(Reuters) — Shares of Snap rallied 23% on Tuesday after the Snapchat messaging app owner beat user growth and revenue forecasts as more people signed up to chat with friends and family during the coronavirus pandemic. Daily active users (DAUs), a widely watched metric by investors and advertisers, rose 18% year-over-year to 249 million in […]
How to play as Steve from Minecraft in Smash Bros. – plus Ver. 9.0.0 patch notes
Minecraft is now a part of Smash Bros., as Steve, Alex, a zombie, and an enderman are all playable and all surprisingly great. Thanks to the coronavirus Fighters Pass Vol. 2 is taking a lot longer to complete than first expected but the second of the six new DLC fighters is now live in Super […]
How To Use Pokémon’s Mewtwo As A Dungeons & Dragons Boss
Mewtwo was intended to be the most fearsome Pokemon in Pokemon Red & Blue, but all challenge was taken away by the presence of the Master Ball. A Dungeons & Dragons party will have no such luck if they run afoul of Mewtwo in some mysterious dungeon. Mewtwo was the product of bizarre gene-splicing experiments performed on the […]
Ever Wanted To Play As Cosmic Ghost Rider? Now You Can
Apparently there’s a Cosmic Ghost Rider, and he looks bada**. He’ll also be playable in Marvel Contest of Champions, taking part in a new event centered around his battle with the Red Goblin. The mobile game will spend its October with a new Event Quest called Recursion. Apparently the Red Goblin is going to lead […]
Chris Mann boards REV/XP as Senior Vice President – Esports Insider
Sports marketing agency rEvolution has tapped Chris Mann to serve as the SVP of its gaming and esports division, REV/XP. The agency currently manages Chipotle’s gaming and esports activities. RELATED: Dignitas bolsters esports operations with staff restructuring Mann spoke on his new venture in a release: “I was immediately drawn to rEvolution’s great people and leadership. […]
HeroQuest Is Back As Avalon Games Turns To Hasbro Pulse To Secure Preorders
The poster child of the 1980s fantasy board games is back! Yes, that’s right children, HeroQuest has returned! Time to celebrate, play the music, cut the cake, and… what? Wait? There’s a… ok, we have a problem. HeroQuest is a fantasy dungeon-crawler-lite board game released in the UK in 1989 where it was embraced by […]
Rocket League goes free as it leaves Steam, and Epic will give you $10 to play it
Rocket League, the multiplayer soccer game played with rocket-powered cars, took the world by storm over the last few years, complete with proper esports leagues and world championships. This week, it took yet another step toward total supremacy by going free to play on the Epic Games Store. Better yet, Epic will even give you […]
Xbox One X Sales Skyrocket As Preorders For Xbox Series X Go Live
September 22 marks the day that Xbox Series X preorders went live. It also marks the day that Xbox One X sales saw a dramatic increase. Coincidence? Maybe, or it could all be a hilariously unfortunate misunderstanding. A post from Andrew Alerts has gone viral on Twitter, an industry insider with a specialty tracking seller […]
Godfall Confirmed As A PS5 Launch Title
We’re still learning the full PS5 launch line-up now that we know that the system is releasing on November 12 for $500 (or $400 for the digital edition). One PS5 game that was announced early, Godfall, has now been announced as a launch title, meaning that you can grab it alongside the new system. Godfall […]
"As A Consumer, I Love This – As A Technical Producer, I See Trouble," Says Remedy Producer On Xbox Series S
Remedy Games technical producer Sasan Sepehr recently expressed concern about yesterday’s Xbox Series S reveal, noting that it’s a double-edged sword when you consider the sides of both consumers and producers. Sepehr took to Twitter in order to voice his reservations – you can check out the tweet below, which was posted as a direct response to […]