Kongregate acquires Bit Heroes, a dungeon-crawling RPG for PC and mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 18, 2019 2 min Game publisher Kongregate, a division of MTG, said it has acquired the Bit Heroes, a dungeon-crawl role-playing game for PC, mobile, and web. The... Continue Reading 2 min
Fire Emblem: Three Houses hands-on — conveniences and calendars Posted byby Mike Minotti July 12, 2019 4 min Fire Emblem: Fates is a safe sequel to the excellent Fire Emblem: Awakening, but Three Houses looks to make some interesting changes to Nintendo’s... Continue Reading 4 min
Dragon Quest Builders 2 review — Busywork is happy work Posted byby Jason Wilson July 11, 2019 4 min One of the sports desks I worked on had a motto: “Busywork is happy work.” This was the mantra of my boss and me... Continue Reading 4 min
I’m not playing Shadowbringers yet, but I’m still loving Final Fantasy XIV Posted byby Mike Minotti July 10, 2019 3 min Final Fantasy XIV recently saw the release of its third expansion, Shadowbringers, which came out on July 2. Everyone seems to love it. I... Continue Reading 3 min
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $2.65 billion in three years Posted byby Mike Minotti July 9, 2019 1 min Pokémon Go first launched on July 6, 2016, so Niantic‘s mobile game has now been out for three years. And the location-based experience has... Continue Reading 1 min
Boyfriend Dungeon interview: Falling in love with ‘Tinder for Swords’ Posted byby Jason Wilson July 4, 2019 9 min When GamesBeat first learned of Boyfriend Dungeon, we called it “Tinder for Swords.” It’s an apt statement. The idea behind this role-playing game is... Continue Reading 9 min
Hearthstone’s Saviors of Uldum expansion brings back Quests and the League of Explorers Posted byby Mike Minotti July 1, 2019 2 min Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Saviors of Uldum is the next expansion for Hearthstone. The new set of 135 cards will release on August... Continue Reading 2 min
Atelier interview: Finding the proper mixture for a niche RPG Posted byby Jason Wilson June 30, 2019 4 min The Atelier series has a conceit that’s a bit different from the Final Fantasys, Tales, and just about every other Japanese role-playing games out... Continue Reading 4 min
Final Fantasy XIV is getting a live-action TV adaptation Posted byby Mike Minotti June 27, 2019 2 min Sony announced today that it is teaming up with Hivemind, the production company behind the sci-fi series The Expanse and the upcoming TV show... Continue Reading 2 min
Pokémon Masters comes to iOS and Android this summer Posted byby Mike Minotti June 27, 2019 1 min Pokémon Masters is an upcoming mobile game from DeNA that is releasing this summer for iOS and Android. It will focus on Pokémon battles... Continue Reading 1 min