Metacore secures $179.9M in credit from Supercell for casual games
Mobile game studio Metacore has raised $179.9 million in credit from Supercell to continue developing its casual mobile game Merge Mansion. It’s a huge...
EA acquires Super Mega Baseball dev Metalhead
Electronic Arts announced today that it has acquired Metalhead Software, the studio behind the Super Mega Baseball series. “EA Sports and Metalhead are teaming...
Zynga agrees to buy mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million
Mobile game publisher Zynga has agreed to acquire mobile ad and monetization firm Chartboost for $250 million in cash. It’s an interesting deal because...
Zynga’s Q1 2021 bookings of $720M are up 69% from a year ago
Zynga beat analysts’ expectations today, reporting stellar bookings and revenues in the first quarter that ended March 31 thanks to the strong performance of...
Riot Games will launch Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021
Riot Games will launch the League of Legends: Wild Rift esports tournament in late 2021. The company hopes to apply the lessons of a...
Game distribution is so much more than Steam, Epic, and mobile stores
Good news! If you own more than 25,000 games on Valve’s digital games store, your Steam client should stop crashing soon. It would be...
Call of Duty: Mobile has 500 million downloads, $1 billion in player spending since 2019
Call of Duty: Mobile has crossed 500 million downloads worldwide since its launch in October 2019. The mobile game has also brought in over...
Diablo: Immortal is on target for global release this year
As part of today’s Activision Blizzard earnings announcement, the company revealed that Diablo: Immortal is on track for a global release later in 2021....
Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty drives 27% Q1 2020 revenue growth to $2.28 billion
Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s expectations with 27% revenue growth to $2.28 billion for the first quarter ended March 31....
Carry1st raises $6 million to publish mobile games in Africa
Carry1st has raised $6 million in funding for its mobile game publishing platform targeted at the untapped potential of the African market. Africa has...