Nintendo holds off Spider-Man, Pokémon Go in gaming industry TV ad spend
Nintendo upped it spend in August to an estimated $6.2 million from July’s $5.8 million, while PlayStation is back on the chart after dropping...
Firewall: Zero Hour tops PlayStation Store’s VR chart
August’s PlayStation Store charts are in, and unsurprisingly, First Contact Entertainment’s Firewall: Zero Hour reigns supreme, at least in the U.S. The 4-vs.-4 multiplayer shooter, which...
Starlink: Battle for Atlas hands-on — Going in hot with Nintendo’s Starfox character on the Switch
Ubisoft showed off its new entry in the “toys-to-life” market, Starlink: Battle for Atlas. I played it at a recent preview event on the Nintendo Switch...
Mike Sherlock, COO at Square Enix Europe and America, passes away
Square Enix announced that Mike Sherlock, chief operating officer for Square Enix Europe and America, passed away unexpectedly. The Japan-based company, which makes games...
How Shadow of the Tomb Raider guides players without the white-paint trail
I’ve never designed a 3D world for a video game, but I can imagine that it is frustrating. A company like Tomb Raider developer...
The D20 Beat: The Bard’s Tale Remastered is a bloody trip down memory lane
I took my next steps with caution, wishing I could duck into the shadows. A group of slavering dogs ambushed me, and after a...
Indie devs can now use the same voice-comms tool as Fortnite for free
The quality of in-game voice and text chat could soon improve in smaller games. Vivox, the company that provides the communications technology in massive...
Microsoft brings Xbox One voice control to Amazon Echo speakers and Windows 10 PCs
Microsoft today introduced Xbox voice control with AI assistants Cortana and Alexa. Xbox One control is available in a range of places where you...
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson interview — Why CCP thinks Iceland and South Korea are a good mix
Hilmar Veigar Pétursson has worked at Eve Online maker CCP Games, Iceland’s biggest game studio, for 18 years, and he has been CEO since 2004. Today,...
Eve Online maker CCP Games sells to Black Desert Online’s Pearl Abyss for $425 million
Eve Online maker CCP Games, Iceland’s biggest game studio, has agreed to be acquired by Black Desert Online creator Pearl Abyss of South Korea for...