My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games mobile studio
My.Games has invested $1.5 million in San Francisco-based mobile game studio Pizza Club Games. It’s the second time in a week that a foreign...
Electronic Arts acquires Glu Mobile for $2.4 billion
Electronic Arts is getting into the Kim Kardashian business. At least, that is the case if its deal to grab mobile gaming behemoth Glu...
Cocos adds 3D to its open source 2D game engine with Cocos Creator 3.0
Cocos has had great success with PC and mobile games with its 2D game engine. Now it is taking the open-source software to the...
Homa Games raises $15 million to make hypercasual mobile games
France’s Homa Games has raised $15 million to enhance its factory for building hypercasual mobile games. The seed round is a big one for...
Game industry’s TV ad spend drops in January
As you’d expect after the holiday season, gaming brands pulled back from TV advertising in January to the tune of a 60% decrease in...
The DeanBeat: Measuring the froth of the game industry
Merger mania has come to games, and a big window is open for public offerings in the stock market. That translates to a historic...
Wildlife Studios opens Never Forget Games studio in San Francisco
Game developers and other professionals have reportedly been leaving San Francisco during the pandemic. But Brazil’s Wildlife Studios has taken a contrarian stand, as it...
Sonic is getting his own Lego set
Mario may have been first, but Sonic isn’t lagging far behind. Sega’s famous hedgehog is getting his own Lego set. This is actually thanks...
Candivore raises $12 million to boost Match Masters puzzle game
Candivore has raised $12 million to fund growth for the company’s games such as Match Masters, a mobile match-3 puzzler. The mobile game combines...
PlayStation launches used to lose money — but with PS5, Sony is expecting its best year ever
If you look back at the history of profits for Sony’s PlayStation division, you can see a clear cycle. PlayStation makes the most money...