Nexon Korea’s mobile gaming boss wants to take on the world
Nexon Korea has established itself on the PC as a strong publisher of free-to-play games, now it’s trying to take that strategy to mobile....
Beloved Super Nintendo hit Super Mario RPG turns 20 years old today
Its success spawned two other Mario RPG series: Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi. The Mario franchise is the best-selling in gaming history, with sales exceeding 500 million, and the Mario RPGs have been a big part of that success.
Otoy breakthrough lets game developers run the best graphics software across platforms
It may be very arcane to most of us, but graphics startup Otoy has come up with a breakthrough that should help game developers...
Gordon Ramsay brings cursing and insults to his celebrity chef mobile game
Gordon Ramsay will be damned if his chef’s game isn’t the best mobile celebrity title on the market. He’s been working on it for the...
Twitter woos game makers by integrating its Fabric development suite into Unity
Twitter is shifting toward mobile services, and now it’s teaming up with one of the most popular game-development engines to expedite that transition. The...
Chief Xbox evangelist addresses compensation for recent Xbox Live troubles
Xbox Live has had a lot of problems in the first few months of 2016, and fans are starting to get fed up. This...
Doom’s closed beta test begins on March 31
It looks like the beginning of April is … doomed. Sorry. I’m so sorry. That was awful. Developer Id Software revealed today that the...
Immy grabs patent on how to do AR/VR glasses in a natural way
Immy, a tech startup based in Michigan, said it has been granted a patent on a way to design a new generation of augmented...
With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015
There’s something magical in the water, or the snow, in Finland. Helsinki-based Supercell announced some astounding financial results for 2015 based on revenues from...
Why engagement is the best measure of mobile monetization
Most game companies manage their businesses using operating metrics that give insights into audience (metrics such as Daily Active Users, or DAU; Monthly Active...