The RetroBeat: Check out these awesome homemade retro arcade sticks — that you can buy
It’s 2018, and we’re long removed from the Super Nintendo‘s prime days of the early ’90s. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have an...
Facebook Instant Games expands to groups and Facebook Lite
Facebook announced today that its Instant Games platform is soon expanding and coming to gaming groups and Facebook Lite. Instant Games are fast-loading, HTML5-based...
Dead by Daylight maker Behaviour Interactive gets 20% investment from Gaea
China’s Gaea Interactive Entertainment has acquired a 20 percent stake in Canada’s Behaviour Interactive, the maker of the popular Dead by Daylight horror game....
Roblox acquires PacketZoom to improve mobile game performance
Back in September, kids virtual world firm Roblox raised $150 million in funding. Now it’s going to spend a little of that. Roblox has...
CryptoKitties explained: Why players have bred over a million blockchain felines
CryptoKitties hit a milestone recently as players have bred more than a million unique virtual kitties in a demonstration of the usefulness or maybe silliness...
TAL Education Group buys Chinese kids game maker Dr. Panda
The Chinese education company Dr. Panda has amassed over 90 million app installs and 5 million monthly active users for its kids games on...
ClanPlay raises $2 million for blockchain-based gamer rewards platform
ClanPlay has raised $2 million in venture funding for a platform that serves as a social hub for gamers who play in clans in games...
Finding the right metrics for evaluating your bot
Here’s the good news for companies building AI-powered virtual agents (aka bots) for customer service: Research from Accenture suggests that 80 percent of support...
Tilting Point will spend $29 million to promote Disruptor Beam’s mobile game Star Trek: Timelines
Tilting Point will spend $29 million to do user acquisition for Disruptor Beam's hit free-to-play mobile game, Star Trek: Timelines.
Former BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn joins Improbable
Improbable announced today Aaryn Flynn is joining the cloud-based game tools maker as its general manager and will run its office in Edmonton, Alberta. Flynn served...