Warcraft III: Reforged reminds us why mod toolsets should matter
Warcraft III created new genres of games with its World Editor. Now with Warcraft III: Reforged there’s an update for the classic game —...
How Fnatic’s esports victories led it into hardware
Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews founded Fnatic as one of the pioneering esports organizations in 2004. Over 14 years, its teams have competed in...
The DeanBeat: How game developers can drive our platforms forward
Last night, Pokèmon Go developer Niantic announced that it was investing in a round of funding for DigiLens, a maker of holographic displays for...
Valve’s Artifact launches on Steam
Valve released its digital card game Artifact today on Steam. The Dota 2-inspired title costs $20. Blizzard Entertainment launched Hearthstone in 2014, and it...
HTC is committed to the larger XR, AR, and VR ecosystem for Vive
Virtual reality has a bright future, but for the present the consumer VR market is puttering along. Rikard Steiber, senior vice president of VR...
HTC Vive joins VirtualLink, a cable standard now backed by all major PC VR players
A universal cable standard for virtual reality devices can’t be considered “universal” without the participation of all the major makers of VR hardware. That...
Valve debuts Knuckles EV3 controllers, boosting battery before release
Valve has debuted yet another developer-only version of its Knuckles controllers, with many small improvements that users will appreciate -- at some point.
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...
Esports legitimizes itself — it doesn’t need the Olympics
When table tennis was added to the Olympic Games in 1988, its proponents had spent 57 years pushing for its inclusion. But what may...
SuperData: Hearthstone reigns over forecasted $1.5 billion digital card game market
Gaming intelligence group SuperData has released a new report on the digital card game market, noting that it expects this segment to earn $1.5...