2018’s mobile gaming trends: Crypto, media empires, and esports
Mobile gaming is underappreciated as one of the most dynamic consumer-facing markets. It requires constant adaptation to the latest way consumers desire their media...
Art Club Challenge solves puzzles with painting on March 1
Art Club Challenge is a mobile game that takes the Bob Ross approach to painting: Everyone can do it, so don’t be afraid to...
You can now bump up your bids for mobile app ads in real time
The competition among mobile advertisers is heating up, and adtech companies are creating new kinds of ads to take advantage of it. One of...
Celebrating 10 years at VentureBeat
I started at VentureBeat exactly 10 years ago today, and l looked back at the post that my boss, Matt Marshall, wrote when I started....
EA is hiring a new brain for leading the next Plants vs. Zombies mobile game
Electronic Arts is hiring for a general manager in its Shanghai office to create a new Plants vs. Zombies mobile game. The Redwood City,...
Final Fantasy: Awakening is now available for iOS in the U.S.
The Oasis Games studio announced today that the mobile action game Final Fantasy: Awakening is now available for iOS in the U.S. two weeks...
PureBDcraft’s four-year journey onto the Minecraft Marketplace
Since I started covering the Minecraft Marketplace, one thing I’ve learned is that many of the community creators have spent years working on their...
Vulkan graphics will enable faster games and apps on Apple platforms
The Khronos Group, a consortium of hardware and software companies, has announced that the Vulkan graphics technology has been ported to Apple’s platforms, allowing...
Hearthstone’s esports team has two secret weapons: a Halo vet and an Olympic aspirant
Blizzard Entertainment doesn’t follow anyone’s playbook. It writes its own. We’ve seen that with games like Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch. And this approach applies...
Learning Lion and Finka in Rainbow Six: Siege
One of the things I like best about Rainbow Six: Siege is that it’s OK to learn on the job. The tactical hero shooter...