NPD: U.S. games spending up 1% in Q3 as live-services offset consoles
The U.S. gaming industry generated $9.18 billion in the third quarter of 2019, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group and its most recent...
Niantic sets up $10 million third-party developer fund and names first dev contest winner
Niantic has scored hundreds of millions of players and billions of dollars in revenue from games like Pokémon Go. And now it is using...
Niantic enables small businesses to sponsor events in location games
Niantic has had big corporations like McDonald’s and Starbucks sponsor locations for some time in its location-based games. Now the creator of Pokémon Go...
Pokémon Go will get new augmented reality features like shared AR and user-curated waypoints
Niantic has learned a lot about location-based gaming and augmented reality from the hundreds of millions of players in its games like Ingress, Pokémon...
TabTale will publish movie-based Charlie’s Angels and Jumanji mobile games
TabTale, a maker of cartoony casual and hyper-casual games, is announcing today it will launch two mobile games based on the upcoming films Charlie’s...
Super Evil Megacorp raises $10.5 million, moves on to new game, and hands Vainglory off to Rogue Games
Super Evil Megacorp has had more than 45 million players for its Vainglory multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game on smartphones, tablets, and the...
Supercell shuts down Rush Wars after players shrug
Supercell is closing down Rush Wars. The developer posted a blog today that explains the decision. Fans weren’t loving the early beta test, which...
Microsoft’s Azure PlayFab and Xbox offer better matchmaking for game devs
Microsoft’s Azure PlayFab and Xbox divisions have joined together to offer game developers matchmaking and multiplayer parties at no cost when used by an...
Why Klei couldn’t make Hot Lava without its dedicated community
This article is made possible by Intel’s GameDev BOOST program — dedicated to helping indie game developers everywhere achieve their dreams. Klei Entertainment takes...
100 Thieves CEO ‘Nadeshot’ wins Esports Shaker of the year award
Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag, the founder and CEO of the 100 Thieves esports organization, has been named the Shaker of The Year for Esports BAR’s...