App Annie: Games made up 74% of consumer app store spending in 2018
Mobile users dedicated 74 percent of their app spending to games in 2018, according to the 2019 State of Mobile Report from mobile data and...
Harry Potter mobile game maker Jam City raises $145 million
Jam City, developer and publisher of the hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, has raised $145 million in funding. The money comes from JPMorgan Chase...
Pokémon Go dev raises $245 million in funding
Developer Niantic, Inc. now has a valuation of almost $4 billion after its latest funding round. The company raised $245 million in its Series...
Your game studio doesn’t have to survive to succeed
By this point, hopefully we’ve all laughed and moved past the idea that “just make a good game” is good business advice. However, it’s...
Roblox hires online safety veteran to lead digital civility initiative
Roblox has hired Laura Higgins, an online safety expert, to lead a new digital civility initiative at the company that makes a virtual world...
The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr adds a new country, Necromancers, and dragons
Zenimax Online Studios announced Elsweyr today, the next chapter for its massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Elder Scrolls Online. It releases in June. Elsweyr...
NBA and Take-Two extend deal for NBA 2K series
The NBA and video game publisher Take-Two announced today that they have extended their partnership deal for Take-Two to make games based on the...
Gen.G esports group names Chris Park as CEO
Esports organization Gen.G has named Chris Park as its CEO, while founding CEO Kevin Chou will assume a new role as executive chairman. Park...
Sensor Tower: Supercell’s Brawl Stars makes over $63 million in first month
Supercell’s recently released Brawl Stars has made more than $63.4 million in its first month, according to mobile market research firm Sensor Tower. Supercell makes mobile gaming...
U.S. and Canada grew total number of mobile gamers in 2018 by 5%
The U.S. and Canada saw a growth in mobile gaming in 2018. This is according to a new report done in collaboration with industry-tracking...