Competitive mobile game maker Skillz will do a quick IPO at $3.5 billion valuation
Skillz announced today it’s going public through a quick initial public offering process, raising an estimated $849 million in cash from investors at a...
Big Fish Games cuts 250 jobs and streamlines mobile game operations
Big Fish Games announced it has cut 250 jobs as it restructures the mobile game publisher and developer to “address scaling challenges and reinforce...
App Annie: Game IQ is a taxonomy to help publishers understand mobile game categories
Biologists created a taxonomy of animals to help us understand the natural world better. Mobile insights and analytics firm App Annie is doing the...
Niantic reveals cellular partners for 5G consumer AR platform
Building on the success of its augmented reality apps for smartphones, Niantic surprised attendees at Qualcomm’s December 2019 Snapdragon Tech Summit by announcing plans...
App Store war: Apple, Google delete Fortnite after Epic Games adds direct payment (Updated)
Shots have been fired in what could be a gigantic App Store war. Apple deleted Fortnite after Epic Games deliberately violated its terms of...
Facebook Gaming app debuts amid fight with Apple over instant games
Facebook launched its standalone Facebook Gaming app on iOS today but complained loudly that Apple wouldn’t let it launch the instant games that are...
Braid: Anniversary Edition will update an indie classic in early 2021
Braid: Anniversary Edition had its reveal during today’s Sony State of Play presentation. This updated version of the classic indie game is coming out...
Zynga beats Q2 2020 expectations with bookings up 38% to $518 million
Zynga reported revenue and bookings today that beat expectations for its second quarter ended June 30, as more people turned to social mobile games...
Blackout Blitz creator Big Run Studios raises $5.25 million for casual mobile games
Big Run Studios has raised $5.25 million in seed round funding led by game investment firm Transcend Fund. Game and tech investor Galaxy Interactive,...
Sky: Children of the Light hits 15 million more downloads in a month with China, Android launches
Thatgamecompany said its Sky: Children of the Light mobile game has topped 35 million downloads, including 15 million in the past month, thanks to...