What’s a sports game developer supposed to do when the sport they simulate stops making sense? This is the question facing 2K Sports after a bizarre offseason in the NBA left the league in chaos. But 2K has to put out their yearly product, and NBA 2K20 came out like clockwork, over a month before the start of the season and with a league it’s supposed to model that may unmodelable. Although…
Rune has raised $2 million in funding in its effort to use artificial intelligence to help find friends for mobile gamers.
Rune is a Y Combinator accelerator grad, and it was built by two doctoral students who dropped out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Sanjay…
Super Mario Maker 2 now lets you play online with friends
October 2, 2019
Nintendo has released an update for Super Mario Maker 2 that gives players the ability to play online with their friends.
Super Mario Maker 2 came out for the Switch on June 28. Unlike its predecessor, it lets multiple players go through levels at the same time. But if you…
Nintendo has finally rolled out the ability to play with friends online in Super Mario Maker 2. The game launched with online co-op and competitive modes, but you could only play with random people via matchmaking. If you wanted to play with friends, it would have to be via local play. According to Nintendo World Report, the company chose not to include online play with friends as one of the…
How to pair a PS4 or Xbox controller with your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Android device
October 2, 2019
The DualShock 4 and Xbox One controllers were originally made to work on their respective consoles, but thanks to Apple’s recent software updates, you can more easily pair them via Bluetooth with your iOS 13 device, iPadOS tablet, or your Apple TV via tvOS 13. Android 10…
Call of Duty: Mobile now available for Android
October 1, 2019
In the past few years, first person shooting games have come a long way and the battle royale genre has risen in popularity with games like Fortnite and PUBG. Even smartphone makes have created an entire new genre of smartphones focused on the mobile gamer like Asus ROG II…
Call of Duty: Mobile came out today, but it has already earned 3 million installs according to market analyst Sensor Tower.
The first mobile version of the giant shooter franchise is the No. 1 free iOS app in the U.S. and 32 other markets. It is in the top five in 30 additional countries.
In terms of revenue, the game is ranked No. 59 in the U.S. iPhone app store.
This mobile take on Call of Duty…
TwitchCon was a reminder that streamers are big business
October 1, 2019
The internet is real life, but the place where the internet meets real life is still messy as hell. TwitchCon, which was held at San Diego’s convention center this year — the same place where the biggest comic con in America happens every year — is the site of one of…
PUBG adds crossplay for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
October 1, 2019
PUBG‘s update today has enabled crossplay between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The battle royale shooter has been a giant hit since its 2017 launch, helping to launch its genre and inspire popular imitators like Fortnite and Apex Legends. The free-to-play game has earned…
'PUBG' cross-platform play arrives on PS4 and Xbox One
October 1, 2019
With the latest PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds console patch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players can now square off against one another. As PUBG Corp promised it would do this month, it has enabled cross-platform play for consoles.
You can decide whether you want to hunt down or evade opponents from the other ecosystem by toggling an option in the gameplay settings. Leaderboards will display…
