Niantic acquires Mayhem to boost social gaming communities
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has acquired social gaming community platform Mayhem. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is Niantic’s seventh....
Nukebox Studios aims for another hit with home decor game Room Flip
India’s Nukebox Studios is aiming for another global hit with the home design game Room Flip. The creator of Food Truck Chef and Sponge...
Ducky generates $1 million a month and 145 million plays with hypercasual games
Hypercasual games are simple games that can reach the broadest audiences on mobile devices, and they can be made almost anywhere. The latest company...
In its death throes, Adobe’s Flash kills off Zynga’s original FarmVille
Adobe is terminating its Flash software today, and with it will go Zynga’s original FarmVille game from 2009. That brings to an end an...
Fred Chesnais interview: On blockchain bets, Atari hotels, and shipping the VCS console
Under CEO Fred Chesnais, Atari is a company with just 28 employees. That’s pretty small for the oldest brand in video games. But during...
What 50 hours in Astro’s Playroom taught me about video games
I’m weird. By most accounts, you can beat Astro’s Playroom — the PlayStation 5’s glorified pack-in tech demo — in about four hours. I’ve...
The RetroBeat: 2020’s biggest retro gaming moments
I have to be honest: 2020 wasn’t as a big year for retro gaming as some of the other ones we’ve had in recent...
PlayStation and Nintendo spent 2020 vying for TV game ad crown
PlayStation and Nintendo are consistently two of the biggest gaming-industry spenders on TV advertising, and as such are often the gaming brands with the...
Hexagram hires Jamil Moledina as CEO for interactive storytelling platform
Hexagram, a maker of immersive experiences that go beyond ordinary video games, has named industry veteran Jamil Moledina as its CEO. Los Angeles-based Hexagram...
Moon Active acquires Family Island mobile game maker Melsoft
Moon Active announced today the acquisition of the mobile game company Melsoft. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Melsoft has become a...