Xsolla launches commerce to take mobile games beyond the app stores
Xsolla provides game developers with what it calls a “game business engine.” And now it is expanding that with a commerce solution that takes...
Xbox Live Gold was always going to drop the free-to-play paywall this year
On Friday morning, Microsoft announced it was increasing the price of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service. By Friday evening, it reversed that decision...
PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions
PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million ad impressions from mid-December to...
Microsoft reverses Xbox Live Gold price increase, free-to-play games set free
Earlier today, Microsoft announced a price increase for Xbox Live Gold, the subscription service that lets Xbox users play games online. Somehow, Microsoft was...
Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers
Today, Activision announced that it is merging Vicarious Visions with Blizzard Entertainment. Vicarious, a studio that had found a niche creating superb remake compilations...
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold price increase feels like manipulation
Microsoft is raising the price of Xbox Live Gold from $60 per year to $60 every six months. It included some caveats to that,...
Path of Exile: Echoes of Atlas is Grinding Gear’s most downloaded expansion
Path of Exile continues to grind out success more than seven years after its launch. Grinding Gear Games announced today that Echoes of Atlas...
Hitman 3 speedrun: How I beat the Dubai stage in 24 seconds
I consider my first time through a Hitman stage to be the canonical run. That’s the real thing. Discovering a location and all of...
Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
No one has a bird’s eye view of the game industry like Amazon. The company’s Amazon Web Services division provides online services for 90%...
Puzzle Quest 3 announced as a free-to-play sequel
505 Games has announced Puzzle Quest 3 today, a new installment in the franchise that combines match-3 puzzle mechanics with RPG-inspired progression and story...