Estars launches interactive esports engagement platform for fans
Estars is unveiling an interactive engagement platform for esports events around the world. The Dublin-based company bills itself as a fan-first destination for everything esports,...
New Nintendo Switch model coming from the company that released 6 3DSes
Nintendo is planning a revision of its megapopular hybrid home/handheld Switch console for 2019, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The goal...
Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime leaves a legacy of quality and kindness for the video game industry
Mike Morhaime was not the primary leader of Blizzard Entertainment when he and his cohorts formed it (as Silicon & Synapse) 27 years ago....
The RetroBeat: Mortal Kombat’s green screen tech returns in Super Kombat Fighter
Today, the original Mortal Kombat games’ use of live actors in front of a green screen may look … well, a bit quaint. But...
Super Mario Party review — It’s finally fun again
Mario Party is due a renaissance. It hasn’t felt all that much different since it debuted on the Nintendo 64 way back in 1998....
IronSource lets app developers measure ad marketing channel effectiveness
IronSource is launching a new way for app and game developers to accurately measure ad revenue on the user level and then link that data...
Jam City encourages mobile gamers to vote in midterm elections
Mobile game publisher Jam City wants players to get out to vote for the U.S. midterm elections, and it’s partnering with the national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit...
Razer has its own router now — the $250 Sila
Razer is on a mission. Its goal is to put the word “gaming” in front of every product it can think of. This has...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate esports tournament to air on TBS’s Eleague
Super Smash Bros. Ultiamte isn’t coming until December, but it’s getting an esports TV show in November. TBS announced today that it will broadcast...
Windows gets DirectX Raytracing for that $1,200 video card you bought
Microsoft has a major update going out for Windows 10 right now. The October 2018 update includes DirectX R (DXR). This is the newest...