Tencent leads the top 25 public game companies with $10.2 billion in revenues
Tencent once again led the list of the top 25 public companies by game revenue. The Chinese company’s game-related sales rose 17 percent to...
Plarium and Fox Interactive debut Rio: Match-3 Party mobile game
Plarium and Fox Interactive are launching new mobile game, Rio: Match-3 Party, for Android and iOS devices. The title combines match-3 puzzle mechanics with...
Facebook now lets you stream live video directly from your computer
Facebook is taking streaming a step further today, enabling users to broadcast live video to Facebook directly from their desktop or laptop computers. In...
6 ways to invest in augmented reality
You can download a high-resolution version of the AR landscape here. Augmented reality is generating a lot of excitement, particularly with rumors that Apple...
Game about Iran’s revolution nets first U.K. acting nomination for a Muslim actor
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) made a historic move this week: It nominated Navid Negahban for his acting performance in the...
Mass Effect: Andromeda’s Act I: The good and the bad
Mass Effect: Andromeda is about humanity’s most daring act: an attempt to colonize another galaxy by sending 100,000 people in cryo sleep for 600...
Game academy opens submissions for video game scholarships
The AIAS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), has opened submissions for all three of its annual...
Akamai accelerates Netflix-like video services and game downloads
Akamai Technologies announced it has a new technology to improve the viewing experience for people who watch over-the-top video services (such as Netflix). Akamai...
Kidoz content-discovery network jumps from 1 million to 50 million users in a year
Kidoz, a network for kids to discover content, has grown in the past year from 1 million monthly active users to 50 million. That...
Netmarble to raise $2.4 billion in IPO for it mobile gaming business
Netmarble Games has filed papers to raise $2.4 billion in an initial public offering (IPO). The Seoul-based company is South Korea’s largest maker of mobile...