China’s Youzu Interactive buys German online game developer Bigpoint for $89.7M
Chinese game publisher Youzu Interactive has acquired German game developer Bigpoint for up to 80 million euros, or $89.68 million. The deal is one...
Germany’s Bigpoint partners with Tencent to take Drakensang Online to China
Tencent will publish the fantasy game with 29 million players in mainland China.
Got a PC? You can play PlayStation 4 launch game Warframe now
The free-to-play game set as a PlayStation 4 launch title comes out on PC today.
Bigpoint has high hopes for its Merc Elite modern-combat battle arena game
The gamemakers also appoint Booking.com chairman Kees Koolen to its board.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: SimCity plagued by server issues, Ubisoft does not condone whaling
This week, SimCity launches but suffers catastrophic sever issues, PETA claims Ubisoft is glorifying whaling in Assassin’s Creed IV, and Boy Scouts can now...
Free-to-play online gaming company Bigpoint gets a new CEO
Former chief gaming officer will now lead Bigpoint, which has 300 million registered online game players.
German games maker Bigpoint lets go 120 employees
German online gaming giant Bigpoint has dismissed about 120 employees and is set to close its office in San Francisco, with founder and CEO Heiko Hubertz also set to stand down from the top role.
Bigpoint embraces Amazon Game Store with free-to-play online titles (exclusive)
Online gaming giant Bigpoint is expanding to new platforms by launching new free-to-play games on Amazon's digital games store.
Battle Bears creator SkyVu raises venture round for brand expansion (exclusive)
The mobile gaming gold rush lives on: SkyVu raises a round from venture firm Lightbank and others.
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies
GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...