Niantic acquires Mayhem to boost social gaming communities
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has acquired social gaming community platform Mayhem. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is Niantic’s seventh....
Ducky generates $1 million a month and 145 million plays with hypercasual games
Hypercasual games are simple games that can reach the broadest audiences on mobile devices, and they can be made almost anywhere. The latest company...
Playtika’s IPO filing reveals $2.3 billion in revenues and $2.3 billion in debt
Playtika‘s filing for an initial public offering reveals key details about the mobile game company’s financial performance. The company’s social casino games, including Slotomania...
Mobile game giant Playtika files for an IPO
Israel-based mobile gaming giant Playtika has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO). Now it has a window of opportunity as gaming stocks...
Diablo: Immortal opens up for its technical alpha
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that Diablo: Immortal will soon be entering a technical alpha test, making it playable to the public (albeit select members...
Mobile esports firm Skillz sees stock price jump 25% in first-day trading
Mobile esports company Skillz saw its shares rise 25% to $22.73 a share in its first day of trading on the New York Stock...
Skillz starts trading as a public company as mobile esports heats up
Mobile esports company Skillz has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the latest company to take advantage a boom in the...
Tilting Point will invest $40 million to market Joycity’s Gunship Battle: Total Warfare
Tilting Point, a free-to-play game publisher and provider of marketing services, has agreed to invest $40 million over the next year to fund user...
Snap launches Bitmoji Paint to let hundreds of people paint on a shared canvas
Snap is launching a new game inside of Snapchat called Bitmoji Paint, where hundreds of players can come together simultaneously to contribute to one...
Just Cause will explode onto mobile
Square Enix revealed Just Cause: Mobile during The Game Awards today. It will come out for Android and iOS in 2021. The publisher has...