Tankee’s gaming video network protects kids from dangers of the internet
Tankee is launching a digital video platform that will create a safe digital destination for kids to watch game videos. The Austin, Texas-based company...
Esports firm Team SoloMid raises $37 million from Stephen Curry and others
Swift, the parent company of esports organization Team SoloMid, has raised $37 million in a first round of funding. The backers include round leader...
Line merges NextFloor with Line Games publishing division (updated)
Earlier in July, Japanese mobile messaging firm Line Corp. acquired a majority stake in game developer NextFloor, and it has now merged the NextFloor brand...
Red Dead Redemption 2, Spider-Man raise game industry sales forecast for the rest of 2018
Market researcher DFC Intelligence raised its forecast for video game hardware and software sales in 2018 and 2019. The forecast improvement is based on...
MapleStory M mobile game goes live in 140 countries
When Nexon launched its free-to-play PC game MapleStory in 2003, the 2D side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game wasn’t that impressive. But it has...
Survey: Esports ad and sponsor revenue will be key to future growth
Esports revenues and investment are expected to grow, according to a survey by law firm Foley & Lardner and The Esports Observer. The profession of...
2K reveals NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is coming this fall
Take-Two Interactive‘s 2K label announced today it will publish a new arcade-action video game, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, from game studio Saber Interactive. The...
Orwell indie publishing label Surprise Attack Games rebrands as Fellow Traveller
Indie publishing label Surprise Attack Games said it has rebranded itself as Fellow Traveller and will now focus on publishing unusual narrative games from...
HQ Trivia takes its savage questions to sports fans
In just 11 months, HQ Trivia has amassed a big following, with as many as 2.38 million simultaneous players vying for cash prizes ranging...
Two Bit Circus to open micro-amusement park in LA in September
Experimental entertainment company Two Bit Circus plans to open its first “micro-amusement park” in Los Angeles in September. The 40,000-square-foot modern playground for digital...