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iOS hit puzzle game Threes is now available for Android
Above: Match multiples of three to raise your score.Every day, people spend the equivalent of 11 years of real time playing the puzzler Threes — but only on their iPhones and iPads. Now they can rack...
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Too little, too late? A year later, SimCity finally gets offline...
Above: A meteor shower causes havoc in SimCity.Image Credit: WikiaPublisher EA and developer Maxis have finally given into what some SimCity players have wanted since its disastrous March 2013 release....
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Sony will soon fulfill its promise to make gameplay sharing easier on...
Above: The dedicated button for capturing, sharing, or streaming gameplay on the PlayStation 4 controller.Image Credit: SonyThe new consoles make sharing video game experiences fairly easy. Today, Sony...
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Infamous: Second Son launches Friday, but its lead designer has already left...
Above: Infamous's version of Seattle.Image Credit: Sucker PunchUpdated at 3:28 p.m. Pacific time. Infamous: Second Son comes out this Friday. But when it hits retail, its lead designer won’t be a...
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Flappy Bird will fly again someday, says creator, but Apple might clip its wings
Above: The Flappy Bird start screen.Image Credit: .GearsWhether you rejoice or mourn at the news, Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen has confirmed that he plans to bring the once-hot game back. That is,...
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Wargaming will overhaul World of Tanks’ graphics in 2014
Above: World of Tanks in action.Image Credit: WargamingDestroying your enemies in World of Tanks will be a much more visually satisfying experience in 2014. The studio is planning on overhauling every...
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Oops: Sucker Punch may have revealed the preloading of PS4 games in April
Above: Sony's PlayStation 4 console.Image Credit: SonyPlayStation 4 owners may not have to wait much longer to start downloading digital games before they release, if a tweet by Sony-owned studio...
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Portal is about to become more portable
Above: A preview of Portal running on the Nvidia Shield.Image Credit: Jared Mosley/GamesBeatValve is bringing one of the most popular PC games in recent history to Nvidia’s young handheld console....
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Xbox One killer app Titanfall’s new game modes will be free
Above: Preparing to drop in on an enemy from above.Image Credit: Jeff Grubb/GamesBeatTitanfall’s first round of downloadable content (DLC) will cost $10, but it won’t include any new types of matches....
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Xbox One’s reputation scoring system takes effect this month
Above: The reputation score is a gradient, but it's divided into three distinct categories.Image Credit: Xbox WireXbox One knows if you’ve been naughty, and it knows if you’ve been nice. Starting this...
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Uncharted 4’s game director leaves Naughty Dog for League of Legends’ Riot Games
Uncharted 4 could be an important PlayStation exclusive, just as its predecessors were. But in a troubling sign, the game’s director has left Naughty Dog mid-development. “I have in fact made the...
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Sony exec crows about PlayStation’s indie love: 1,000 publishers and growing
Above: Cute.Everyone knows that one person who can’t stop bragging about their new flame. In the corporate world, PlayStation is that love-stricken motormouth, and indie developers are the object of...
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New Kinect for Windows looks just like Kinect for Xbox One
Above: Look familiar?Image Credit: MicrosoftMicrosoft has revealed the final look of its Kinect for Windows v2, and unsurprisingly, it looks very familiar. Microsoft hasn’t announced its price or...
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Oculus founder responds to death threats in the wake of Facebook buyout...
Above: Palmer Luckey is fed up with death threats to his employees and their family members.Image Credit: Oculus VRCorrected at 8:43 p.m. Pacific with clarification of Palmer’s quote. The Internet can...
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Warface already has 25 million players before it even hits free-to-play-crazy...
Above: A soldier fights a mech.Image Credit: CrytekCrytek has a free-to-play winner with PC game Warface, which has just surpassed 25 million registered users. Warface is an online first-person shooter...
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Microsoft makes the Xbox One TV experience better — even as its new boss...
Above: OneGuide showing TV listings on a mobile device, via SmartGlass.Image Credit: Xbox WireMicrosoft’s actions in 2014 have made it clear that media and convenient navigation are core parts of its...
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E-sports viewers doubled to over 70 million in 2013 — and they tend to be...
Above: eSports competitors in the zone at an MLG tournament.Image Credit: MLGJust how big are e-sports now? Over the last four years, worldwide viewership of online competitive gaming has increased...
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Amazon’s Fire TV launch games are not that original, but it has an army of them
Above: Amazon's sleek-looking new Fire TV has a strong lineup of games from day 1.Image Credit: Devindra Hardawar/VentureBeatJudging by the list of over 100 Android games already available for Amazon’s...
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Coming soon: Minecraft will finally let you change your name
Above: Mojang's block-building game Minecraft for PC -- people buy around 16,000 copies a day for that platform alone.Image Credit: MojangMinecraft has always been about creativity. Its 1.8 update for...
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Kindergarten hacker: 5 year old breaks into dad’s Xbox Live account
Image Credit: Jeffrey Grubb/GamesBeatA 5-year-old boy from San Diego got a sweet deal from Microsoft in return for discovering a major security hole. The company gave Kristoffer Von Hassel four free...
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