Playtika acquires casual mobile game maker Wooga for over $100 million
Social casino game giant Playtika announced it has completed its acquisition of Wooga, the Berlin-based maker of casual games. We heard the price was more...
Google Play reveals 2018’s best apps and games
Google Play shared the year’s top content across apps, games, movies, TV and books for 2018. Based on results from the Google Play store on Android devices, the...
Gaming media and brand report: Rockstar Gets (Red Dead) Redemption in October
When you go eight years between release dates, it’s bound to cause some excitement. Coinciding with the long-awaited Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games...
Just Cause 4: How designers blended crazy tornado and grappling hook physics
Just Cause 4 arrives in stores on December 4 for fans of the third-person action shooter series. Rico Rodriguez returns with his weapons, wingsuit,...
To make the cyber-thriller Searching, these indie filmmakers turned to video games
Techno thriller Searching is a video game movie — but you won’t find Dwayne Johnson battling demons on Mars (or critics on Twitter) or...
Two months running, PlayStation dominates first place in gaming industry’s most-seen TV ads ranking
In the last 30 days, Sony-owned PlayStation edged its lead with a third of all industry TV ad impressions, while Nintendo extended its market...
Jam City lays off a number of game developers
Fresh off the acquisition of two games, casual game publisher Jam City laid off a number of employees on Friday. It isn’t clear yet...
Sensor Tower: Black Friday was biggest day ever for U.S. mobile game revenues
People spent an estimated $55.8 million on mobile games in the U.S. App Store and Google Play on November 23, making Black Friday 2018...
NPD: U.S. video game spending up 24% to $9.1 billion in Q3 2018
Consumer spending on video games in the U.S. during Q3 2018 (July to September) reached $9.1 billion in the U.S., according to The NPD...
Shards of Infinity deck-building cyberpunk game goes digital in 2019
Stone Blade Entertainment and Temple Gates Games are bringing the deck-building cyberpunk game Shards of Infinity to digital platforms including iOS, Android, and Steam....