Flaregames lays off 45, founder gives up CEO title
Mobile publisher Flaregames is laying off 45 people, and founder Klaas Kersting is handing over the CEO duties to executive Todd English. The seven-year-old...
Pocket Gems’ Wild Beyond bring core real-time strategy to mobile
Core games are faring better on mobile these days, and that’s the trend that Pocket Gems is seizing upon with the unveiling of Wild...
Spyro: Reignited Trilogy review — from classics to playable cartoons
I mostly missed the Spyro trilogy when these games debuted on the original PlayStation. The Reignited Trilogy includes remakes of Spyro the Dragon, Spyro...
PlayStation rides roughshod over other gaming brands for October TV ad spend
PlayStation has been spending big on marketing, and yet for October, it upped its TV advertising budget for October, spending an estimated $28 million....
Everything Microsoft announced at its XO18 Mexico City event
Microsoft is throwing a big fan bash in Mexico City, and it made a lot of news announcements about new games, services, and acquisitions...
The Game Awards interview — Geoff Keighley readies gaming’s biggest gala
If gaming has a gala, it is The Game Awards. Coming December 6, the awards show for the video game industry will be streamed...
The DeanBeat: A dust-up over Diablo: Immortal has far-reaching implications
For Blizzard Entertainment, the dust-up over the announcement of the mobile game Diablo: Immortal came at a bad time. Our review editor Mike Minotti...
King’s Candy Crush Friends drives franchise to 262 million monthly active players
Activision Blizzard‘s King mobile games division had 262 million monthly active users in the third fiscal quarter ended September 30, reported in its earnings report...
Microsoft teases Project xCloud for Samsung game developers
Microsoft teased its Project xCloud game streaming technology at the Samsung Developer Conference. The project aims to make PC and console games available via...
Skillz: Jacksonville tops list of 25 biggest U.S. mobile esports cities
Mobile esports firm Skillz released data today that shows where the most skilled mobile esports players live in the U.S. And the study shows...