Gosu.ai raises $1.9 million to automate game training advice
Alisa Chumachenko, the founder of Game Insight, is back with a new startup called Gosu.ai, which she bills as a training lab that combines...
Nintendo Switch sets records as PlayStation 4 tops February’s sales chart
Nintendo Switch’s unprecedented sales success continued through the end of its 12th month, but Sony’s PlayStation 4 outsold its competition in February. The NPD...
February NPD 2018: Monster Hunter repeats as top game in the U.S.
Gaming consumers in the United States are dropping money on hardware and games even as February had a dearth of earth-shattering new releases. The...
Sea of Thieves is mesmerizing and hilarious
Microsoft and developer Rare launched Sea of Thieves last night for Windows 10 and Xbox One. After an hour-and-a-half with the final retail build,...
Ubisoft evades hostile takeover by swapping Vivendi for Tencent
Ubisoft is announcing today that French multimedia conglomerate Vivendi is selling all of its shares in the game maker. This ends Vivendi’s bid to...
HTC stealthily releases Vive Tracker 2018 for $99
Roughly one year after releasing the original Vive Tracker to developers and less than six months after the consumer release, HTC has quietly started to...
Sea of Thieves servers crushed under wave of would-be pirates
Sea of Thieves is an online piracy simulator where you can work together with a crew to sail a ship to remote islands and into uncharted waters. You perform missions for computer-controlled characters, and you can get into battles with other players in their boats.
Unity emphasizes quality over quantity in latest game engine improvements
Unity CEO John Riccitiello said at a developer event that the company reaches billions of players through its game engine customers, who generate billions...
NBC Universal, Unity, Intel, and Microsoft kick off big indie game contest
Some big companies are getting together to create an indie game developers contest that will enable them to make prototype games based on some...
Sensor Tower: Fortnite players spend $1.5 million on iOS version
Fortnite isn’t just winning over celebrity fans; it’s also making money. As I reported earlier today, Fortnite is the No. 2 highest-grossing game on iOS,...