Ubisoft vet Alexandre Parizeau joins Amazon Games’ Montreal studio
Amazon Games announced today that Alexandre Parizeau will lead development at the company’s new Montreal studio. He’ll be overseeing the creation of a new...
Shawn Layden interview — How diversity can save gaming as it faces labor shortages
Shawn Layden had a long career at Sony, and now he gets to offer advice to companies like Streamline Media Group as they navigate...
Playco launches the first third-party game on TikTok: Sway Stories
Playco, a maker of instantly playable games for social platforms, announced Sway Stories for TikTok. The game is a first in terms of third-party...
Aim Lab maker Statespace raises $50M for game and health performance training
Statespace scored big with its game aiming and health training programs, and that has enabled it to raise $50 million in funding. The company...
Steam Deck’s killer app just launched on the Steam store
The Steam Deck won’t launch until late this holiday season, but the handheld gaming PC may already have its killer application. While Nintendo is...
Marketing mobile games is dead. ‘Probabilistically’
By any measure of value, audience size, or growth, mobile is the dominant form of gaming media. Already immensely popular due to its accessibility...
1047 Games raises $100M at $1.5B valuation after 13M Splitgate downloads
1047 Games announced today raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation after getting 13 million downloads for the Portal-like Splitgate. That’s an amazing...
August 2021 NPD: Ghost of Tsushima returns to dominate August game sales
Gaming fans in the United States spent $4.37 billion on their hobby in August, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. That is up...
Switch and PlayStation 5 top U.S. hardware sales in August
Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console in terms of systems sold during the month of August. The more expensive PlayStation 5, however, came out...
Deathloop review — Arkane Lyon at the top of its game
Deathloop is one of the best games of the year. And I say that as someone who has previously recognized the quality of Arkane...