How Scopely took over the Scrabble mobile game franchise from EA
Last week, Scopely launched Scrabble Go, a new mobile game based on its alliance with Hasbro and Mattel for one of the world’s most popular...
Nintendo dominates gaming industry TV advertising in February
After the usual post-Christmas lull in TV advertising, the gaming industry — with Nintendo in the lead — came back big in February with...
The RetroBeat: My 5 favorite PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation 2 debuted in Japan on March 4, 2000. That means that the classic console is now 20 years old. Now, after we’re all...
Take-Two boss explains company’s plan to increase game output
Take-Two Interactive chief executive officer Strauss Zelnick wants two things: to increase and diversify the output of the publisher’s games, and to undo the...
The Last of Us will become a TV series for HBO
HBO is turning the hit game The Last of Us into a TV series, as the The Hollywood Reporter revealed today. The show will...
Ghosts of Tsushima unsheathes its PS4 sword on June 26
Sony announced today that Ghosts of Tsushima will come out for PlayStation 4 on June 26. Ghosts of Tsushima is a samurai action-adventure game...
Zynga unveils Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells match-3 mobile game
Zynga is unveiling the limited launch of Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, a new match-3 mobile game in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment....
Esports Players League secures $1 million, 500 Startups leads investment
The Esports Players League announced today that it has finished a seed round worth $1 million. Venture capital firm 500 Startups lead the round....
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night gets a surprise release on Android and iOS
What is a port? A miserable little pile of touchscreen controls! At least if its Castelvania: Symphony of the Night coming to Andorid and...
Google hires Sony’s Shannon Studstill to run Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in L.A.
Google announced that it has hired Sony game development leader Shannon Studstill to run a new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in Playa Vista,...