My.Games invests $1.5 million in Pizza Club Games mobile studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 9, 2021 2 min My.Games has invested $1.5 million in San Francisco-based mobile game studio Pizza Club Games. It’s the second time in a week that a foreign... Continue Reading 2 min
Electronic Arts acquires Glu Mobile for $2.4 billion Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 8, 2021 1 min Electronic Arts is getting into the Kim Kardashian business. At least, that is the case if its deal to grab mobile gaming behemoth Glu... Continue Reading 1 min
Cocos adds 3D to its open source 2D game engine with Cocos Creator 3.0 Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 8, 2021 3 min Cocos has had great success with PC and mobile games with its 2D game engine. Now it is taking the open-source software to the... Continue Reading 3 min
Wildlife Studios opens Never Forget Games studio in San Francisco Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2021 3 min Game developers and other professionals have reportedly been leaving San Francisco during the pandemic. But Brazil’s Wildlife Studios has taken a contrarian stand, as it... Continue Reading 3 min
Candivore raises $12 million to boost Match Masters puzzle game Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 4, 2021 2 min Candivore has raised $12 million to fund growth for the company’s games such as Match Masters, a mobile match-3 puzzler. The mobile game combines... Continue Reading 2 min
AppOnboard raises $20 million for no-code game creation Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2021 2 min AppOnboard has raised $20 million for its game creation tool that doesn’t require users to know how to program. Raine Ventures led the round,... Continue Reading 2 min
Pocket Worlds raises $7 million to expand High Rise mobile MMO Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2021 1 min Pocket Worlds has raised $7 million to expand its High Rise mobile massively multiplayer online game. The game is a social sandbox where players... Continue Reading 1 min
Apple spells out how soon its IDFA privacy changes will take effect Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2021 4 min Apple said today that the privacy changes to its Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) in iOS 14 are coming shortly with its next beta software... Continue Reading 4 min
Liftoff: Android may gain in ads as IDFA changes hurt iOS games and apps Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 4 min In 2021, Android could enjoy a strong surge thanks to Apple’s decision to focus on user privacy over targeted advertising for mobile games and... Continue Reading 4 min
Google spells out consequences of Apple’s privacy push and IDFA changes Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2021 3 min Apple has prioritized user privacy over targeted advertising, and Google is spelling out today what that means for itself as well as game and... Continue Reading 3 min