Veterans of A-list game studios like Ubisoft and Tencent raise $3.5M for new mobile endeavor
The company will focus on bringing triple-A experiences to mobile games.
Beware the dark: H1Z1 players switch off when night falls on the zombie apocalypse
The massively multiplayer online zombie game has a realistic day-and-night cycle, but developer Daybreak Game Company — formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment — crunched some data and found a much higher percentage of players log out when it gets dark.
Fuel Powered adds competitive multiplayer to mobile games
Fuel Powered's platform has grown from 10M to 75M players in seven months.
Asia’s Nexon sees Q1 game revenues rise 9% and profit grow 15%
DomiNations mobile game is off to a promising start, Nexon says.
Tencent widens its position as the world’s largest game company
Online and mobile game revenue continue to grow at a fast pace.
Galactic Civilizations III reminds 4X strategy fans what it truly means to go beyond Earth
For even the casual 4X strategy fan, the space-conquering features of Galactic Civilizations III make for an attractive time investment.
Roller Coaster Tycoon World is still in development — but it’s under a new studio
This is the third team to take over the development of Roller Coaster Tycoon World.
Blizzard’s Battle.net is down and causing problems for Hearthstone, World of Warcraft players
Battle.net, the service that acts as the online backbone for all Blizzard games, isn’t working properly at the moment. If you try to boot up the service, you’ll see an error when the program tries to connect online.
Mobile studio Pocket Gems gets a minority investment from Tencent to move into China
Tencent to benefit from Pocket Gems' Western roots.
Japanese role-playing game studio Imageepoch has gone bankrupt — but its latest game is still coming out
Japanese game developer Imageepoch and affiliate company Smile Online Games have begun bankruptcy procedures in Tokyo this week following a stretch of declining sales. Research provider Teikoku Databank reports (via Siliconera) that Imageepoch has a debt of $9.2 million (1.1 billion yen) owed to 43 different creditors.