Court orders YouTuber to stay off Roblox
An Oakland, California court has ordered Roblox YouTube creator Ruben Sim to stay off the popular gaming platform from which he’s been banned for several years, according to court documents…
PUBG developers sue mobile clone maker — plus Apple and Google
The makers of PUBG Mobile, the mobile adaptation of PUBG Battlegrounds, sued Apple and Google this week over a battle royale imitator, sold on their mobile storefronts, which allegedly infringes…
Avatar: Reckoning brings battle on Pandora to mobile devices
Avatar: Reckoning is an upcoming MMO based in the world of Pandora, and it’ll be available for iOS and Android. Players will join Na’vi clans to fight off waves of…
Wordle copycats have vanished from Apple’s App Store
The many Wordle copycats that were flooding Apple’s App Store seem to have disappeared. The apps appear to have been removed by Apple shortly after their existence caused a stir…
Pokémon Go Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl event guide
Pokémon Go is hosting a special event to celebrate the release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. The event is broken up into two parts, with each game getting…
There’s a new FarmVille game with new crops and cute animals
The original FarmVille was a Facebook sensation with a very simple concept: What if you could grow a bunch of crops over time, convert them into profits, and then grow…
Disney’s horny mobile game Twisted Wonderland gets the anime treatment
Disney: Twisted-Wonderland is being adapted into an anime for Disney Plus, the company announced at an Asia-Pacific showcase event on Oct. 14. The adaptation is being developed in partnership with…
Squid Game knockoffs are the latest sensation to take over Roblox
A series of knockoffs of Squid Game, Netflix’s latest battle royale show, have proliferated across the gaming platform Roblox. The platform’s trending section is now littered with titles like “Squid…
Xbox Game Pass offers new indies Sable, SkateBird, and more in September
Xbox Game Pass subscribers will get a fresh batch of diverse Xbox and PC games through the end of September, including promising indie games SkateBird (in which you play as…
Lego Star Wars Battles shuttered in July, now returning as an Apple Arcade exclusive
Lego Star Wars Battles, a mobile real-time strategy game that was shut down in July, is getting re-released as an Apple Arcade exclusive. The game was soft-launched in a few…
Pokémon Go restores pandemic distances for Pokéstops and Gyms
Pokémon Go’s interaction radius — how close a player has to be to spin a Gym or Pokéstop — has been pushed back to 80 meters from 40 meters, a…
Pokémon Go Tepig Community Day guide
Tepig is getting its very own Pokémon Go Community Day on July 3, running from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. in your local time. The fire-type starter pig Pokémon from…
Konami’s new Contra game coming to phones
Contra is back with a new entry that’s coming exclusively to mobile devices. On Monday, Konami announced Contra Returns, a new take on the side-scrolling run-and-gun series that’s coming on…
Pokémon Go is changing again in response to the pandemic
Over the past year, developer Niantic rolled out a series of gameplay tweaks to Pokémon Go designed to make the mobile game more playable under quarantine conditions. Many of those…
Sp!ng is a ‘stress ball for your brain’
Recently, when I want to play a game, I’ve been reaching for my phone — particularly, games on Apple Arcade. Currently I’m traveling with only a laptop, and while I…
Apple might have scared one of the biggest gaming companies in the world
Roblox, a massively popular platform where people go to play and make video games, no longer wants the public to think of it as a platform where people go to…