Chartboost launches playable ads to boost mobile game publisher revenues
Mobile-game marketing firm Chartboost has jumped on the growing enthusiasm for “playable ads” for mobile games by launching the Chartboost Playable Ads business. Tests...
Here’s what Nintendo Switch looks like in a large man’s pockets
I’m not a huge guy, but I would say I’m large. I’m 6 feet tall and 220 lbs. I don’t know if that’s large by...
Mass Effect: Andromeda has big gameplay changes, an epic story, and a new galaxy
Mass Effect: Andromeda debuts March 21 as the next chapter in BioWare’s epic space series. Electronic Arts took the wraps off the gameplay in...
Vainglory partners with MadGlory to help app developers share the MOBA’s stats and data
Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp announced today that it is partnering with MadGlory to provide its community with a developer API (application programming interface)...
Germany’s Flaregames to invest $21 million in game incubator
Flaregames said today it will invest €20 million ($21 million) over the next 18 months in a new game incubator. Through the company’s Flare...
InnoGames acquires Wooga’s strategy game Warlords
InnoGames has acquired Wooga’s strategy game Warlords. Hamburg, Germany-based InnoGames will pick up ownership of Warlords and continue to operate the game, but it...
March 2017 Xbox Live Games With Gold: Evolve, Borderlands 2, and more
Another month, another slew of free games for people paying for Xbox’s premium subscription service. In March, Microsoft will give away four games as...
Startup Huuuge Games finds way to grow huge in social casino games
Huuuge Games is a late entrant in the social casino game market. By all measures, it should have failed in its effort to compete with...
Hearthstone’s 7.1 update will revamp Arena’s card-offering rates — and hamstring Flamestrike
We’re about to see less of Abyssal Enforcer and Flamestrike in the Arena — and a lot more Rare and Epic cards. Hearthstone’s Arena...
Heal’s on-demand doctors have made 16,000 patient house calls
Heal, the app for on-demand doctor house calls, has been used to arrange more than 16,000 doctor visits over the past two years. Now the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based company is planning new services and a nationwide rollout.