Riot Games signs Mastercard as League of Legends sponsor as it fixes sexist culture
Riot Games announced today that Mastercard has signed on to become a global sponsor for the League of Legends’ esports for multiple years. The...
Australian study: Loot boxes are more like gambling than baseball cards
In June, the Australian Parliament's Environment and Communications References Committee began researching video game loot boxes. Just two-and-a-half months later, the group has reported its findings. And it's bad news Electronic Arts and most of the mobile gaming business, according to news site Lexology.
Ubisoft explores how blockchain games can help players
A lot of people are dismissing blockchain as a lot of hype. While that hype can be nauseating, some very big companies, including French...
Former Kabam vets launch Rogue, a new mobile game publishing label
Rogue is announcing today it has formed a new mobile game publishing label designed to help both large and small developers reach scale on...
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery launches big Year 5 update
Time flies when you’re having fun in Jam City’s Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. The mobile game publisher is launching the Year 5 update of...
GameWorks arcades has a new owner: ExWorks Capital
GameWorks Inc. announced today that it has new ownership. The arcade chain is now run by ExWorks Capital. GameWorks has seven locations across the nation,...
The Lord of the Rings universe is getting a free-to-play online game from Athlon Games
Athlon Games, a Los Angeles publisher of console and PC games, said it signed a long-term licensing agreement with Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and...
Secret Location’s Transpose is a time manipulation VR puzzle game
Secret Location is unveiling Transpose, a dream-like, gravity defying virtual reality game where you manipulate time back and forth to solve puzzles. The game...
Talking Tom: Managing a franchise with 8 billion downloads
When Talking Tom developer Outfit7 was sold to a Chinese company in January 2017 for $1 billion, it might have easily been seen as...
Video: The dream of indie development is alive in Portland
To see what a typical PIGSquad meetup is like, check out our video below about one of the organization’s Summer Slow Jam events, where attendees had a week to make a game based on predetermined topics and themes.