Machine Zone tops Farm Heroes, Lego Jedi, and spiritual dragons in July TV ad spend
Mobile Strike conquers July — at least in terms of TV ads. Continuing the slow summer trend, the gaming industry spent an estimated grand...
Warhammer 40,000 swaps vehicles for people in endless runner for mobile
It’s time for Ork Boyz to holler “WAAAGH!!!” from their Bonebreakas in a neverending chase for … points. Games Workshop and Artcode Interactive have signed a...
Netmarble brings its San Francisco export ChronoBlade from South Korea to the U.S.
Made in San Francisco; played in South Korea — that sums up ChronoBlade, and the mobile gaming circle of life is bringing this beat-’em-up...
Pokémon Go studio Niantic addresses problems: ‘… Interesting … challenge’
Pokémon Go is a worldwide phenomenon, with 20 million daily active players and brands, entertainers, and influencers grasping at ways to nab some of its fire....
Pokémon Go bridges generation gaps and gets you outside
All technical woes aside, Pokémon Go—which I’ve been playing nonstop since its release now—is a lot of fun. While it may not offer the...
Virtual reality could usher the dawn of gender equity in tech
The advent of virtual reality may mark a major turn toward gender equality in tech. The roaring debate regarding the lack of women working...
GungHo looks beyond Puzzles & Dragons — to Japan’s gaming iconoclast
GungHo Online Entertainment is in an interesting phase of its business. The game studio is no longer part of Softbank, the giant Japanese telecom company....
Free DLC for indie games: financial suicide — or smart marketing?
In the dawn of the success of CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 and its welcomed, arguably innovative, or perhaps retro attitude toward free...
3 ways Pokémon Go can make players happy with push notifications
Pokémon Go launched in the U.S. on July 17, and it has already become a cultural phenomenon. Developed by Niantic, it’s now the most-downloaded...
Deckstorm launches as DeNA’s latest stab at the $1.2 billion card game market
DeNA has long had card games. But these have been simplistic affairs more like the game of War, where the biggest number wins. But...