Survios launches VR game Battlewake on the high seas this Tuesday
Survios is launching its Battlewake virtual reality game on Tuesday across multiple VR platforms. The company is best known for other combat games like...
Ubisoft winds down development on Space Junkies
It would seem like last-ditch efforts to bolster Ubisoft’s Space Junkies have fallen flat. An update last week marked the end of development of the zero-gravity...
How a seasoned investment team looks at esports hype
There’s a lot of hype in esports. But there’s also a lot of growth. Lots of investors have jumped on the bandwagon in the...
Akamai: Fortnite ransomware scams should force developers and gamers to think about security
The game industry has long been a target for cybercriminals, and so it was no surprise in the past couple weeks to see the...
Munich’s Zeuz offloads multiplayer infrastructure to ‘backend badasses’
Munich’s Zeuz wants to be the “backend badass” of games. That means it tackles the issues related to keeping an online multiplayer game operating...
Xbox rolls over Nintendo to lead a sleepy August for gaming industry TV spend
The summer slump for gaming brands continued in August, with the industry’s estimated total spend coming in around $3.6 million, down from July’s $6.2...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Masters makes $26 million in first week
The new mobile game Pokémon Masters made $26 million in its first seven days, according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. That estimate does...
The RetroBeat: 5 SNES that Nintendo Switch Online still needs
Super Nintendo games are finally on the Switch, and the initial library is fantastic. Nintendo put 20 SNES games on the Switch’s online service...
Steam has over 40,000 ‘indie’ games, and this is fine
Valve Software is introducing a lot of new features to improve the experience of finding games on its Steam platform. And the reasons it...
Medal.tv raises $9 million for short-form gaming videos
Medal.tv said it has raised $9 million in funding for short-form videos that have become a big means of self-expression in the social media...