Omnidrone raises $2 million

Omnidrone raises $2 million :
Digital Chocolate Barcelona devs will expand new studio after successful first round

Hands-on with the Elite: Dangerous alpha

Hands-on with the Elite: Dangerous alpha :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Galleries, Screenshots, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, PvE, Hands-On, First Impressions, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Elite: Dangerous I don't have much history with Elite.

Mobage levers platform-wide approach with 100,000 MobaCoin giveaway

Mobage levers platform-wide approach with 100,000 MobaCoin giveaway :
DeNA's Mobage mobile gaming platform is one I spend a lot of time examining. That's because it's a global social and monetisation layer that developers who want to be published by DeNA have to integrate. This means

Albion's next alpha test starts March 24

Albion's next alpha test starts March 24 :
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Events (In-Game), MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox Sandbox Interactive wants you to know about its upcoming Albion Online alpha test. It starts on March 24th, and it will be "the

Valiance Online preps for combat testing

Valiance Online preps for combat testing :
Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Game Mechanics, Dev Diaries Superheroes of the world, stop moving around so much! This is the cry of Valiance Online's creators, who said that they are rooting players during combat to achieve "a

Korean News and Beta Test Announcements

• Entrermate RPG “Amheuk samguk” releases play video prior to March 7 CBT.
• CJ E&M Netmarble 2D side-scroll action MORPG “Mystic Fighter” holds final test tester recruitment until March 12, holds final test from March 13 to 16.
• Efun smartphone fantasy action RPG “Tigyuk Tagyuk” released in Google Play store and Apple Appstore.
• Bicore social RPG “Summon Masters” released in Google Play store and Apple Appstore.
• Daum mobile game “Samguk Yamang S” released in Google Play store.

OnLive is back with new business model, new leadership

OnLive is back with new business model, new leadership :
Amid financial turmoil, OnLive as we knew it folded in 2012. But with a new lead investor and leadership, the company has called a do-over, and is getting ready to tackle the cloud gaming space once again. ...

The worm turns: Team17 expands third-party publishing to mobile

The worm turns: Team17 expands third-party publishing to mobile :
Team17, the developer of the award-winning Worms franchise, has announced the expansion of its third-party publishing program to the mobile marketplace. The premiere title for its mobile publishing initiative is Rocket

Twitch Announces Mobile Streaming And Capture Tools

Twitch Announces Mobile Streaming And Capture Tools :
For years mobile gamers have had to jump through hoops to record and stream gameplay. Today Twitch gives mobile developers the ability to build such functionality directly into their apps. It's about damn time. Read more...

Mork, Foe, Deibler and Trento combine to create Unspoken Tales

Mork, Foe, Deibler and Trento combine to create Unspoken Tales :
When it comes collecting a suit of previous employers for the management group for a new mobile developer, you'd have to go a long way to raise a better hand than Google, Nokia, Kixeye and Activision. That's the starting position for

Path of Exile's Sacrifice of the Vaal expansion lands today

Path of Exile's Sacrifice of the Vaal expansion lands today :
Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Expansions, Launches, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Dungeons, Path of Exile Get your mouse-clicking fingers ready because today developer Grinding Gear Games releases Sacrifice of

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding February 23 - March 1, 2014

Make My MMO: Crowdfunding February 23 - March 1, 2014 :
Filed under: MMO Industry, News Items, Crowdfunding, Make My MMO This week's Make My MMO adds Trials of Ascension's Light the Forge campaign, which is Chaos Forge's company-specific (i.e., non-Kickstarter) bid to raise

Transformers Universe promises that beta is approaching

Transformers Universe promises that beta is approaching :
Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, News Items, Kids, Transformers Universe, MOBA It's been a long wait for Transformers Universe hopefuls. The game has gone from MMO to MOBA to MOTA (which is still sort of a MOBA), its release date

World of Tanks video shows off destructible physics, World of Warplanes update coming March 6

World of Tanks video shows off destructible physics, World of Warplanes update coming March 6 :
Filed under: Historical, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, PvP, News Items, War, Free-to-Play, World of Tanks Wargaming has released an eight-minute look at its physics upgrades for multiplayer battler World of

SMITE dredges Scylla from the depths

SMITE dredges Scylla from the depths :
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Game Mechanics, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA It's always the seemingly innocent ones. At a glance, SMITE's Scylla looks just like a pleasant little girl. It's only when you get into battle with her

Apple CFO to retire in September

Apple CFO to retire in September :
Peter Oppenheimer will be replaced by Luca Maestri

'The Descent' Review - Chasing The Unknown

'The Descent' Review - Chasing The Unknown :
Perhaps one of the most visually stunning games on the iPad so far, The Descent [$2.99] takes full advantage of the Unity3D graphics engine in order to build on a wonderfully deep and immersive player experience that takes

Sky Tribes Review

Sky Tribes Review :
Sky Tribes Review By Nadia Oxford on March 5th, 2014 Our Rating: :: A TOUGH TRIBE TO JOINUniversal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Sky Tribes is a cute free-to-play PvP game that boasts some interesting ideas, but

Review: Principia

Review: Principia :
Principia is a toolset as much as a game - one that enables you to build your own games and contraptions from a set of virtual materials, motors, and special components. But here's the thing. I find the vast majority of 'build-