December 14, 2016
Pokémon GO fitness gains were short-lived
During the supreme madness of the Pokémon GO season this summer, it wasn’t uncommon to hear people talk about how the insanely popular game was boosting activity levels…
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December 13, 2016
Boom raises $3.5M to bring 3D live streaming to e-sports
It’s easy to forget when you’re not immersed in e-sports, but the audience represented in the competitive gaming space is massive (predicted to reach nearly 292 million this…
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Improbable teams with Google, opens SpatialOS alpha for virtual world development
Improbable, the London startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz that has been developing a platform for third parties to build virtual and simulated worlds, is today launching the alpha of its first…
Read articleDecember 12, 2016
Pokémon GO gets its first Gen II Pokémon and a special limited edition Pikachu (with a Santa hat)
Pokémon GO players were expecting details about new Pokémon today… and sure enough, we just got them. Pokémon from the series’ second generation (“Johto”) are making their way…
Read articleDecember 12, 2016
Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios to open in Japan by 2020
Mario’s got a date with Universal Studios theme parks, and the first concrete one is 2020: That’s the year Nintendo and Universal are targeting for the debut of…
Read articleDecember 9, 2016
Gamer chat app Discord hits 25 million users, can now be used in developers’ own games
Jason Citron, who previously founded and sold the early mobile social gaming network OpenFeint, returned to gaming startups with the launch of Discord in May 2015. This voice and text…
Read articleDecember 9, 2016
Super Mario Run needs a constant internet connection to run
It a bit of news that will surely shift the value proposition of Mario’s long-awaited iPhone debut for legions of underground commuters, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed this week that…
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Nintendo will pay you up to $20,000 to hack the 3DS
So you bought a Nintendo 3DS to play some Pokemon Sun… but now your Pokedex is complete and you’ve explored every inch of Alola. Now what? If you’ve…
Read articleDecember 8, 2016
Google’s Daydream VR just got some new games: Here’s how they rank
The primary weakness of Google’s Daydream VR is still a lack of content, but the young platform got a bunch of new software today, including a sizeable list…
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Super Mario Run first month revenue projected at over $70M
Nintendo is putting Super Mario Run out for everyone on December 15, which is just one short week away. The new mobile game is the iconic plumber’s first…
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