Microsoft will open Windows Store to third parties, starting with Epic and Amazon
Microsoft today announced that it is opening up its Windows Store to third-party markets, including Amazon and Epic Games. It also revealed that it...
Why The Initiative hired Crystal Dynamics to help with Perfect Dark
It’s something we are hearing more often these days: making video games is difficult. And the job isn’t any easier during a pandemic and...
Kahoot adds Star Wars-themed games in new partnership
Kahoot recently announced that it has opened a partnership with Disney to bring Star Wars characters to their educational material in a series of...
Supersocial raises $5.2M to make games for the Roblox metaverse
Making Roblox games isn’t just for teens anymore. Supersocial has raised $5.2 million to develop games for the fast-growing Roblox platform, as well as...
Adjust: Mobile gaming accounts for 50% of user acquisition spending
Gaming remains the largest category for user acquisition on mobile devices — accounting for 50% of all user-acquisition ad spending — according to mobile...
Netflix acquires its first game studio in deal with Oxenfree creator Night School Studio
Netflix has acquired its first game studio with the acquisition of Oxenfree creator Night School Studio. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed. The Glendale, California-based game...
Marvel’s Avengers is coming to Xbox Game Pass on September 30
Xbox is adding another game to its Game Pass platform: Marvel’s Avengers, along with all of its previously released content. The game will launch...
Animoca Brands and Blowfish Studios unveil Phantom Galaxies sci-fi NFT game
Animoca Brands and Blowfish Studios today announced Phantom Galaxies, an open-world sci-fi action role-playing game that monetizes through nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The mecha space...
Playco acquires Goodboy for HTML5 game engine PixiJS
Playco raised $100 million last year for instant games, and now it’s putting some of that money to use with the acquisition of Goodboy...
How Genvid and Intel turned a Times Square billboard into an interactive game
Genvid Technologies, Intel, Outfront Media, and Streamline Media Group turned a Times Square billboard into an interactive game. Dubbed Project Monarch, the game was...