Discord hires former Xbox exec Elizabeth Hamren as COO
Discord has hired former Xbox executive Elizabeth Hamren as its new chief operating officer. She will work with CEO Jason Citron and oversee teams...
Spiritfarer has sold 1M copies with launch of the Farewell Edition
Thunder Lotus, the developers of Spiritfarer, announced today the game has surpassed 1 million in sales since it launched just over a year ago....
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s Year 2 plans include Ragnarök expansion and Odyssey crossover
Ubisoft detailed plans today for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla’s second year of new content, which will see the release of the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion...
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan is back with NFT gaming marketplace Fractal
Twitch cofounder Justin Kan has a new startup called Fractal that will create a marketplace for gaming nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Kan said in an...
Analogue Pocket review — The definitive Game Boy experience
With the Analogue Pocket, gaming fans have a pristine new way to experience chunky old handheld games. The experience is so good using the...
VGames raises second fund totaling $141M to invest in game studios
VGames has raised a second fund totaling $141 million to invest in game studios. The Tel Aviv, Israel-based fund previously raised $60 million in...
Gala Games and C² Ventures launch $100M fund for blockchain games
Gala Games and C² Ventures launched a $100 million fund to accelerate the development of blockchain gaming. The fund represents an alliance between Gala...
Tina Summerford: Why the story of Xbox is so compelling 20 years later
Power On: The Story of Xbox is a six-part documentary debuting Monday about the making of Microsoft’ s Xbox video game consoles. I recorded...
Newzoo: Japanese gamers prefer single-player games over multiplayer
Japanese gamers, who make up a huge percentage of the gaming population, have somewhat different tastes than those elsewhere in the world, according to...
Two Siberian twin brothers in New Zealand want to build the metaverse
That headline for this story sounds very unlikely, but I bet it got your attention. When I met Alexey and Afanasiy Ushnisky in 2015,...