How Fortnite, Apex Legends, and PUBG appeal to different people
The battle royale genre has nearly taken over video games. Fortnite, Apex Legends, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are all major hits. But it’s easy to...
Clash of Clans will have its first World Championship in October
Supercell announced today that it will hold the first ever Clash of Clans World Championship at ESL One Hamburg from October 25 to October...
Sensor Tower: Dota Underlords sees 1.5 million downloads in first week
Valve‘s newest game, Dota Underlords, has earned 1.5 million downloads on mobile in its first week in public beta, according to market analyst Sensor...
Riot Games gets Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competitions
Riot Games has tapped Nielsen to measure League of Legends esports competition so sponsors know the impact of their advertising dollars. The deal is...
How Phoenix Point takes turn-based tactics where the genre hasn’t gone
Julian Gollop created X-COM: Apocalypse while at Mythos Games in 1997. For decades, he has been making turn-based strategy games that resonate with fans....
Dota Underlords is Valve’s take on Auto Chess
Dota Underlords is the official Valve version of Auto Chess, the popular mod for Dota 2 that has released its own standalone version on...
This Dota 2 AI predicts player death within a 5-second window
If there’s one insight that might be gleaned from continuing AI research, it’s that many events once assumed unknowable are, in fact, predictable with...
Stronghold: Warlords is Firefly Studios’ strategy sojourn into China and the Mongol Empire
Stronghold: Warlords is the next entry in the real-time strategy series that Firefly Studios first launched in 2001. It’s coming to PC in 2020,...
Microsoft will ship Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition in 4K this fall
Microsoft said it will ship a remake of one of its iconic games, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition. The game will ship in...
Yves Guillemot interview — Ubisoft is backing new platforms like Google Stadia to expand gaming
Yves Guillemot wants gaming to reach billions more people. That’s why the CEO of Ubisoft, one of the world’s biggest video game companies, welcomes...