September 7, 2018
Fortnite hits 15 million installs on Android
Circumventing the Google Play store wasn’t exactly a gamble for Epic, given the fact that Fortnite is essentially a license to print money. But even by its own…
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September 7, 2018
Fast-growing game engine startup Unity loses its CFO
Unity Technologies, the highly valued startup behind one of the most popular game development tools, lost its CFO Mike Foley last week, Business Insider (paywalled) reported. A company…
Read articleSeptember 6, 2018
You can now use Alexa and Cortana to control your Xbox
You can now control the Xbox from Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft announced his morning it’s introducing a new way to interact with Xbox One using voice commands, by…
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Tencent to tighten age verification checks for gamers amid government crackdown
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced it’s bringing in a new system of age checks to its video games which will be linked to a national public security…
Read articleSeptember 5, 2018
Unity CEO says half of all games are built on Unity
Unity CEO John Riccitiello came to TechCrunch Disrupt SF to give everyone an update on the world’s most popular game engine. You might not be aware that most…
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Kids’ gaming platform Roblox raises $150M
Roblox, which allows kids to create 3D worlds and games, has raised an additional $150 million in funding. The company didn’t disclose its valuation in the announcement, but…
Read articleAugust 29, 2018
Nintendo’s next mobile game arrives September 27
Nintendo was slow on the draw to enter the mobile market, but now that the company’s in, the titles are starting to come at pretty steady clip. The…
Read articleAugust 29, 2018
Never leave the basement again with this stupid opulent gaming chair
There’s no price yet on Acer’s new gaming chair, but even the “Predator Thronos” name suggests that you’ll be paying a year’s salary for the honor of taking…
Read articleAugust 27, 2018
Microsoft is about to announce Xbox All Access subscription
Microsoft published a news item announcing Xbox All Access on the Xbox blog and then unpublished it. But multiple news outlets spotted the article before Microsoft could take…
Read articleAugust 25, 2018
Fortnite’s Android installer shipped with an Epic security flaw
Google has clapped back in tremendous fashion at Epic Games, which earlier this month decided to make the phenomenally popular Fortnite available for Android via its own website…
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