Maple Media raises $30 million to found a new mobile gaming empire
Maple Media has raised $30 million in private equity to acquire and operate mobile apps and games. The Los Angeles company hopes to make...
Immersion reveals TouchSense Force for better touch feedback in games
Immersion has revealed its TouchSense Force technology for better touch feedback in games. The San Jose, Calif.-based company has licensed the technology to a...
Twitch taps IFTTT to turn lights purple when a channel you follow starts livestreaming
IFTTT launched a new channel today to give its users the ability to automate actions based on activity on livestreaming website Twitch. At launch, 15...
Miami Heat deepens NBA’s dive into esports with acquisition of Vainglory team
Traditional sports and PC esports continue to collide with professional mobile gaming. Team Misfits, the esports partner organization of the Miami Heat basketball team,...
DICE Awards turn 20: How gaming’s Academy Awards have grown
Anniversaries have a way of creeping up on us. The game academy’s annual DICE Awards event is now in its 20th year, while the DICE Summit event is in its 17th. I’ve been to all of the summits, which gather the elite of the game industry in Las Vegas every year.
PlayStation Network is down again
Sony’s gaming service is having troubles once again. PlayStation Network isn’t functioning properly for everyone right now, according to a wave of complaints on...
Arkadium doubles down on its web games with quiz app
After a tumultuous 2015, Arkadium returned to its core business of providing games that can be embedded in the websites of media companies. During...
Friction hurts, especially in gaming
You've probably seen a long list of complaints from players, and it might even drive you to say, "If I can't keep them all happy, what's the point?" But some concerns deserve your attention, and most of those fall into a single theme.
Engaging ad experiences on mobile are the new gold standard for marketers
Television has been long held as the gold standard in the world of advertising, and marketers are comfortable using their tried and true gross...
The Legend of Zelda escape room struggles to adapt the classic game
At the Social Hall at The Regency Center in San Francicso Monday night, I tried out a press preview of Scrap Entertainment’s Zelda-inspired room escape: Defenders of the Triforce. So-called room escapes — where people are locked in a room and given a time limit to solve puzzles and escape — are booming around the country.