Ex-Sony Online chief John Smedley starts Amazon game studio after Kickstarter failure
John Smedley, the former chief of Sony’s online business, has joined Amazon to create a new game studio in San Diego, Calif. The move...
Plarium makes match-3 mobile game with Fox’s Rio animated characters
Mobile game publisher Plarium has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to create Rio: Match 3 Party, a mobile game debuting this spring on iOS...
Everest VR now represents the most epic mountain climb on Oculus Rift
Sólfar Studios has launched its ground-breaking Everest VR virtual reality climbing experience on the Oculus Rift and Touch platform. VR is going through its...
Apocalypse Now game Kickstarter canceled as fundraising shifts to website
Francis Ford Coppola’s film studio American Zoetrope and his game developers have canceled the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Apocalypse Now PC game and have shifted their fundraising efforts to the ApocalypseNow.com website.
Where in the world are the game jobs?
Figuring out how many game jobs there are in the world is a laudable goal. But it’s easier said that done. I embarked on...
The U.S. game industry has 2,457 companies supporting 220,000 jobs
The U.S. video game industry consists of 2,457 companies that directly and indirectly support 220,000 jobs and generate $30.4 billion in revenue, based on...
PewDiePie’s anti-Semitic jokes show the peril of backing unpredictable influencers
Disney’s Maker Studios and YouTube have severed ties with gaming influencer Felix Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, after he posted nine videos with anti-Semitic images...
Vivid Helix launches Semispheres 2D puzzle game on PS4 and Steam
Canadian indie developer Vivid Helix is launching Semispheres on Tuesday on PlayStation 4 and Steam on the Windows PC. Semispheres is a pretty 2D...
AppsFlyer says retaining users is still a challenge for app marketers
Retaining app users over time continues to be a major challenge for app marketers, according to a new report from mobile app measurement and...
Nazara Games will invest $20 million to build Indian esports league
Nazara Games is announcing it will invest $20 million in a new esports league in India. While Nazara Games is a mobile game publisher,...