Minecraft: Education Edition’s free update adds teacher pause button and taller buildings
Minecraft is getting some new tools in its quest to educate. Microsoft announced a new, free update today for the Education Edition of its...
Dishonored 2’s free update adds Custom Difficulty and Mission Select features
Dishonored 2 is adding a way for you to customize your adventure with new options. Bethesda announced today that it has a released a...
Morgan Stanley raises Battlefield 1 sales estimate to 15 million
One of Electronic Arts’ biggest franchises may have had an even better holiday than many analysts were first expecting. Morgan Stanley, a Wall Street...
How Heroes of the Storm is evolving its esports scene
Heroes of the Storm is evolving as an esport. Blizzard’s new Heroes Global Championship (HGC) league starts this weekend. It’s a new format for competitive play for Heroes of the Storm, the developer’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title.
Minecraft Realms gets new maps with class-based brawling and a music light show
Minecraft isn’t all building houses and digging holes. Mojang has announced new content out today for Minecraft Realms, a subscription service for the block-building game...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney to receive lifetime achievement award at GDC
As CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney has been a graphics wizard and a leader of the game industry since the 1990s. And he...
U.S. gaming industry earned $30.4 billion in 2016, up from 2015
2016 was a year of growth for the U.S. gaming industry. According to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the...
2016 NPD: Call of Duty No. 1, Battlefield No. 2 on 2016’s list of best-selling games
2016 is over. Here are the games that made the most of the year. The NPD Group has released its list of the 10...
December 2016 NPD: Final Fantasy XV shows it has a new recipe for franchise’s sales
It was a good month for Final Fantasy and Pokémon, but video game sales continue to see overall declines. The video game industry generated $2.8...
XCOM 2’s Long War 2 fan mod is now available for PC
XCOM fans are going to have a busy day. 2K announced today that the free Long War 2 mod is available for its strategy game XCOM 2 on PC via the Steam Wokshop. It gives player a longer campaign than the original game (about 100 to 120 missions), smarter enemies, and new soldier classes.
