Niantic is making a Harry Potter AR game as its followup to Pokémon Go
Niantic is working on a Harry Potter AR mobile game, as Techcrunch reported. It will be co-developed by Warner Bros. Interactive and its new subsidiary Portkey Games....
Star Wars: Battlefront II multiplayer — Heroes vs. Villains features icons in action
Heroes vs. Villains is the ultimate Star Wars fantasy. In this multiplayer mode for Star Wars: Battlefront II, you can be a hero or...
Words with Friends 2 launches with new social features like co-op play
The word of the day is “sequel” — as in Zynga launched Words with Friends 2 today to follow up its hit puzzle game Words with...
iOS 11 passes 50% adoption in under 2 months
After a longer wait than usual, Apple today finally released the first official numbers for iOS 11. The various figures and estimates released by...
How Zynga plans to grow through acquisitions, new games, and live ops
Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau wants to make sure that the company’s strong performance for the third quarter that ended September 30 isn’t a fluke. The...
Zynga pays $100 million for Peak Games’ casual card game studio
Zynga has acquired the mobile card game studio of Turkey’s Peak Games for $100 million in cash. The move is one of the biggest...
Telltale Games cuts staff by about 25 percent
Telltale Games has let go of 90 staff members, about 25 percent of its total workforce, as GamesIndustry.biz first reported. The game publisher and studio is famous...
Switch happens: Ubisoft’s bottom line feasts on Nintendo’s new console
When Ubisoft Entertainment announced Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, everyone thought it was bizarre. But sometimes bizarre works. Ubisoft released its earnings for the first...
Mojiworks raises $2.77 million for messenger games
Mojiworks raised nearly $2.77 million (£2.1 million) in a Series A round of funding for its messenger-based games. The round is led by Balderton...
Xbox One X will have 70 4K enhanced games a week after launch
Microsoft launched its Xbox One X console around the world on Tuesday morning, billing the video game machine as the world’s most powerful console....