Storm8’s journey from a Facebook gaming startup to a $300 million acquisition
Storm8‘s years of making mobile games paid off this week when Stillfront Group agreed to buy the Redwood City, California-based company for $300 million...
SuperData: Consumers spent an all-time high of $9.8 billion on digital games in December 2019
Market insight group SuperData announced today that consumers spent $9.8 billion on digital games in December. This is a new high, and it’s up 8%...
A new version of Tetris is on Android and iOS as a free download
The Tetris Company has partnered with N3twork to release a new version of Tetris for mobile, available now for Android and iOS devices. This...
Scopely acquires Disney’s FoxNext Games, maker of Marvel Strike Force
Scopely, the mobile gaming company behind titles like Star Trek: Fleet Command, announced that it has acquired FoxNext Games Los Angeles from Disney. Disney...
Yandex: Russian game market doubled in five years to $2 billion
The Russian game market more than doubled in the past five years to more than $2 billion in 2019, according to Yandex.Checkout, a Russian...
Stillfront Group acquires Storm8 for $300 million
Stillfront Group announced today that it is acquiring 100% of Califonia mobile gaming studio Storm8. Stillfront is calling this one of the biggest acquisitions...
Dying Light 2 will miss its spring 2020 release window
Developer Techland announced today that Dying Light 2 will be missing its spring 2020 release window. The studio did not offer up a time...
Apple Arcade’s Kings of the Castle turns a trope on its head
Kings of the Castle from developer Frosty Pop has debuted as the latest mobile game on Apple Arcade. It is the fifth game from...
NPD: The 20 best-selling games of 2019 in the U.S.
It’s time to look back at the top 20 best-selling games of 2019. Industry-tracking firm The NPD Group released its annual report, which details...
PlayStation 4 was the best-selling hardware of the decade
The NPD Group released its annual video game report for the United States, and it included some tidbits for the last 10 years as...