App Annie: Games made up 74% of consumer app store spending in 2018
Mobile users dedicated 74 percent of their app spending to games in 2018, according to the 2019 State of Mobile Report from mobile data and...
Harry Potter mobile game maker Jam City raises $145 million
Jam City, developer and publisher of the hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, has raised $145 million in funding. The money comes from JPMorgan Chase...
Roblox hires online safety veteran to lead digital civility initiative
Roblox has hired Laura Higgins, an online safety expert, to lead a new digital civility initiative at the company that makes a virtual world...
NBA and Take-Two extend deal for NBA 2K series
The NBA and video game publisher Take-Two announced today that they have extended their partnership deal for Take-Two to make games based on the...
Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars makes over $63 million in first month
Supercell’s recently released Brawl Stars has made more than $63.4 million in its first month, according to mobile market research firm Sensor Tower. Supercell makes mobile gaming...
U.S. and Canada grew total number of mobile gamers in 2018 by 5%
The U.S. and Canada saw a growth in mobile gaming in 2018. This is according to a new report done in collaboration with industry-tracking...
How Epic is empowering smaller studios to harness influencer marketing
It’s tough for small studios to get attention for their games. Even as someone who plays and thinks about games a lot, I don’t...
10 years and counting: GamesBeat Summit just keeps getting better
This year we’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of GamesBeat Summit, our flagship industry event. Over the past decade we’ve seen games become a $134.9...
Sensor Tower — Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire made $375 million on mobile in 2018
Square Enix and MZ’s mobile game Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire made $375 million in 2018, according to mobile research firm Sensor Tower. The strategy...
PlayStation dominated gaming industry TV spend in December
PlayStation continued its trend of spending big through the month of December, accounting for almost half of all gaming industry advertising on TV. Xbox...