U.K. retailer Game acquires events and e-sports specialist Multiplay for $30.8M
Multiplay hosts the U.K.'s largest gaming festival, Insomnia, and is organizing this year's Minecon convention in London.
Akili is testing its cognitive games as a treatment for autism, ADHD
Akili is working with organizations like Autism Speaks to see how well its games work to help treat certain conditions.
Yvolver launches its VIP rewards service for mobile game developers
Yvolver Network games offer VIP Events & Achievements for loyal mobile gamers.
Supersonic sees big growth for ‘rewarded video ads’ in mobile games (interview)
Gil Shoham of Supersonic talks about video ads and what it takes to survive in mobile gaming today.
Military Masters is going to start World War III on their leaderboards
The developers behind Military Masters think patriotism is the missing ingredient in the online mobile gaming space, so I speak to DeNA product manager David Phan to find out exactly how and why they are gamifying national pride.
How Sword Coast Legends is a ‘digital boxed set’ and on the ‘bleeding edge on Realms lore’
Wizards of the Coast is now the sole publisher of Dungeons & Dragons video games, and we learn from brand director Nathan Stewart and N-Space president Dan Tudge what this means for the first party-based D&D game since 2008.
HTC announces new ‘Vive’ virtual reality headset in partnership with Valve
The Vive will become available for purchase before the end of 2015, HTC says.
Looking East: The Western advance on China’s burgeoning mobile gaming market
Western developers need to think smart if they want a piece of China's $18.5 billion gaming industry.
Pokémon Shuffle’s in-game transactions lead to irritation, reports of hacking
Nintendo's new F2P catch-em-all game cuts off your gameplay for a while if you don't buy more hearts, prompting complaints from gamers and a hack to make hearts free.
GameStop continues diversifying by picking up 163 RadioShack locations to sell phones
GameStop's growing consumer-electronics business is about to get even bigger.