E3 canceled as game industry capitulates to coronavirus
The Entertainment Software Association announced today it’s canceling the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big game trade that takes place in June in Los Angeles....
Riot Games launches player dynamics to help improve multiplayer experiences
Riot Games has announced that it will unveil its “Player Dynamics Discipline” as a way to improve the player experience in online multiplayer games. With...
Dice Legacy has you rolling to build cities
Publisher Firesquid and developer DESTINYbit have announced Dice Legacy, a new city-building game with a dice-rolling twist. Dice Legacy will come to PC first...
Skillz: Mobile’s top esports athletes won $33 million in the past decade
The top mobile esports athletes won $33 million in the past 10 years, according to mobile esports platform Skillz. And seven of the top...
Not even Doom Eternal will run at 4K on Google Stadia
Ultra HD 4K was one of the major promises that Google laid out for its Stadia cloud-gaming service at last year’s Game Developers Conference....
GamesBeat Decides 141: A Nintendo Direct approaches
We gotta go fast on this week’s episode of the GamesBeat Decides podcast. Reviews editor Mike Minotti has to run to get to his...
Amber acquires Scorpius Games and its PositronX shooter game
Amber, an outsourcing company that makes games for other publishers and developers, has acquired Scorpius Games and its PositronX shooter game for the PC....
Ori and the Will of the Wisps review — an exhilarating, emotional masterpiece
Ori and the Blind Forest is one of my favorite games of the 2010s. I know that the 2020s have just started, but I...
March Nintendo Direct in the works with focus on 2020 lineup (update)
Update on March 16 at 6 a.m. Pacific time: Nintendo has confirmed an Indie World Showcase for 10 a.m. Pacific time on March 17...
Baldur’s Gate III — Goblins are friends, not fodder
When playing most Dungeons & Dragons games, be it with pencil and paper or on a PC, the solution to dealing with goblins is...