Categories Posted inin Business Niantic taps ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ director Rian Johnson for Pokémon Go Fest video Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 6, 2020 1 min Niantic has tapped Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out director Rian Johnson to create a commercial for the Pokémon Go Fest. Niantic... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation’s The Last of Us Part II campaign boosts game TV ad spending in June Posted byby Jason Wilson July 4, 2020 2 min Gaming industry TV ad spend jumped up to an estimated $18.7 million in June, an 81% increase from May’s $10.3 million, with PlayStation serving... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fallout TV project coming from the creators of HBO’s ‘Westworld’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 2, 2020 1 min Fallout is heading to Amazon. Bethesda Softworks used its official Fallout Twitter account today to tease an upcoming Fallout television project. Hollywood news blog... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business CrazyLabs invests $500,000 in Indian hypercasual game accelerator Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2020 3 min CrazyLabs has made a big business out of hypercasual games, and now it’s investing $500,000 in CrazyHub, a new accelerator for hypercasual games in... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox Summer Game Fest Demo Event begins July 21 for unreleased indies Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 1, 2020 1 min Microsoft revealed plans to roll out demos for a number of upcoming Xbox One games. The company announced in a blog post today that... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Mike DeLaet gave up the CEO job at Rogue Games to be an exec at Scopely Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 1, 2020 4 min It’s not every day a game publisher CEO quits to take a job as a senior vice president at another company. But that’s what... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Trivia Royale game tops Apple’s App Store with 2 million downloads Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 1, 2020 3 min Teatime has a big hit on its hands with Trivia Royale, a mobile game in which 1,000 players compete against each other in a... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business OnePlus 8 improves mobile Fortnite with support for 90fps Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 30, 2020 2 min Faster displays have started to find their way into mobile devices, and this is starting to have ramifications for gaming as well. The new... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Etermax accelerates mobile game launches during the pandemic with debut of Topic Twister Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2020 3 min Etermax has launched its Topic Twister mobile word game on iOS and Android as the company speeds up game launches during the coronavirus pandemic.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft plans to reveal Xbox Lockhart model in August Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 29, 2020 2 min Microsoft has two next-gen Xbox systems in the works. It has spent months detailing the powerful Xbox Series X, but it isn’t talking about... Continue Reading 2 min