November 30, 2017
New Destiny 2 Alexa skills let you ask Ghost to do stuff in-game
Destiny 2 fans will know that you get your own virtual assistant of source in the game world – Ghost, who sort of floats around and guides you.…
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November 28, 2017
Fox announces an ‘X-Files’ mobile game coming in 2018
Not content to just revive The X-Files on television, Fox is also bringing the franchise to phones and tablets. The new title from FoxNext Games and Creative Mobile…
Read articleNovember 27, 2017
Nintendo’s Animal Crossing mobile title hits 15 million downloads less than a week after wide release
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp marked Nintendo’s most significant mobile title launch since Mario Run and it seems like the game has already delivered some significant downloads, with data…
Read articleNovember 24, 2017
Pokémon Go creator raises $200 million ahead of Harry Potter game launch
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has raised a new $200 million in funding, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Series B raise was led by Spark Capital, and includes…
Read articleNovember 21, 2017
Shadow upgrades its cloud computer for gamers and opens signups to everyone
French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, announced at a press conference that it is launching new offers, updating specifications and the ability to become a client and…
Read articleNovember 21, 2017
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just hit iOS and Android a day early
No doubt hoping to get a jump on that holiday traffic, Nintendo’s latest mobile opus, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has hit iOS and Android a day ahead of…
Read articleNovember 20, 2017
Internet of Elephants uses AR to get up close to endangered species, turns their migrations into a game
Wildlife conservation groups have made a lot of strides in raising awareness of animals whose populations or natural habitats are endangered, and what we can do to help.…
Read articleNovember 17, 2017
Hours before launch, EA strips micro-transactions from ‘Star Wars: Battlefront II’
Just hours before the full launch of Battlefront II, Electronic Arts has announced that they’re removing in-game micro-transactions entirely from the title for the time being as they…
Read articleNovember 16, 2017
They turned ‘Rampage’ into a movie (and here’s the first trailer)
Remember Rampage? It was a classic Midway arcade game (perhaps the greatest arcade game) where you got to bash cities to rubble while playing as a giant gorilla,…
Read articleNovember 16, 2017
Pip is a retro games console for kids to learn coding
Another UK startup is using Pi electronics as the foundation for an edtech business idea, and Kickstarter to try to crowdfund their product: A learn-to-code retro games console.…
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