How Zynga looks for the right game companies to acquire
GamesBeat: It’s interesting how some companies like Riot can get by without ever launching new games. Petrovic: [laughs] They’re perpetually in the works, yeah....
How a seasoned investment team looks at esports hype
There’s a lot of hype in esports. But there’s also a lot of growth. Lots of investors have jumped on the bandwagon in the...
Why NASCAR raced into esports in 2019
Caution flag GamesBeat: When it comes to wrecks and incidences where a wreck would normally hurt somebody and knock them out of the race,...
Facebook ‘evaluating options’ for out-of-warranty Rift CV1 cables
UploadVR has heard from a number of concerned owners of the Oculus Rift CV1 — Facebook’s first consumer-oriented PC-based VR headset released in 2016...
IFA 2019 highlights: Amazon Fire TV Cube, LG Dual Screen, and Huawei Kirin 990 5G
IFA, or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, began humbly in 1924 as an international radio exhibition. Since then, it has grown into one of the largest...
Akamai: Fortnite ransomware scams should force developers and gamers to think about security
The game industry has long been a target for cybercriminals, and so it was no surprise in the past couple weeks to see the...
Munich’s Zeuz offloads multiplayer infrastructure to ‘backend badasses’
Munich’s Zeuz wants to be the “backend badass” of games. That means it tackles the issues related to keeping an online multiplayer game operating...
Xbox rolls over Nintendo to lead a sleepy August for gaming industry TV spend
The summer slump for gaming brands continued in August, with the industry’s estimated total spend coming in around $3.6 million, down from July’s $6.2...
Sensor Tower: Pokémon Masters makes $26 million in first week
The new mobile game Pokémon Masters made $26 million in its first seven days, according to mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. That estimate does...
The RetroBeat: 5 SNES that Nintendo Switch Online still needs
Super Nintendo games are finally on the Switch, and the initial library is fantastic. Nintendo put 20 SNES games on the Switch’s online service...