Wolfenstein 2

‘Wolfenstein 2’ First-person action shooter now available

The highly-anticipated first-person shooter “Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus” from Bethesda Games is currently live and out there for download.   Fans of Nazi battles will have good reason to stay home this weekend as “Wolfenstein 2” just went live on October. 27 at 12 a.m. EDT. For those planning to download the game on […]

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eSports viewing

‘Overwatch’ director plans to improve eSports viewing based on user feedback

eSports are becoming a bigger and bigger industry, and game directors are taking notice. Today, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan released a YouTube video detailing changes the team is creating to the game based on user feedback once it comes to eSports. you’ll see the video below.   Specifically, the team behind Overwatch needed to […]

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Old Games

U.S. gov’t stands by DMCA will continue to preserve old games

The us Copyright office stated today that after a period of soliciting feedback and comments, it plans to recommend that all exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act be renewed.   At least one of those exemptions directly impacts the game industry: an exemption for museums, libraries, and other archival efforts circumventing the DMCA in […]

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game broadcast service

Mixer.com Microsoft’s game broadcast service now Support in 21 languages

Mixer has always been to connect broadcasters and viewers around the globe, and it’s been amazing to see our community grow internationally this year. With this global growth, the number one piece of feedback we’ve seen is added language support.   You certainly do not need to speak English to watch or broadcast games on […]

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Original Xbox

Microsoft’s store appearing in Original Xbox backward compatibility games

Microsoft revealed at E3 earlier this year that the Xbox One will be backwards compatible with some original Xbox games. It appears the feature is ready to launch, as original Xbox games ar currently showing in Microsoft’s “games on demand” section of the Xbox marketplace. Star Wars: Knights of the previous Republic, Neowave: The King […]

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UK orders

UK orders forced to stop online casino games aimed at under 18s

Have you ever seen a gambling machine or web site that was all too conspicuously aimed at children? British regulators certainly have. The country’s Gambling Commission and advertising overseers have ordered over 450 gambling sites to “immediately” take away casino games they say saying} are targeting the under-18 crowd. The cartoonish graphics, cute characters and […]

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Messenger Instant Games

Messenger Instant Games developers monetize with purchases and ads

Facebook is ramping up its efforts to attract developers and so users to its ‘Instant Games’ feature in messenger. the company these days declared that developers will now add in-app purchases and advertisements to Instant Games, a move that the company hopes can make messenger a more attractive platform…   For advertisements, developers will choose […]

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