Metroid: Dread brings the franchise to Switch
Nintendo announced a new 2D Metroid game today during its E3 Direct presentation. It’s called Metroid: Dread, and it’s coming out October 8. The...
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania rolls classic games into one bundle
Sega announced Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania during today’s E3 Nintendo Direct. The compilation includes remastered versions of Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball...
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate invites Kazuya from Tekken
Nintendo revealed the next character coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during its E3 Direct today. It’s Kazuya from Tekken. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...
Lingokids raises $40 million for ‘playlearning’ educational games platform
Lingokids has raised $40 million in funding for its educational games platform. And the company said it now reaches more than 30 million families...
App Annie/IDC: Mobile gaming downloads rose 30% in Q1 2021 and spending was up 40%
Mobile gaming downloads and spending grew in the first quarter. That’s because gaming habits formed in the pandemic continued to be strong, according to...
Vungle agrees to buy influencer marketing platform JetFuel
Vungle has agreed to buy influencer marketing platform JetFuel for an undisclosed price. The deal is the fourth acquisition that Vungle has made in...
Opera GX mobile gaming browser will speed games for mobile players
Opera is launching the Opera GX browser today to bring better speed and performance to mobile games. The desktop version of Opera GX launched...
Intellivision Entertainment wants to own retro couch gaming
Intellivision Entertainment CEO Tommy Tallarico made his pitch to gamers today to own the couch when it comes to retro console gaming, talking about...
Transformers: Heavy Metal is a real-world AR mobile game from Niantic and Hasbro
Niantic and Hasbro have partnered to make the real-world augmented reality mobile game Transformers: Heavy Metal. It’s yet another location-based game along the lines...
Xbox leaders reunion panel — What went right and almost went wrong
The former leaders of the original Xbox game leadership team got together for a reunion panel during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). I moderated...