IGDA groups appoint a new generation of leaders
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has appointed two women to serve in key positions at the IGDA and its affiliated charity the IGDA...
Digi-Capital: Investors poured $9.6 billion into game deals in past 18 months, but M&A and IPOs slowed
Investors poured $9.6 billion into game companies in past 18 months, but acquisitions and initial public offerings (IPOs) dropped to levels not seen since...
App Annie: Consumers downloaded 11.2 billion games on iOS and Android in Q2
Mobile gaming hit new heights in the second quarter as consumers downloaded 11.2 billion games on iOS and Android, according to mobile data and...
Amazon and Leyou will make a Lord of the Rings PC and console game
Amazon Game Studios will collaborate with Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies and Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and publish a free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game...
Nintendo Switch Lite launches September 20 for $200
Nintendo has confirmed the much-rumored Nintendo Switch Lite, revealing that the new slimmed down console — available in gray, yellow, and turquoise — will...
Nintendo Switch Online’s NES games are getting a rewind feature
Nintendo announced today that a rewind feature is coming to the Nintendo Switch Online’s collection of NES games on July 17. Many older games...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go made $2.65 billion in three years
Pokémon Go first launched on July 6, 2016, so Niantic‘s mobile game has now been out for three years. And the location-based experience has...
How female characters in FIFA led to a diversity movement at EA
Not many people can trace the kind of impact that Katie Scott has had as a game designer at Electronic Arts. She considered herself...
Apple re-releases Texas Hold’em ahead of App Store’s 11th anniversary
Apple’s App Store will celebrate its 11th anniversary later this week, but the company says it’s celebrating the Store’s 10th year by re-releasing a...
Sensor Tower: Android and iOS apps made $39 billion in first half of 2019
Apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play earned $39 billion in the first half of 2019, according to market analyst Sensor Tower....