Zynga found its footing in mobile, and now it’s finding big growth
Zynga is once again one of the fastest-growing game developers. The studio saw its revenue jump to $306 million during the second quarter of...
Ubisoft acquires 70% stake in Green Panda Games, bolstering its hyper-casual stable
Ubisoft Entertainment has a strong presence in PC, console, and mobile games — but it doesn’t have a lot of representation in a growing...
StreamElements helps brands partner with influencers without leaks
Let’s say you have a trailer for a new season of content for your popular live-service game. And someone on your marketing team has...
Kast acquires remnants of group-watch company Rabbit
Kast announced that it has acquired Rabbit‘s intellectual property, software stack, and several patents. Rabbit was a service that let users watch videos together...
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes reaches 80 million players since 2015 debut
Electronic Arts revealed today during its Q1 financial year 2020 earnings report that Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Q1 has now reached 80 million...
PlayStation 4 is the fastest to ship 100 million home game consoles
PlayStation 4 continues to lead the thriving console gaming market. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s gaming box surpassed 100 million consoles shipped to retailers. It reached...
Why monetization and marketing need to work closer together
Traditionally, ad monetization and user acquisition have been run by discrete teams at most major game companies. Theoretically, this makes sense. The two teams...
How a small team of artists conceived Sony’s Concrete Genie
Concrete Genie is a kind of psychological journey, played out on the canvas of a video game. A young artist named Ash escapes his...
Concrete Genie hands-on — Using paint to beautify a drab world and purify a mind
Concrete Genie is coming out its long and dark journey through development, and the unique action-adventure game is bringing a lot of light and...
Hold on to your decks: Dramatic ‘Hearthstone’ competitive changes still to come
Last fall, Blizzard Entertainment announced the beginning of open qualification tournaments for its popular digital card game. No longer is grinding up to Legend...