Scopely, the maker of the popular mobile game Star Trek: Fleet Command and the acquirer of FoxNext Games, has raised $200 million in additional funding. The new funding the company’s Series D round (fourth round) brings the total raised to $400 million. That amount speaks to the opportunities in the $100 billion mobile game business. […]
Relive Jurassic Park Inside Half-Life 2 With This New Mod
There is a new Half-Life 2 mod on the horizon – one that lets you explore Jurassic Park pretty much in its entirety. Jurassic Life is an entirely fan-made project led by a modest but super driven group of modders, who have spent an unbelievable number of years carefully recreating (and reinventing) the classic Jurassic Park world using the Source engine. The development […]
Audio-Only Game The Vale Coming To Xbox One This Year
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown is an action-adventure game that is entirely audio-based, set to release on Xbox One in Q2 2020, as well as on PC in “Early 2020” (although we’re almost out of Early 2020 aren’t we?). There is a relative paucity of games designed entirely with accessibility for blind or otherwise visually-impaired people […]
What time does Animal Crossing New Horizons release on Nintendo Switch?
With all the weirdness in the world right now with coronavirus, the release of Animal Crossing New Horizons will come as a welcome distraction. And Nintendo fans don’t have long to wait now – it’s almost time! Animal Crossing New Horizons is one of the most anticipated games of the year, alongside DOOM Eternal. The […]
Watch TimTheTatman Play As Echo In Overwatch Right Now
Streaming star TimTheTatman is checking out Echo, the newest hero coming to Overwatch. He was joined by Overwatch’s director Jeff Kaplan who walked through Echo’s development and role on the roster. Tim is also showing off different videos, such as Echo’s origin, during the stream. Echo is a new DPS character with a tri-shot, glide, […]
Sign-Ups For Guilty Gear Strive’s Closed Beta Are Now Live
Arc System Works has announced that sign-ups for Guilty Gear Strive’s closed beta are now live. Running from April 16 to April 19, the beta will feature seven playable characters and will feature traditional delay-based netcode. In an interesting move, Arc System Works is actually embracing the future and will be implementing rollback netcode for […]
Microsoft unveils DirectX 12 Ultimate with improved ray tracing
Microsoft is moving on to the next generation of its DirectX gaming APIs for Windows and Xbox. DirectX 12 Ultimate enables developers to unlock all of the hardware features on PC and in the Xbox Series X. This includes a number of methods for improving game visuals and performance. DirectX 12 Ultimate is getting that […]
Sea of Stars is a gorgeous retro-RPG from The Messenger studio Sabotage
Sabotage Studios announced Sea of Stars today, a new role-playing game inspired by the 16-bit era. This is the same studio behind the excellent 2018 action-sidescroller The Messenger (it was one of my favorite games that year). In fact, Sea of Stars takes place in the same universe, its story serving as a prequel. Sea of […]
Mainframe Industries raises $8.3 million for cloud-native games
Mainframe Industries has raised $8.3 million to develop cloud-native games in a financing led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional investment from Riot Games. The Finnish-Icelandic gaming studio founded by former CCP, Remedy Entertainment, and Next Games veterans is developing an unannounced cloud-native massively multiplayer online game that is designed and built at Mainframe’s Helsinki and […]
ProGrade Digital™ Announces a Thunderbolt 3™ CFexpress™ and XQD Reader and a Dual-Slot CFexpress and SDXC™ Reader
Data transfer rate capability up to 5GB/s revolutionizes workflow for imaging professionals SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 19, 2020– ProGrade Digital™, founded with a mission to provide the highest quality professional grade digital memory cards and workflow solutions, announces two new card readers to its industry leading product line. The PG04 is a Thunderbolt 3 reader […]