John Hanke: Niantic wants Pokémon Go to look more like its first trailer
Remember how cool that first trailer for Pokémon Go looked? So does John Hanke. The Niantic chief executive officer was onstage with Epic Games chief executive...
Square Enix’s sales are down despite Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Octopath Traveler
Despite the release of some big games, Square Enix reported that net sales were down 15 percent in the six months ending on September...
Drivetime raises $4 million for voice-based trivia game for drivers
Yes, playing games in the car is for real, and it might not be as distracting as it sounds, according to startup Drivetime. Drivetime...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $73 million in October, up 67% from last year
Pokémon Go made $73 million in revenue in October, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower — and that’s a significant boost from how Niantic’s...
Tencent has access to China’s national citizen database
The Chinese government doesn’t want children playing games for several hours every day. It said as much in a public notice from August. Now,...
Pokémon Go studio Niantic rekindles its first game with launch of Ingress Prime
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has rebooted its original location-based game with the launch of Ingress Prime. Like its predecessors Ingress and Pokémon Go, Ingress Prime is...
Diablo: Immortal is a co-development project between Blizzard and NetEase
Blizzard Entertainment is making Diablo: Immortal with Chinese mobile developer NetEase, senior game producer Joe Hsu told GamesBeat during an interview at BlizzCon 2018...
Diablo: Immortal hands-on — calm down, it’s fine
I love playing Diablo III on Switch. The series’ action-heavy gameplay works great in shorter bursts. I’m more comfortable playing a bit of Diablo...
Diablo: Immortal is coming to mobile
Blizzard Entertainment announced that a Diablo game is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Android. It will be action role-playing game. It’s called Diablo: Immortal....
Hearthstone’s next expansion is Rastakhan’s Rumble
Blizzard Entertainment announced the next expansion for Hearthstone during its BlizzCon event today in Anaheim, California. It’s called Rastakhan’s Rumble, and it launches on December...