The DeanBeat: How Canada’s game industry is thriving, one Cuphead at a time
I spent a few days at the Montreal International Game Summit this week, where 2,600 game developers gathered to talk shop. It was, once...
Star Wars: Battlefront II’s ‘The Last Jedi’ update introduces ‘old’ Iden
I’m seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi tonight, and that means that it’s time for all of the related video game products to launch their live...
Call of Duty: WWII is a sales juggernaut unlike the series has seen since Black Ops II
Call of Duty is back, and all it took to get back on top was a little world war. Activision’s perennially popular military shooter...
November NPD 2017: Call of Duty: WWII leads $2.7 billion month as sales are up 30% year-over-year
The video game industry was booming last month as holiday spending kicked in. Spending was up across the board, totaling $2.68 billion and up...
November 2017 NPD: Xbox One brings in more spending, but Sony sells more PlayStation 4s
U.S. consumers wanted new video game hardware in November, and they spent a ton of money getting the latest Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo devices....
Race for the Galaxy launches Brink of War expansion
Temple Gates Games debuted its take on the popular sci-fi card game Race for the Galaxy for mobile devices in May, and it launched its PC version of the...
Ataribox hits the pause button on its crowdfunding campaign
Atari was supposed to start taking preorders along with launching its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo today for its new Ataribox console. However, it seems...
Photographs is You Must Build a Boat studio’s pensive narrative puzzler
Indie studio EightyEight Games is best known for frenetic mobile games like 10,000,000 and You Must Build a Boat — but Photographs shows a...
Sea of Thieves developer Rare explains how the game and its progression works
Sea of Thieves is one of Microsoft's biggest upcoming games, and now developer Rare is finally explaining its structure. The online multiplayer pirate sim has pleasantly surprised us with its humor, collaborative interactions, and water physics the last couple of times we've seen it.
Mixer relaunches streaming app on iOS and Android
Microsoft’s Mixer division is launching its Mixer livestreaming app for Android and iOS today. The company said the new app is the result of...