Sega appoints ex-Disney exec as head of transmedia
Sega announced it has appointed Justin Scarpone, former executive at Disney and Scopely, as head of its transmedia efforts. He will be executive vice...
GamerSafer acquires Minecraft-focused Minehut server community
GamerSafer has acquired the Minehut server from SuperLeague, taking over a popular Minecraft server community. Minehut has been around since 2015 and it has...
Deck Nine lays off 20% of staff due to ‘worsening market conditions’
Chalk another loss up for 2024: Deck Nine Games, the developer of Life is Strange: True Colors and Telltale’s The Expanse announced today that...
How Activision designed Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile | Chris Plummer interview
The main task for Activision is building any Call of Duty game is to “not screw it up.” And so the pending March 21...
Warzone Mobile debuts March 21 with Verdansk, Rebirth Island and multiplayer maps
Activision announced that Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will launch worldwide on March 21 with the popular Verdansk and Rebirth Island battle royale maps....
Mattel partners with Zynga’s Rollic to make Barbie mobile game
Mattel has teamed up with Zynga’s Rollic casual game studio to make a new Barbie mobile game. So yes, there is finally a new...
Game M&A hit $11.8B in 2023, lowest since 2019 | Quantum Tech Partners
Game industry mergers and acquisitions hit $11.8 billion in 2023, the lowest level since 2019, according to M&A advisory firm Quantum Tech Partners. That...
Digital Turbine: mobile game ads can have more impact than social ads
Digital Turbine, in partnership with Apptopia, released a study highlighting the opportunities for brands to reach consumers via mobile games. According to the report,...
Scuti raises $10M to boost rewards for gamers
Scuti.AI has raised $10 million in funding to propel its AI-driven media and retail marketplace focused on gamers. New York-based Scuti enables game makers...
ESL Faceit Group lays off 15% of staff 2 years after $1.5B merger
ESL Faceit Group (EFG) is laying off 15% of its global workforce in an effort to reduce organizational complexity. This translates to the esports...