DeNA shutters U.S. offices as the early leader in mobile gaming retreats to Japan
Bridging success in gaming from one region to another is difficult. Just ask DeNA. That publisher is dissolving and liquidizing its DeNA Global in...
Nielsen: Mobile games live and die on how fast developers can crank out new content
Mobile gamers can be insatiable. And that appetite is the key challenge for developers trying to maintain momentum for a popular app. Nielsen, the intelligence...
Hearthstone Arena: crazy stats from 157 million hours of playtime in 2016
Dr. Boom might have been kicked out of Hearthstone’s Standard format, but the powerful Legendary is still terrorizing players. Blizzard Entertainment has released an infographic...
Kabam receives $800 million bid for its best asset: its Vancouver studio
Kabam has received an unsolicited bid to sell its successful Vancouver mobile game studio, according to source familiar with the matter. GamesBeat has learned that...
Red Dead Redemption 2 is official, coming in 2017
After a couple of days of teases, Rockstar Games has officially announced Red Dead Redemption 2. It will come out for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Fall 2017. We’ll see the first trailer for the open-world western on at 8 a.m. Pacific on Thursday, October 20.
Plants vs. Zombies Heroes enters the mobile digital card game arena
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has dragons, pirates, wizards, and gnomes, but can it survive sentient flowers? Developer PopCap Games announced today that Plants v....
Samsung announces contest to entice mobile game devs to use Tizen for India
Samsung is encouraging developers to launch their games in the Indian market on Tizen. And to do so, it has launched the Tizen App...
Taking multiplayer games global without going broke (VB Live)
Going global can launch your game into the big leagues, but it can be a gamble. The biggest obstacle: Providing a seamless, dependable online...
NPD: 28% of U.S. population ages 13 to 54 purchase extra video game content
Market research firm The NPD Group has released a new report on gamers’ spending habits on downloadable content. According to The NPD Group, 28...
Hearthstone’s Heroic Tavern Brawl ditches wacky rules for competitive play and insane rewards (update)
Hearthstone is giving its 40 million registered players some big incentives to compete this week. Blizzard has announced this week’s Tavern Brawl, which are...