MARVEL Strike Force: How collaboration turned players into teammates
Presented by Scopely “Giving players a seat at the dev table had a profound impact on our game, ‘MARVEL Strike Force,’ and on our...
Unity CEO strives for execution and accountability | Matthew Bromberg interview
The previous CEO of game engine maker Unity didn’t exit on the best of terms. John Riccitiello resigned after an ill-fated pricing battle. Game...
Bitkraft invests in Gam3Girl Ventures to help Web2 devs move to Web3
Web3 incubation fund Gam3Girl Ventures recently announced an investment from Bitkraft Ventures, which will go towards Gam3Girl’s mission of helping Web2 developers transition to...
PiP World acquires high-grossing stock simulator game StockRise
PiP World, a social gaming and edtech company, has acquired Roblox’s highest-grossing stock simulator game, StockRise. StockRise has seven million plays and Dubai-based PiP...
Cartridge raises $7.5M in funding for onchain game development
Cartridge, an infrastructure provider for onchain games and autonomous worlds, announced today that it has raised $7.5M in its Series A funding round. Bitkraft...
Amber acquires Madbricks game studio in Colombia
Amber, a video game development agency, has acquired the Colombian game studio Madbricks. This acquisition marks the vanguard of Amber’s new initiative to foster...
Mountaintop’s Spectre Divide brings clever gameplay to PvP multiplayer shooter
Nate Mitchell scored a nice startup victory as a cofounder of Oculus. And now he’s coming out with another startup, Mountaintop, which showed off...
Inworld AI adds localization for Mandarin, Japanese and Korean
Inworld AI, a gaming-focused generative AI startup, has added multilingual support for Mandarin (simplified Chinese), Japanese, and Korean. These tools will allow creators to...
Game job layoff forecast is getting better, with job cuts slowing dramatically in July
In a rare bit of positive news, Amir Satvat, a jobs quant, said he sees an improved outlook when it comes to layoffs in...
Dotplay raises $1M for web-based mobile game tech platform
Dotplay has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its web-based mobile game technology platform. This will allow mobile developers to bypass...