Microsoft acquires Obsidian Entertainment, a premier role-playing game studio
After adding five studios this year, Microsoft’s shopping cart isn’t full yet, as the publisher announced the acquisition of Obsidian Entertainment, one of the top...
Microsoft acquires InXile to make role-playing games for Xbox, PC
The Xbox team’s acquisition storm continues. The publisher revealed today that it is folding Wasteland 2 and Torment: Tides of Numenera studio InXile Entertainment...
Crackdown 3 launches February 15
Microsoft announced today at its XO18 fan event in Mexico City that Crackdown 3 is coming out for Xbox One and PC on February...
Xbox Game Pass gets 16 new games, including PUBG
Microsoft announced that the Xbox Game Pass subscription is getting 16 new games, including PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Akin to Netflix for movies, the Xbox Game...
Watch a master play Tetris Effect live
Tetris Effect is available now for PlayStation 4, and it’s an excellent game. Tetris is already wonderful and has been for decades, and Tetris...
Battlefield V has a moving prologue for its War Stories
Battlefield V got a negative reaction from a small, vocal segment of fans when it depicted a woman warrior on its cover instead of...
Activision Blizzard hits Q3 earnings but spooks investors with weak Q4 forecast
Investors seem prone to be spooked about Activision Blizzard‘s earnings these days. Activision Blizzard reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended September 30...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is selling 3-times faster than Black Ops III on PC
Activision Blizzard just reported the results of its fiscal Q3. The company hit its own expectations, but it came up short relative to what...
PUBG fixed? New patch addresses the desync problem
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer PUBG Corp. is still running its “#FixPUBG” campaign. The studio has promised to deal with common problems that have ruined a...
Skillz: Jacksonville tops list of 25 biggest U.S. mobile esports cities
Mobile esports firm Skillz released data today that shows where the most skilled mobile esports players live in the U.S. And the study shows...