Hollywood backs Fifth Journey to take movie-licensed games to China
Hong Kong game publisher Fifth Journey has won backing from film studios Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, and MGM Studios to create movie-based mobile games for...
Final Fantasy creator’s Mistwalker studio teams up with Bravely Default maker Silicon Studio
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy series, has been quiet lately. But his company Mistwalker announced today it is teaming up with...
App monetization and distribution platform Appnext grew revenue 345% in 2015
App monetization and distribution platform Appnext grew its revenues by 345 percent in 2015. The London-based company now serves 12 billion app recommendations to 380...
Kabam lays off 8% as it focuses on massively multiplayer mobile hits like Marvel: Contest of Champions
Kabam is laying 8 percent of its mobile game company workforce today as part of a strategic move to focus on a more narrow...
Daily fantasy sports outlook: No profits, lots of uncertainty, and dying unicorns
The daily fantasy sports market rose dramatically in the past few years with the rise of DraftKings and FanDuel. But in 2015, regulators closed...
What Stan Lee and Steve Wozniak are brewing for their 1st Silicon Valley Comic Con
When Marvel creator Stan Lee and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak put on an event together, it’s bound to have a lot of star power....
Should Bethesda’s Todd Howard bet on mobile or console Fallout games?
Bethesda Game Studios shipped more than 12 million copies of the post-apocalypse video game Fallout 4 during the holiday season — a stellar achievement....
HTC Vive will cost $799, preorder on February 29 and ships in early April (updated)
[Update: Feb. 29: The HTC Vive is now available for preorder on this link. International pricing is also available.]. HTC and Valve are planning...
The DeanBeat: The joy of covering video games for 25 years
I’ve returned from another pilgrimage to the DICE Summit, the elite game industry event in Las Vegas. I’ve never missed one of these gatherings...
Civilization’s father, Sid Meier, shares 25 years of insights on his beloved series
Sid Meier is the legendary designer behind many different computer games in a wide variety of genres, and he’s perhaps the only video game...