Ubisoft researcher takes a bird’s-eye view of tech, games, and entertainment
Lidwine Sauer is paid to be one of Ubisoft’s big thinkers. She’s the director of insights and trends for Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab, a...
Overwatch League will reward Twitch viewers with tokens for in-game skins
Twitch announced today that a new program will give Overwatch League viewers tokens that they can use to buy team-based character skins inside Blizzard...
Blade’s Shadow cloud gaming PC starts shipping in California
Blade is launching a cloud-gaming service dubbed Shadow in California today. The service enables any mobile device or computer, including a small hardware device...
Newzoo: Esports could hit 380 million fans and $906 million in revenues in 2018
Global esports revenues will grow 38 percent to $906 million in 2018 and further grow to $1.65 billion by 2021, according to a new...
Visual Out explores the inside of an old computer on March 15
In Visual Out, you play as a software program navigating the guts of a dying computer. But it’s nothing like the sleek neon lines...
Burnout Paradise Remastered crashes onto PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 16
Criterion Games announced today that Burnout Paradise Remastered will release for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 16. Burnout Paradise first came out in...
Doom on Switch gets much-demanded gyro motion controls
A new patch for the Nintendo Switch version of Doom has added motion controls to the first-person shooter. It also includes a new partying...
Empires & Puzzles maker Small Giant Games raises $41 million for mobile titles
Finnish gaming companies have a strong record of on mobile, and the latest example is Small Giant Games, which is announcing today that it...
Qualcomm partners with Hatch for cloud-based mobile games service
Hatch Entertainment wants to create a cloud-based games-on-demand service for mobile gamers, and it is announcing a big partnership today to make it happen...
Fe review — a conversation with a breathtakingly beautiful alien forest
Zoink’s Fe is a gorgeous reverie, awash in beautiful colors and accompanied by a soundtrack of soulful strings. You play as a small animal,...