Angry Birds maker Rovio announces plans for IPO to raise $36 million
Capping what appears to be a remarkable turnaround, Finland’s Rovio announced today that it has filed for an initial public offering of stock to expand...
Knack 2 review — it rocks
Knack 2 works. Simply, elegantly, its many disparate parts—components that fit together so poorly in the original PlayStation 4 launch game—fuse together to form...
5 games with memorable falling to celebrate fall
Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the crisp weather and the beautiful colors. I thought I would celebrate autumn’s coming...
Royal Blood: How Gamevil is betting big on a mobile MMO
Few projects are as ambitious as Royal Blood, a massively multiplayer online fantasy role-playing game for smartphones and tablets. Gamevil plans to release the...
You’re not Supercell: Why you should let your mobile games live
Best practices in mobile game development usually means developing and soft launching a multitude of games. Then if those games don’t hit certain minimum...
India’s Nukebox Studios cooked up a mobile hit with Food Truck Chef
It took 18 months to cook, but Nukebox‘s Food Truck Chef mobile game has come out well done. The game generated more than 3...
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is an abomination of UI design
A Final Fantasy fighting game is a great idea. The series has had tons of memorable characters. Putting them together in a brawler should...
Sonic Forces is out for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on November 7
Sega announced today that Sonic Forces is coming out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on November 7. Sega also revealed a...
Sims pioneer Rod Humble takes over Jam City’s TinyCo studio
Mobile game publisher Jam City announced it has appointed Rod Humble, a former Electronic Arts executive, to run its TinyCo Studio in San Francisco....
Hard Rock teams up with game studio to make mobile puzzle-match game
Hard Rock International has teamed up with game studio Ilyon Dynamics to create the official Hard Rock mobile game, dubbed Hard Rock Puzzle Match....