Netmarble completes acquisition of Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions studio
South Korea’s Netmarble Games said today that it has completed the acquisition of Kabam‘s high-value assets. As previously disclosed, the deal includes the Kabam...
In Halo, Bonnie Ross and 343 ‘inherited an amazing world’
Bonnie Ross wasn’t part of the creation of Halo, which best-selling sci-fi video game series that Bungie created for the Xbox game consoles. But...
Smithsonian will help preserve America’s video game history
The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation has launched an initiative to preserve the legacy of video game pioneers. It’s...
Chartboost launches playable ads to boost mobile game publisher revenues
Mobile-game marketing firm Chartboost has jumped on the growing enthusiasm for “playable ads” for mobile games by launching the Chartboost Playable Ads business. Tests...
Zappar raises $3.75 million for AR and VR creation tools
Zappar has raised $3.75 million in funding for its augmented reality and virtual reality creative tools. London investment house Hargreave Hale led the round, with...
Mass Effect: Andromeda has big gameplay changes, an epic story, and a new galaxy
Mass Effect: Andromeda debuts March 21 as the next chapter in BioWare’s epic space series. Electronic Arts took the wraps off the gameplay in...
Germany’s Flaregames to invest $21 million in game incubator
Flaregames said today it will invest €20 million ($21 million) over the next 18 months in a new game incubator. Through the company’s Flare...
InnoGames acquires Wooga’s strategy game Warlords
InnoGames has acquired Wooga’s strategy game Warlords. Hamburg, Germany-based InnoGames will pick up ownership of Warlords and continue to operate the game, but it...
Blackbird Interactive builds vision of what a Mars base would look like
It isn’t easy to marshal the will to create a human colony on Mars. It’s an expensive project, and to pull it off, you...
How Overwatch became Blizzard’s most hopeful and accessible world
Blizzard’s blockbuster game Overwatch is set on Earth, but it’s a place that most people wouldn’t recognize. Set 60 years in the future, the...