FunPlus invests in Hover Junkers creator Stress Level Zero
Chinese game publisher FunPlus has invested an undisclosed amount of money into Stress Level Zero, the maker of the Hover Junkers virtual reality game....
Netmarble brings its San Francisco export ChronoBlade from South Korea to the U.S.
Made in San Francisco; played in South Korea — that sums up ChronoBlade, and the mobile gaming circle of life is bringing this beat-’em-up...
Samsung introduces Galaxy Note7 with 5.7″ dual-edge display, improved stylus, iris scanner, preorder on August 3
After much speculation, Samsung has officially unveiled details around its Note7 smartphone. The company has brought the best of the Galaxy S7 into its...
Jesse Divnich joins Canada’s Hibernum as vice president of product
Jesse Divnich, a well-known thinker in mobile games, has joined Montreal-based game company Hibernum as vice president of product. Divnich, who formerly worked at...
App Annie’s Marketing Intelligence will make $87 billion in user acquisition spending smarter
Mobile market research firm App Annie is launching its Marketing Intelligence tool today to drive better results for user acquisition ads, which accounted for...
Playtika deal drives game acquisitions to record $25 billion this year
The total value of game industry acquisition deals has exceeded $25 billion so far this year, according to tech advisor Digi-Capital. The $4.4 billion...
With new human augmentation event, Square Enix gets serious about Deus Ex in real life
Square Enix and CNN’s branded content studio, Courageous, have teamed up to create a documentary that explores the world of human augmentation. They are...
Former EA creative director Rich Hilleman joins Amazon Game Studios
Richard Hilleman, the former chief creative director at Electronic Arts, announced today that he is joining Amazon Game Studios. Hilleman had a long career...
Kabam teams up with Hasbro to make a Transformers mobile game (update)
Kabam and Hasbro have created a partnership to make a mobile game based on the Transformers franchise. San Francisco-based Kabam said it will make a...
GamesBeat University talks will be livestreamed at GamesBeat 2016
Gordon Bellamy, visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, has kindly agreed to emcee our GamesBeat University talks at GamesBeat 2016. Bellamy, who did...