Hellblade came out in August 2017 for PlayStation...
Goodbye, loot boxes! Hello, premium progression passes!
If the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last week had a one big trend, it was people standing on stage saying “and no...
The RetroBeat: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron deserves more respect
I’ve been spending time with the recent Sega Genesis Collection on my PlayStation 4. I’ve been having fun going through the games that I’ve...
Lego DC Super Villains is about making your own bad guy
I don’t always know what I’m going to end up playing or who I’ll ended up talking to at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo...
11-11 Memories Retold’s animal companions will bridge conflict in WW I
11-11: Memories Retold is the latest game in the indie odyssey of Yoan Fanise, who left Ubisoft after 14 years to co-found the French...