Backend game engine Pragma levels up player engagement tracking with FirstLook acquisition
Pragma, a backend game engine built by devs who worked on multiple large games like Destiny 2, has announced an acquisition of FirstLook, an...
Dorian elevates UGC games with interactive video integration
Dorian, a fast-growing game platform serving mostly female game creators and fans, has added interactive video integration with its user-generated content (UGC) games. Aiming...
Wonder Woman video game, announced in 2021, reportedly canceled
As part of today’s vast and far-reaching closures of Warner Bros. Games originally reported by Bloomberg, numerous studios have had to end their ongoing...
Room 8 Group hires game dev and tech leaders and consolidates brands
Room 8 Group said it is strengthening its business structure by combining a couple of gaming brands and hiring new game development and technology...
Balatro and others re-rated by PEGI after successful appeal, prompting a rule revision
Balatro, the wildly successful indie game that portrays a mystical and decidedly fictionalized deck of cards dependent on the magical powers of various Joker...
Meta launches $50M Meta Horizon Creator Fund
This week, Meta launched a $50 million Meta Horizon Creator Fund. Under the theme of “Shape what’s next,” Meta plans to reward creators who...
The remarkable banter of Cory Barlog and Neil Druckmann on the creative process
Cory Barlog, creative director at Sony Santa Monica Studio, and Neil Druckmann, studio head and head of creative of the video game developer Naughty...
Game investments and M&A totaled $17.5B across 985 deals in 2024 | DDM
As the games industry moves on from “survive til 25,” 2024 games investment and M&A data revealed recovery and improvement, according to market analyst...
Vanguard Exiles launches on March 11 as next game from Magic creator Richard Garfield
Vanguard Exiles, the next game by Magic: The Gathering creator Richard Garfield, will launch into early access on Steam on March 11. The digital...
NetEase raises fears it is unloading its overseas game properties, hurting U.S. gaming
Chinese game publisher NetEase raised fears with recent moves that it is unloading as much as all of its overseas holdings in U.S. game...