App Annie: Q2 2021 mobile game growth rate slows, but overall growth still healthy
Mobile gaming downloads were flat in the first quarter that ended March 31 compared to a year ago, while mobile game revenues averaged about...
Toya’s Miraculous Ladybug gets 100M plays on Roblox
Toya Studio and Zag Games said that their Roblox game Miraculous RP: Quests of Ladybug & Cat Noir has exceeded 100 million plays in just...
Akamai: Cyberattacks on gaming grew 340% in pandemic
Gaming faced the highest growth in cyberattacks during the pandemic, according to a report by Akamai Security Research. The report showed that “relentless” web...
Epic Online Services launches free voice chat and anti-cheat features
Epic Online Services will be launching voice chat and anti-cheat services to all developers for free. Epic is also revealing its latest social numbers,...
Yield Guild Games raises $4 million for the play-to-earn era of games
Yield Guild Games has raised $4 million in funding, and that’s a big validation of the company’s belief that players should be able to...
NY mayoral candidate Andrew Yang joins the metaverse with a Zepeto avatar
When politicians embrace games and the metaverse, you know we’re getting somewhere with mainstream recognition. And yesterday, New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang dressed...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals have reached a record $49B in 2021
In the first five months of 2021, the game industry has already set a record for the amount of deals in a year, with...
Forte raises $185M at $1B valuation for blockchain game platform
Forte has raised $185 million at a $1 billion valuation for its behind-the-scenes blockchain game platform. Griffin Gaming Partners led the investment in the...
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery publisher Jam City will launch SPAC at $1.2B value, buy Ludia for $175M
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game publisher Jam City has filed to go public through a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Jam City...
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick on the metaverse: ‘I’m always allergic to buzzwords’
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in an earnings call today that he is allergic to buzzwords like the metaverse, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs),...