Gaming influencer report: Family Gaming Team outdoes Ninja in July
Influencer marketing has expanded in recent years, and gaming-specific influencers are no exception. With hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential monthly income at...
Starlink: Battle for Atlas hands-on preview — on my mission to save toys-to-life
Ubisoft showed off its new entry in the “toys-to-life” market, Starlink: Battle for Atlas. I played it at a preview event, and it brought back memories...
FoxNext knocks off Nintendo as the leader of gaming industry’s most-seen TV ads
The leapfrog game of “who’s in first” continues, with FoxNext Games taking the crown ahead of last time’s winner Nintendo, which only held the...
Fortnite and Rocket League show just how wrong Sony is about crossplay
Fortnite: Battle Royale is easily the biggest thing in the gaming world since … well, maybe anything. Some might say it’s so big because...
Certain Affinity is ready for the limelight with games as a service model
“Most of the huge success stories these days are games that operate as a service,” says Certain Affinity president and founder Max Hoberman. “They’re not one and done, or one and for the sequel. They really are these living, breathing, continuously enhanced and developed experiences. We’re wholly embracing that shift.
The DeanBeat: Yep, I’m still playing Pokémon Go
I’m one of those people who is still playing Pokémon Go, the location-based mobile game that set the world on fire in July 2016. If you...
Fortnite’s growth has slowed, but here’s why its peak is yet to come
Fortnite is already one of the biggest games in the world after months of astronomical growth, but its rate of growth is beginning to...
Fortnite’s newest item lets players create their own dimensional rifts
Epic Games released a new update for Fortnite today. The 5.30 patch adds a new item, the Rift-To-Go, and a new limited time mode, Score Royale....
Bless Unleashed is Bandai Namco’s first console-only MMORPG, and it’s coming to Xbox One
Bandai Namco has a new free-to-play game in the works, and no, this isn’t for your smartphone — it’s for your Xbox One. The...
Nintendo 3DS owners have Switched, leaving WarioWare behind
July was a great month for Nintendo. Octopath Traveler was the best-selling game in the U.S., according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. The...