Platforms April 5, 2017 Twitch has officially launched a game store Streaming service Twitch announced the launch of a digital store with games on the evening of April 4.
Platforms April 5, 2017 Live.me will launch streams from mobile devices Streaming platform Live.me announced the ability to stream games and videos from smartphones and tablets.
Platforms April 5, 2017 Google will disable a number of features in Android games Google Play Games Service (GPGS) plans to abandon Gifts, Requests and Quests in Google Play games by March 31, 2018.
Platforms April 4, 2017 Valve discussed the future of Steam with YouTube bloggers Valve met with the leading popular YouTube channels and discussed with them the prospects for the development of Steam.
Platforms April 4, 2017 Rakuten Games has launched an HTML5 social gaming platform Japanese developer Rakuten Games has launched the social gaming platform R Games, using HTML5 features.
Platforms April 4, 2017 Android has become the most used OS in the world The Android operating system has outpaced Windows in terms of Internet usage, becoming the market leader.
Platforms April 3, 2017 John Carmack programmatically increased the resolution of Oculus Home for Gear VR John Carmack presented a software solution that allows you to increase the resolution in the Oculus Home content management shell for the Gear VR platform.
Platforms March 30, 2017 Samsung unveils controller for Gear VR Samsung has introduced a controller for the Gear VR virtual reality system. The helmet and controller kit will go on sale on April 21 and will cost $129.
Platforms March 29, 2017 Developers can now respond to user reviews in the App Store In the latest versions of iOS and macOS, Apple has given developers the ability to directly respond to user reviews in the App Store.
Platforms March 29, 2017 Twitch will launch a digital store this week The online streaming platform Twitch intends to open its digital store with games and downloadable content for PC this week.
Platforms March 28, 2017 The “free app of the week” section has appeared on Google Play Google has added a new feature to its app store. It’s called Free App of the Week.
Platforms March 27, 2017 10 thousand games have been successfully funded on Kickstarter The crowdfunding platform Kickstarter marked the milestone of 10 thousand sponsored gaming projects.
Platforms March 23, 2017 Facebook users can now stream videos from their computers The Facebook social network allowed users to broadcast from laptops and desktop PCs.
Platforms March 22, 2017 Google has released a trial build of Android O Google has made available a test build of the Android O operating system. You can download it from the developer page.
Platforms March 21, 2017 Augmented Reality Devices Could Be Apple’s Next Major Project According to Bloomberg, Apple is preparing to introduce augmented reality (AR) into its ecosystem and plans to produce consumer-grade gadgets.
Platforms March 17, 2017 A permanent section with indie games has appeared in the App Store Since March 17, a permanent and possibly updated section dedicated exclusively to indie projects has appeared in the App Store.
Platforms March 14, 2017 Playstation 4 exclusives will be available to play on PC via the Playstation Now service Sony has announced the release of Playstation 4 games in the Playstation Now cloud gaming service. Gamers will be able to pay for a subscription and play on their console or PC.
Platforms March 14, 2017 Facebook has banned developers from collecting user data to spy on them The social network announced a change in its policy regarding developers and advertisers using Facebook to collect personal information about users.
Platforms March 10, 2017 Steam stopped taking into account the reviews of users who did not buy the game Valve has introduced several changes to the game rating system on Steam. Now it does not take into account the ratings of gamers who have access to the game for free.
Platforms March 9, 2017 The head of Kongregate showed the statistics of the rise of HTML5 in web games Emily Greer, co-founder and CEO of the Kongregate gaming portal, posted on Twitter a graph of the use of various browser game engines.