Fire Emblem 101: How Nintendo’s strategy franchise became a flagship series before mobile
Nintendo is about to release its third mobile app, Fire Emblem: Heroes. So, what is Fire Emblem? For a long time, most U.S. gamers...
Lannister Gold: Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead game maker Disruptor Beam raises $8.5 million
Star Trek and Game of Thrones have been very good for Disruptor Beam, which is announcing today it has raised $8.5 million in funding for...
Nexon launches retro arcade mobile game Evil Factory
Asian publisher Nexon and developer Neople Games are launching Evil Factory, a new mobile game that combines a retro ’80s style with top-down arcade...
Sony posts healthy growth in PlayStation 4 sales for holiday quarter
Sony said tonight that it sold a healthy amount of PlayStation 4 video game consoles during the holiday season and the overall third fiscal...
Blizzard Entertainment CEO weighs in as critic of Trump’s Muslim ban
An army of tech and game industry leaders have criticized Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims traveling to the U.S. from seven Middle Eastern countries....
London’s Hutch raises $5.5 million for free-to-play racing games
United Kingdom game studio Hutch has raised $5.5 million to continue making free-to-play mobile racing games. The investment was led by Index Ventures and Backed VC....
Nintendo Switch’s online service could cost $30 a year or less
While you won’t have to pay to play games online with the Nintendo Switch when the system launches March 3, that fee is coming...
Take-Two buys Spain’s Social Point mobile game studio for at least $250 million
Take-Two Interactive has acquired Spain’s Social Point, a free-to-play mobile game developer of titles such as Dragon City, for at least $250 million. The...
Activision Blizzard dives into consumer products division with ex-Mattel hire
Video game giant Activision Blizzard has started a new consumer products division and hired former Mattel and Disney veteran Tim Kilpin as that group’s...
SuperData: Mobile games hit $40.6 billion in 2016, matching world box office numbers
Mobile games hit a new record by generating more than $40.6 billion in worldwide revenue in 2016, up 18 percent from a year ago,...