GTA Online gets a big update with combat-free Los Santos Tuners social space
Rockstar Games has been churning out updates for Grand Theft Auto Online since 2013, but now and then, we get a hefty one. And...
Polygon Studio will offer $100M to fund gaming NFT projects
Polygon, a maker of a crypto-based platform for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), has set up a $100 million fund for projects aimed at combining the...
Animoca Brands and Brinc launch NFT accelerator Launchpad Luna
Animoca Brands and Brinc are launching the nonfungible token (NFT) accelerator: Launchpad Luna. The program is designed to identify, mentor, and invest in promising...
OpenSea raises $100M at $1.5B valuation for NFT marketplace
OpenSea raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion value from A16z to scale its open nonfungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace. The New York-based OpenSea said...
Ubisoft announces free-to-play shooter Tom Clancy’s XDefiant
Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy’s XDefiant today, a new free-to-play shooter. XDefiant looks like something like a cross between Call of Duty and Overwatch....
Road 96’s road trip gets started August 16 on the Switch and PC
The procedural road adventure game Road 96 will debut on August 16 on multiple stores on the PC and the Nintendo Switch. The Montpellier-based...
Tencent’s TiMi opens third North American triple-A game studio in Montreal
TiMi Studio Group has opened a new triple-A game studio in Montreal. It’s the third such dev outpost that the Tencent-owned entity has started...
GDC starts today with over 550 virtual talks on game development
The Game Developers Conference kicks off today as a virtual event featuring more than 550 talks on game development from Monday through Friday. And...
Psychonauts 2 hands-on — A mindful adventure
I love 3D platformers. Many of these games — like Super Mario Odyssey, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift...
Volley’s Magic Word is a voice-based puzzle game on Google Assistant
Volley has embraced the new kind of gameplay possible with voice-based games, and today it’s introducing Magic Word, an immersive puzzle game on Google...