Square Enix Montreal celebrates a decade of triple-A mobile games
Square Enix Montreal is celebrating its 10th year as a mobile game studio focused on triple-A franchises. The studio opened its doors in 2011...
Why Unity scooped up Weta Digital’s 3D tools for $1.6B
Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital has made some of the most amazing movie special effects, like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films. And...
Unpacking is a relaxing game with no words and a great story
The act of tidying up has spawned an entire genre of reality-based micro-entertainment. Whether it’s power washing sidewalks on Reddit, restocking pantries on TikTok,...
Neon raises $10.5M for blockchain-based shooter game Shrapnel
Neon has raised $10.5 million to build a blockchain-based first-person shooter game dubbed Shrapnel that the company says will be a triple-A production. Seattle-based...
Rainbow Six Extraction receives January release date and Buddy Pass
Ubisoft today announced a release date for its upcoming shooter, Rainbow Six Extraction. After the publisher delayed the survival adventure out of its original...
The DeanBeat: Why NFT game startups will win while big publishers wait for regulation
Just like the metaverse has captivated the imagination of the game industry, so to have nonfungible tokens (NFTs). But while the metaverse has been...
Back 4 Blood sales seem unphased by day-one Xbox Game Pass launch
The common wisdom surrounding Xbox Game Pass is that it’s great, but it will destroy game sales. And yet, we can definitely seen evidence...
October 2021 NPD: Far Cry and Metroid rocket industry sales up 16%
Gaming fans in the United States showed up in a big way in October when it comes to spending money on their hobby. All...
1 vs. 100 is in the works at Microsoft
Be cool, everybody, because 1 vs. 100 may soon make a comeback. The company’s AltSpaceVR team is working on the project with full support...
World of Warcraft plans to wrap up Shadowlands in next update
World of Warcraft gave players the first details for its next major patch, 9.2, which will be the final part of the Shadowlands expansion....