Gaming agency Loaded raises $20M in funding, promotes new CEO
Gaming firm Loaded, which represents several streamers and content creators, announced it has raised $20 million in funding for its new expansion. As part...
Activision Blizzard settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $18M
A federal judge approved a settlement today in Activision Blizzard‘s sexual harassment lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The game publisher will pay...
GDC 2022 drew 12K attendees in person and 5K online
The Game Developers Conference drew more than 12,000 industry professionals to attend in-person in San Francisco last week. And another 5,000 joined GDC 2022...
Tilting Point acquires edutainment maker Budge Studios
Most of the time, when we talk about games, it’s about the giant industry that creates titles like Elden Ring and Call of Duty....
DeepWell will publish games with therapeutic value
DeepWell Digital Therapeutics (DTx) plans to develop and publish games that have therapeutic value and can treat a variety of health conditions. The Seattle...
Makers Fund creates $500M fund for innovation in video games
Makers Fund today announced that it has closed its third and largest fund, worth $500 million. This fund will go towards entrepreneurs who are...
How Iron Galaxy is expanding both work- for-hire and original titles
Last week, Iron Galaxy Studios announced that it would open a new game studio in Nashville, Tennessee. You can chalk that up to the...
Microsoft suspends sales and services in Russia
Microsoft announced today that it will suspend all new sales and services of its products in Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine....
IGDA condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) condemned the “unprovoked aggression” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and it provided resources for helping. The IGDA, a...
Offworld Industries receives investment from Tencent
Offworld Industries, the developer behind Squad, Beyond the Wire, and Post Scriptum, today announced it’d received an investment from Tencent. The Chinese company will...