Apple launches the post-IDFA world to the dismay of advertisers
Apple said today that the privacy changes to its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) in iOS 14 are coming during the week of April 26...
Xbox Live Gold drops the pay wall for more than 50 free-to-play games
Microsoft is removing the Xbox Live Gold gate for free-to-play games today. For years, the company required an active membership to Gold to play...
Bandai Namco launches new Tamagotchi Pix toy
For months last year, during the pain and the angst of the pandemic, I was obsessed with my Tamagotchi. I figured out how to...
Bandai Namco will close its Santa Clara office and move employees to Southern California
Bandai Namco Entertainment America has decided to close its office in the Northern California city of Santa Clara and relocate the employees to a...
Earthblade is Extremely OK’s followup to Celeste
Extremely OK Games, Ltd., has revealed the name of its next project: Earthblade. This will be the independent studio’s followup to 2018 hit Celeste....
PlayStation boss reverses decision to end PlayStation 3 and Vita stores
Sony Interactive Entertainment will not close the digital stores for PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita. This is a reversal of the plans the company announced...
Rainway partners with Microsoft to power Xbox Game Pass iOS streaming
Microsoft is working with streaming-tech startup Rainway to bring Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming to iOS. Rainway enables low-latency streaming through browsers like Safari,...
Louis Castle joins GreenPark Sports as chief product officer
Game design pioneer Louis Castle has joined GreenPark Sports as the company’s chief product officer. GreenPark Sports wants to be a bridge between sports...
How Playable Worlds is building a cloud-native sandbox MMO
Playable Worlds, an online game company that Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg founded, is making a “cloud-native” massively multiplayer online game. But what that...
5 features that drive revenue for mobile games in both the U.S. and China
Many features of top-grossing mobile games help them retain and monetize players, but which are most effective and have the most significant impact? To...