Games One: Here’s the top 15 venture capital funds that invest in games
The top 15 venture capital firms investing in games have more than $1.5 billion under management, according to a report from game industry advisory...
Artie raises $10 million as it pivots to make instant games
Artie has raised $10 million to make instant mobile games that can be played directly inside social media, video, and messaging platforms in a...
Mobile gaming revenue is under threat from reverse-engineering and other hacks
Mobile gaming is boom. 2020 app revenue topped $111 billion, 30% more than all of 2019, according to research firm Sensor Tower. It estimates...
Nolan Bushnell’s Virsix Games launches Star Audition party game
Nolan Bushnell helped start Atari in 1972 and launch the video game industry with Pong. But the 78-year-old cofounder of Virsix Games isn’t done...
Supercell’s Brawl Stars is its fifth mobile game to cross $1 billion
Supercell is an extraordinary company that prints money with its mobile games. But in 2020, it had another off year from a financial analyst’s...
GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Zelda games
We’ve been having fun making tier lists for whatever fits our fancy, including our favorite Nintendo consoles and Mario games. Now it’s Zelda’s turn....
The RetroBeat: Dragon Quest III is as good as 8-bit era RPGs get
Usually when I beat a Japanese role-playing game, I take a break and play something a bit shorter and faster-paced. When I finished Dragon...
The DeanBeat: Has the game industry hit its peak with crazy valuations or just begun its growth?
Money is pouring into the game industry, and I’m not just talking about GameStop’s crazy stock rise. I wrote about this last week, and...
U.S. console sales just had the best January in more than a generation
Gamers in the United States spent a lot of money on hardware last month, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. “Sales of video...
January 2021 NPD: Nintendo games and holiday hits lead surging sales
The new generation of consoles is fueling growth across all gaming categories in the United States. Hardware saw a 144% year-over-year surge, but software...