The DeanBeat: The Last of Us Part II harassment, Ghost of Tsushima nationalism, and unending lockdown
Neil Druckmann, the vice president at Naughty Dog and director of The Last of Us Part II, lashed out at trolls who have harassed...
Nexon shuts down its Orange County game studio
Nexon has shut down its game studio in Orange County, California, the company confirmed following chatter on social media. The shutdown of Nexon OC...
Carbonated raises $8.5 million for squad-based mobile shooter
Carbonated has raised $8.5 million for its mobile game studio. It’s building a squad-based shooter that taps artificial intelligence as a core feature. The...
GDC: Pandemic is clobbering indie game devs and freelancers
Small game development studios and freelancers are having a tough time coping with the pandemic, even though the video game industry hasn’t been hit...
TinyBuild acquires Hello Neighbor devs and will invest $15 million in franchise
Game publisher TinyBuild has acqui-hired the development team behind hit game series Hello Neighbor from Dynamic Pixels and will invest more than $15 million...
Game investments in Q2 2020: Fewer deals, but bigger value at $7.8 billion
The number of game investments and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2020 declined from the first quarter, but the value of the deals...
Why Reggie Fils-Aimé joined Rogue Games as a strategic adviser
Rogue Games is announcing that Reggie Fils-Aimé, the former (and beloved) president of Nintendo of America, is joining the indie game publisher as a...
ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players are women, older people are playing more
Sixty-four percent of American adults, or 214.4 million people, play video games, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents...
Tilting Point acquires Plamee Studios and FTX Games assets
Tilting Point has acquired all of Plamee Studios and the assets of FTX Games from gambling technology software firm Playtech in Estonia, adding to...
VGames raises $30 million for game-focused investment fund in Israel
VGames has raised more than $30 million for its game-focused investment fund based in Israel. It’s one of dozens of venture capital and investment...