Ubisoft announced today it will make a new Star Wars game in collaboration with Disney’s Lucasfilm Games division.
The title from Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment — the maker of The Division open world series — will be a story-driven open-world Star Wars adventure.
Massive Entertainment is in Malmö, Sweden, and it has a big team that created the Snowdrop engine, the technology behind…
Ubisoft is making an open-world Star Wars game
January 13, 2021
You knew the resurrected Lucasfilm Games brand would eventually produce a Star Wars game, but now it’s clear just who will be involved — and this time, it’s not EA. Lucasfilm Games told Wired that Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment, the team behind The Division 2, is…
App Annie: Mobile games could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021
January 13, 2021
Mobile game spending could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021, according to a report by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. The firm also said that overall mobile app spending hit $143 billion in 2020.
The San Francisco company’s State of Mobile 2021 report showed…
We’ve known for some time that Super Mario 3D World‘s Switch port would come with a new campaign, Bowser’s Fury. Now we have an idea of what that will look like, and it’s surprising.
Super Mario 3D World is one of the last major Wii U exclusives to come to the Switch, releasing on February 12. It’ll be great to finally have this 3D Mario adventure on the Switch, but Bower’s Fury…
Nintendo reveals new Switch with red and blue Mario colors
January 12, 2021
Nintendo is launching a special edition of its Switch console to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. The publisher revealed the red and blue-themed Mario console, which launches February 12 alongside Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.
The Mario-themed…
One of the best games of 2019 is getting an update to run better on the consoles of 2021. Publisher Electronic Arts revealed a new Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order patch will improve performance to take advantage of the powerful Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles. This…
Zynga and Will.i.am will help raise $5 million for education
January 12, 2021
Mobile game publisher Zynga has partnered with Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am and his I.am Angel Foundation to help raise $5 million in donations for educational purposes.
Zynga will be a launch donor for the American Dream GoFundMe initiative. These funds will be committed to unlocking STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) education opportunities in America’s underserved…
Sony rarely announces any major PlayStation news at its CES keynotes. In the past, it’s focused on TVs, audio, and randomly, car prototypes. (You can see what the company revealed this year right here.)
But if you had a very keen eye you might have caught, in the few…
The Xbox Series X wireless controller is in stock and $10 off
January 12, 2021
Saying it’s been difficult to get anything Xbox Series X- or PlayStation 5-related since late last year would be an understatement. Both the consoles themselves and many of their accessories have months-long wait times, which is why a deal going on right now for Xbox’s…
Before the pandemic, telehealth — seeing a doctor virtually instead of in real life — was hardly used by most patients in the US. With both an overwhelmed healthcare system and fears of infection from in-person visits, that’s now shifting. Video or phone chats with a physician can solve basic complaints. But the risk is that chronic conditions that benefit from routine checkups — where…
