Tim Cook is surprisingly confident about the promise of augmented reality
Today, on Apple’s quarterly earnings call with financial analysts, Apple CEO Tim Cook spent some time talking up augmented reality (AR). Apple doesn’t have...
Pokémon Go: What I’ve learned from spending more than $50 on in-game purchases
My name is Jeff, and I’ve been monetized. I’ve spent around $65 in Pokémon Go to make my quest to catch ’em all a little easier. I’ve used that money on a variety of items, and I have some regrets about my personal financial-management skills.
Here’s our agenda for GamesBeat 2016: The Platform Awakens — with 93 speakers
I’ve worked for months to recruit, and sometimes re-recruit, 93 speakers for GamesBeat 2016, our game conference that runs August 1-3 at the beautiful...
Pokémon Go developer’s first game, Ingress, surges in Japan
Pokémon Go is so popular in Japan that some players are also diving into the studio’s other game as well. Ingress, the GPS-powered location-based...
Pokémon Go creator John Hanke talks game’s success and future at Comic-Con
(Reuters) — The creator of the wildly popular Pokémon Go gaming app received the celebrity treatment on Sunday at the final day of San Diego’s...
Why it’s hard to go from building games on console to mobile
It’s exceedingly hard to take a hit game franchise on consoles and make it successful on mobile devices. Pokémon Go has made that seem easy, but...
Syrian children hold Pokémon Go photos to say ‘come save me’
As the Pokémon Go frenzy continues, children in civil war-torn Syria are asking the world to consider their plight when hunting for Pikachus, Zubats, and Charmanders....
Why Pokémon Go’s strategy won’t work for you
Like any cultural phenomenon, Pokémon Go is one hundred percent polarizing. You’re either on your phone right now reading between PokeStops or you have...
You have a First Amendment right to play Pokémon Go anywhere in public
As Pokémon Go takes over the world, players are finding themselves in a strange new place called “outside.” This has led to a few run-ins...
YouTube: Pokémon Go is ‘a unique video game phenomenon like no other’
If you haven’t heard of Pokémon Go by now, you’re probably living under a rock and I’m impressed with your ability to get online...