Categories Posted inin Business Design Home reaches 30 million downloads and $71.5 million in bookings in first year Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 9, 2017 2 min Glu Mobile released Design Home a year ago, and the mobile game publisher said the title has generated 30 million downloads and $71.5 million... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Star Wars: Battlefront II — multiplayer tips and … Ewoks Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 9, 2017 9 min Star Wars: Battlefront II is one of the most accessible shooters to date. It debuts on November 17 on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4,... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Afterpulse respawns on the App Store with a new publisher Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 9, 2017 2 min Spain’s Digital Legends and South Korea’s Gamevil teamed up to release the realistic mobile shooter Afterpulse in 2015. The game got more than 10... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hearthstone: Kobolds & Catacombs devs on the challenge of following up Un’Goro and Death Knights Posted byby Mike Minotti November 8, 2017 15 min Hearthstone is going on a treasure hunt in its next expansion, Kobolds & Catacombs, which is launching for the digital card game next month... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Niantic is making a Harry Potter AR game as its followup to Pokémon Go Posted byby Mike Minotti November 8, 2017 1 min 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.... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Star Wars: Battlefront II multiplayer — Heroes vs. Villains features icons in action Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 8, 2017 2 min Heroes vs. Villains is the ultimate Star Wars fantasy. In this multiplayer mode for Star Wars: Battlefront II, you can be a hero or... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Words with Friends 2 launches with new social features like co-op play Posted byby GamesBeat November 8, 2017 4 min 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... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business iOS 11 passes 50% adoption in under 2 months Posted byby GamesBeat November 7, 2017 2 min After a longer wait than usual, Apple today finally released the first official numbers for iOS 11. The various figures and estimates released by... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Zynga plans to grow through acquisitions, new games, and live ops Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2017 3 min 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... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga pays $100 million for Peak Games’ casual card game studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 7, 2017 2 min 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... Continue Reading 2 min