EA’s $1.4B Playdemic purchase strengthens its mobile strategy
Electronic Arts has acquired Golf Clash creator Playdemic from WarnerMedia for $1.4 billion in cash as EA shores up its sports game portfolio. That’s...
Cloud gaming monetization keeps evolving
Cloud gaming tech has significant potential to upset established video game monetization models. We’re seeing stark parallels with established streaming models, like with the...
GXC raises $4.73M for game community feedback tools
Global game platform GXC has raised $4.73 million in funding to fund multiple game services, including community feedback tools for mobile game makers. GXC...
Akamai: Cyberattacks on gaming grew 340% in pandemic
Gaming faced the highest growth in cyberattacks during the pandemic, according to a report by Akamai Security Research. The report showed that “relentless” web...
How playable ads can help acquire users
Playable ads have exploded in popularity over the past few years as a powerful format for game developers to attract and acquire new users....
Sonic dashes into Minecraft
Minecraft has added Sonic the Hedgehog DLC today, just in time for the Sega mascot’s 30th birthday tomorrow (June 23). This isn’t just a...
Epic Online Services launches free voice chat and anti-cheat features
Epic Online Services will be launching voice chat and anti-cheat services to all developers for free. Epic is also revealing its latest social numbers,...
Nvidia’s Isaac robot simulations debut on Omniverse
Nvidia has launched a new version of its Isaac robot simulation engine in the Omniverse, the company’s metaverse sim for engineers. The Omniverse started years...
How Azur Games grew its hypercasual games to 1.5B downloads
Azur Games is one of those companies that has quietly become one of the top ten game publishers in the world with more than...
The RetroBeat: This YouTube channel helps you beat those hard NES games
NES games are great! They can also be hard. That’s why I’m glad I discovered the YouTube channel U Can Beat Video Games. Yes,...