Ad blocking in Apple’s iOS 9 highlights rift over ads with app publishers
Apple has warned developers that, in the name of privacy and user preference, it is adding ad-blocking capability in its upcoming release of iOS...
How Microsoft enlisted a Native American tribe to design a Killer Instinct character
SEATTLE — When Microsoft announced a few years ago it would reboot the Killer Instinct fighting game, fans were ecstatic. The original game came...
South Korea’s Netmarble preps launch of mobile role-playing game Evilbane in the West
South Korea’s big mobile game publisher Netmarble Games said it is launching a fantasy role-playing game Evilbane in the worldwide markets later this year. It’s one more example of an Asian game company expanding to the worldwide stage as it pursues a chunk of the $30 billion mobile games market.
Zynga’s Mark Skaggs to speak at GamesBeat 2015
Mark Skaggs, the co-creator of hit social games like FarmVille and Empires & Allies at Zynga, is our newest speaker at GamesBeat 2015. The...
Bandura Games names veteran Randy Angle as creative chief
Randy Angle is a fixture in the San Francisco game scene. And now he’s going to be a fixture at Bandura Games, where he...
Raptr’s Plays.tv makes it easy to make highlight videos from League of Legends matches
Dennis Fong wishes he were an esports player again, with the huge crowds and big prizes that professional gamers are getting these days. But...
Jeff Hilbert steps down as co-CEO at DDM video game agency he cofounded
Jeff Hilbert has stepped down as co-CEO at game-related talent agency Digital Development Management. He will continue on as a board member and active advisor,...
FTC settles with Machinima for paying YouTube influencers to endorse Xbox One
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges with Machinima, which had been accused of deceptive advertising by paying “influencers” to post YouTube videos that...
GamesBeat 2015 adds Nexon’s chief Owen Mahoney as a speaker
Our latest GamesBeat 2015 speaker is Owen Mahoney, the president and chief executive of Nexon, the Asian online gaming giant that has created titles...
Lithuania’s Game Insight unveils My Country 3D in bid to outdo SimCity
Game Insight, a big mobile gaming company based in Lithuania, wants to outdo SimCity with its My Country 3D city-building game. The Vilnius, Lithuania-based...