Lightspeed Studios launches new Japan game dev studio led by Hideaki Itsuno
Lightspeed Studios, a division of Tencent, said that it has established Lightspeed Japan Studio, a new game development studio headed by game director Hideaki...
Animoca Brands raises $10M for open metaverse platform Mocaverse
Animoca Brands has raised an additional $10 millino for Mocaverse, a platform for building an open metaverse. Participating investors include OKX Ventures, CMCC Global,...
Nintendo’s brain trust including Miyamoto answers questions about game development
Nintendo’s top executives answered questions about the Japanese company’s latest financials this week, including responses from president Shuntaro Furukawa and gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto....
Weaning mobile game players off in-app purchases with effective D2C marketing
Mobile game companies have a new D2C opportunity in front of them, and it’s potentially huge. Plenty of game companies are already using social...
Former PlayStation Worldwide chairman says the the future of the industry no longer belongs to the big players
The global console market is robust and massive — but it’s also topping out at 250 million users across the three major platforms, says...
Unity beats guidance with Q3 revenues of $429M, down 2%
Unity reported that its third-quarter revenues and adjusted profits beat expectations, with revenue falling 2% to $429 million. For the quarter ended September 30,...
Take-Two selling Private Division label to unnamed buyer
In today’s Take-Two quarterly earnings, the publisher behind games like Bioshock and Grand Theft Auto announced it has sold off its Private Division label...
Mike Verdu of Netflix Games leads new generative AI initiative
Mike Verdu, who had largely spearheaded Netflix’s foray into gaming in recent years as VP of Netflix Games, announced on LinkedIn a new role...
Incredibuild acquires Garden to accelerate game development
Incredibuild has acquired Garden to bolster its acceleration capabilities for the entire DevOps lifecycle for game devs and other software makers. Incredibuild said the...
Q3 game M&A strengthens for 4th straight quarter | Drake Star
Gaming merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity increased for the 4th straight quarter during the September period with $2.5B in disclosed deal value and...