Vicarious Visions’ merger with Blizzard is bad for gamers
Today, Activision announced that it is merging Vicarious Visions with Blizzard Entertainment. Vicarious, a studio that had found a niche creating superb remake compilations...
Puzzle Quest 3 announced as a free-to-play sequel
505 Games has announced Puzzle Quest 3 today, a new installment in the franchise that combines match-3 puzzle mechanics with RPG-inspired progression and story...
Hitman 1 and 2 players probably shouldn’t play Hitman 3 yet
Hitman 3 is the excellent culmination of developer IO Interactive’s modern trilogy of assassination simulators, but fans should probably hold off on playing it...
Opera acquires YoYo Games for $10 million and launches Opera Gaming division
Web browser maker Opera has acquired YoYo Games, the maker of the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine, for $10 million, and it has also...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning comes to Switch on March 16
THQ Nordic announced today that Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will release for Switch on March 16. Kingdoms of Amalur first debuted in 2012. The...
Hitman 3 review — A world made entirely out of Chekhov’s guns
Hitman works because developer IO Interactive builds the games as predictable and rigid machines. And as players, we control the key to this machine...
GamesBeat Decides: Sonic’s best (and worst) friends
We had so much fun making a tier list of Nintendo’s consoles last week that Jeff Grubb and I are back at it again...
The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight
I enjoyed my holiday break because it gave me time to play a lot more games than normal. And after spending about 20 hours...
Ultimate Gamer Worldwide Open will give away $1 million in prizes
Esports competitions are still pretty hot, and Ultimate Gamer plans to give away $1 million in prizes for its tournament that starts on March...
505 Games acquires Puzzle Quest studio Infinity Plus Two
505 Games and its parent company, Digital Bros, announced today the acquisition of Infinity Plus Two, the studio behind puzzle game hits Puzzle Quest...