Nexon aims for global magic with pending launch of MapleStory M
Nexon’s MapleStory is looking a bit dated in its 15th year as an online game. But the Tokyo-based company plans a big makeover as it...
Game Thinking book trains product designers to think like game developers
In her first career, Amy Jo Kim made hit games like The Sims, Ultima Online, Rock Band, and Covet Fashion. And in her second...
How Total War’s developer pushes its games forward — and fans can push back
Creative Assembly has survived for nearly 31 years because it has listened to its fans — and pushed them in a direction they didn’t...
Casual Connect Indie Prize goes to Super Gravity Ball
Casual Connect Europe’s best-in-show audience prize went to Super Gravity Ball by American developer Upside Down Bird. The Indie Prize is an international scholarship program...
How Square Enix Montreal is making the leap to free-to-play mobile games
Square Enix has a lot of important game franchises, including Final Fantasy and Tomb Raider. But not all of those franchises are available on...
How Small Giant Games scored big with a single mobile game
Small Giant Games raised $41 million in February, making it one of the rare mobile game studios to be able to raise a large...
Gabe Leydon leaves MZ to focus on crypto, Kristen Dumont named CEO
Cofounder Gabe Leydon is resigning the top post at mobile game publisher MZ (better known in the past as Machine Zone) to focus on...
The DeanBeat: Casual Connect Europe shows inspiration and salvation for mobile game devs
Mobile gaming has become half of the global game market, bringing in about $70 billion of the $137.9 billion annual take. But it’s not an...
NBCUniversal announces 6 GameDev Challenge finalists
NBCUniversal is announcing six finalists for its Universal GameDev Challenge, where it asked indie game developers to propose games based on its brands such...
Roblox launches education initiative to get kids to code
Roblox is turning its expertise from making a blocky virtual world entertainment platform for kids and teens to education with a coding push. Roblox Education is...