Ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner tells game companies that content rules, not the medium
SAN FRANCISCO — Michael Eisner, the founder of investment firm Tornante, the owner of Topps playing card company, and former chief executive of Disney,...
Watching games may soon be more popular than playing them thanks to esports
SAN FRANCISCO — More people watch football on TV than play it. The same may be true for video games one day. That may...
Heroes of the Storm gets a $100K BlizzCon qualifer tournament in Las Vegas
Two teams from the Americas will go on to compete at Blizzcon.
Hearthstone makes $20 million a month — that’s more than Dota 2
Boys, makes some room by the hearth … and bring out the money bags. Blizzard’s digital card game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, makes $20...
Hearthstone leads digital card games as they become ‘a dominant category,’ SuperData finds
Y’all are buying a lot of digital cards. Digital collectible card games (CCGs) brought in $1.2 billion last year and should rise by another $100 million this year, analyst SuperData Research said in a new study released this morning.
You can buy Paris Hilton virtual goods in Star Girl mobile game
Oh, Lord. Here’s another test for how much celebrity branding the market can take. Animoca Brands and AID Partners Capital Holdings have launched Paris...
Take-Two blows past revenue targets but misses on earnings
Take-Two Interactive Software reported earnings that met revenue expectations for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, but it fell short on earnings targets....
Galaxy on Fire devs launch Kickstarter for rougelike 3D space shooter
Rockfish Games is the latest developer moving from the rough-and-tumble world of mobile gaming to the PC — and it’s using Kickstarter to do...
Khronos wins support from Google Android for its Vulkan graphics API
Outstanding cross-platform graphics could soon be coming in the future for all gaming devices. The Khronos Group, an open consortium of hardware and software...
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture has a heart-wrenching story that’s tough to watch
In the early morning of June 6, 1984, the residents of Shropshire County vanished. They left behind their pristine homes, farms, and cars after...