GamesBeat Decides: The best (and worst) Nintendo consoles
Nintendo has made some of the most iconic consoles of all time. Now it is up to us to rank them the only way...
Roblox raises $520 million at $29.5 billion valuation, will go public through direct listing
User-generated game platform Roblox has raised $520 million in a new round of funding, and it will still go public through a direct listing where...
Nintendo couldn’t let go of Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games
Nintendo announced overnight that it is acquiring Luigi’s Mansion 3 developer Next Level Games. The Vancouver-based studio will join Nintendo’s first-party teams like Retro...
Rewardify’s mobile games offer cash sweepstakes prizes
Rewardify is bringing the age-old enticements of cash sweepstakes to mobile games. The company is offering prizes of $5-to-$10 for players who are the...
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...