Hasbro closes Backflip, studio behind DragonVale and Transformers mobile games
Hasbro has shut down its Backflip Studios mobile game developer in Boulder, Colorado, according to social media posts. The toy and entertainment company bought...
Ubisoft lowers financial targets after soft Ghost Recon: Breakpoint launch, major game delays
Ubisoft announced today that it is lowering financial targets for fiscal 2019-2020, now expecting net bookings of $1.6 billion. It also pushing back the...
Google Stadia’s first game-dev studio opens in Montreal
Google is launching its cloud-gaming service Stadia on November 19. The company is positioning this as the first giant leap into a console-less future....
Illumix goes free-to-play with Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery
Illumix said that Five Nights at Freddy’s AR: Special Delivery, the next installment in the popular horror series, will be the first free-to-play game...
Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard after years as Xbox services boss
Blizzard Entertainment is getting a new executive from Microsoft. Mike Ybarra is taking on the role of executive vice president and general manager at...
Conan O’Brien is also in Death Stranding, I guess
Gaming auteur and famous-friend-haver Hideo Kojima is putting yet another one of his buddies into Death Stranding. On last night’s Conan, host Conan O’Brien revealed...
3 problems studios face when developing games for famous IPs
Branding is a powerful thing. Back in 1976, Sega’s The Fonz arcade game was the first-ever licensed game. And ever since, games based on...
Xbox One hardware falters, but software and services are bright spots
Xbox One hardware sales are continuing to fall, and that put a drag on Microsoft’s gaming division. Xbox revenues for Q1 of fiscal 2020...
Fallout 76’s new $100 subscription is reasonable and outrageous
Fallout 76 hasn’t been a big hit since its launch almost one year ago, but Bethesda can still think of new ways to bring...
Steam September top 20: Gears 5, Spyro, and NBA 2K20
Today, Valve released the list of the top 20 best-performing new game releases on Steam for September. The company has also highlighted some important...