Zynga acquires Diablo co-creator’s Echtra Games in expansion to PC and consoles
Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the game studio that Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer started, as part of its expansion into cross-platform games...
India’s All-Star Games raises $1.5 million to make cricket sports games
Indian game startup All-Star Games has raised $1.5 million to make multiplayer games based on sports such as cricket on iOS and Android. Lumikai,...
Vungle acquires mobile game analytics firm GameRefinery
Mobile performance ad platform Vungle has acquired GameRefinery, a mobile game analytics service firm in Finland. GameRefinery’s Game Intelligence platform has 70 customers around...
Ubisoft and Belgian Pro League partner for One Shot League blockchain fantasy soccer
Ubisoft and the Belgian Pro League have partnered to develop One Shot League, a new blockchain-driven fantasy soccer game. Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab and...
China’s TiMi Studios joins the UN’s Playing for the Planet Alliance
TiMi Studios, the studio behind Call of Duty: Mobile and Arena of Valor, has joined the United Nation’s initiative to battle climate change, Playing...
Ads are back in: Monetizing beyond subscriptions and transactions in gaming
The rapid growth of direct-to-consumer streaming platforms has proven that subscriptions are viable. Subscription options have seen a massive increase as console, platform, and...
State of Play, Pokémon’s Breath of the Wild, and an Elden Ring update | GB Decides 185
Last week, Nintendo delivered its first general Direct in more than a year, and now Sony and The Pokémon Company followed up this week...
Balan Wonderworld understands America’s infatuation with corn
Corn! We love the darn stuff here in the United States. Now, of course the crop is important because it enabled humans to grow...
The DeanBeat: How non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will change games
I was searching on Clubhouse again this week for the social zeitgeist about games. On the social audio app, I listened to a session...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is giving the series a glowup in 2022
It has taken generations of game releases, but Pokémon looks like it is getting a major upgrade. The Pokémon Company revealed Pokémon Legends: Arceus...