Is Google trying to buy the biggest video game streaming platform? Variety and their sources think so.

This week sees the return of Nazi-killing soldier William “B.J.” Blazkowicz in Wolfenstein: The New Order. The first-person shooter is the ninth entry into the Wolfenstein series, released five years after 2009’s Wolfenstein. Wolfenstein: The New Order is set in an alternate 1960s after the Nazis were able to win World War II with the […]

Variety reports that according to “sources familiar with pact,” Google’s YouTube has reached a deal to acquire the video game streaming platform Twitch for more than $1 billion. Twitch’s PR Director said on Twitter that “Twitch doesn’t comment on rumors.” Google hasn’t made an official statement yet either, but the report claims that the deal […]

James York, an English teacher and PhD student researching language learning in virtual worlds, is teaching Japanese online by using Minecraft. The class, which he calls Kotoba Miners, takes place on a dedicated Minecraft server which contains several structures built for different learning activities. Different buildings off of “University Road” contain different exercises that encourage […]

Left 4 Dead Survivors, an arcade version of Valve’s multiplayer first-person shooter, has released its first gameplay trailer. Valve has partnered with Japanese publisher Taito for the game, which seems to mix content from both Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2. Surprisingly, Left 4 Dead Survivors looks almost indistinguishable from the original games, […]

North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un will star in his own video game called Glorious Leader! American independent entertainment and gaming company Moneyhorse Games says Glorious Leader! is an epic tale that that will let you play Kim Jong-un as he takes on the entire American army in a retro-style side-scrolling run and gun reminiscent […]