YouTube Gaming app is dead, but its features survive on YouTube proper
YouTube is creating a new Gaming destination. The video site serves game-related content to more than 200 million people each day, according to YouTube....
Australian study: Loot boxes are more like gambling than baseball cards
In June, the Australian Parliament's Environment and Communications References Committee began researching video game loot boxes. Just two-and-a-half months later, the group has reported its findings. And it's bad news Electronic Arts and most of the mobile gaming business, according to news site Lexology.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout beta extends to noon Pacific, increases to 100 players
Treyarch announced today that it is extending the beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4‘s Blackout mode on all platforms to noon Pacific...
John Riccitiello Q&A: How Unity CEO views Epic’s Fortnite success
Years ago, Epic Games pitched a little game called Fortnite to then-Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello. Not so prophetically, he turned it down. Fortnite...
The DeanBeat: The blockchain hype train comes to gaming
Blockchain this and that. You hear it all the time now. I get pitched a few times per week, or sometimes per day, on...
NZXT’s BLD custom-PC service launches in Canada
PC component manufacturer NZXT has spend the last couple of years expanding its lineup of products. It has also worked to establish its BLD...
Jurassic World: Evolution gets new challenge mode and more sandbox options
Frontier Developments released an update today for Jurassic World: Evolution on Xbox One and PC (it is coming to the PlayStation 4 version later). The...
Former Riot Games vets raise $2.5 million for Singularity 6 games studio
Singularity 6 has raised $2.5 million in seed investment from London Venture Partners to build a game studio. The Los Angeles game developer was...
Minecraft Team partners with Target for new merch and in-store events
Target is about to pack even more Minecraft-related products into its stores. The retailer and The Minecraft Team announced today that they are collaborating...
Ring of Elysium is the most exciting battle royale launching this fall
Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds better look out. Tencent Games has made its own battle royale game called Ring of Elysium. It is coming to Steam...