My Friend Pedro adds brutal ballet to the classic Elevator Action formula
Taito’s Elevator Action series may have been forgotten to history, but Devolver Digital is bringing new life — and plenty of death — to...
Eon Foundation raises $5 million for blockchain game publishing
Eon Foundation has raised $5 million for its blockchain game publishing business. In doing so, the Palo Alto, California, and Singapore company hopes to...
Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector is PSVR’s cutest game
Regular readers of UploadVR will know that Games Editor David Jagneaux isn’t much of a fan of cats. Fortunately, the feline balance on the editorial...
Game Thinking book trains product designers to think like game developers
In her first career, Amy Jo Kim made hit games like The Sims, Ultima Online, Rock Band, and Covet Fashion. And in her second...
How Small Giant Games scored big with a single mobile game
Small Giant Games raised $41 million in February, making it one of the rare mobile game studios to be able to raise a large...
Roblox launches education initiative to get kids to code
Roblox is turning its expertise from making a blocky virtual world entertainment platform for kids and teens to education with a coding push. Roblox Education is...
Zynga buys 1010 maker Gram Games for $250 million
Zynga has acquired 1010 mobile game maker Gram Games for $250 million in cash plus other considerations. Frank Gibeau, CEO of San Francisco-based Zynga,...
Unforeseen Incidents review — a mystery with a few too many punchlines
Unforeseen Incidents is a classic point-and-click adventure that dives into government conspiracies and some terrible puns. It’s German indie studio Backwoods Entertainments’ first big game,...
CryptoCup brings soccer predictions to the World Cup
From CryptoKitties to game portals and gaming rewards to in-game items, distributed ledger technologies are making their way through the gaming industry. CryptoCup — a World...
Fantage kids virtual world will shut after 10 years
After 10 years, the Fantage virtual world for kids will shut down on June 30, according to a message from the company. The virtual...