Clash of Clans creator’s Bit Odd takes eccentric approach to mobile game design, raises $18.2M
Bit Odd, a creative studio in Finland led by former Supercell leader Lasse Louhento, has raised $18.2 million (€17 million) in funding to make...
Rec Room reduces toxic chat incidences by 70% with intelligent voice moderation
Gaming experiences can be undermined, even ruined by bad behavior in text chat or forums. In voice chat and in VR, that bad experience...
Immersive Gamebox teams up with Netflix on Floor is Lava experience
Immersive Gamebox and Netflix have teamed up to launch a new gaming experience based on the Floor is Lava show at physical venues in...
Mobile gaming is expected to generate $98.7 billion in revenue globally | Xsolla
Mobile gaming is expected to generate $98.7 billion in revenue globally this year, with Asia leading the market at $65 billion. Xsolla, a global...
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,...