Zynga acquires Diablo co-creator’s Echtra Games in expansion to PC and consoles
Zynga has acquired Echtra Games, the game studio that Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer started, as part of its expansion into cross-platform games...
Virtuix raises $11 million on SeedInvest for Omni One VR treadmill
Virtuix said it has raised $11 million from 4,000 investors on the SeedInvest equity crowdfunding platform for its home-based Omni One VR treadmill. The...
India’s All-Star Games raises $1.5 million to make cricket sports games
Indian game startup All-Star Games has raised $1.5 million to make multiplayer games based on sports such as cricket on iOS and Android. Lumikai,...
Razer creates DevCon to bring more RGB into the world
Razer is launching a new event called DevCon. This is the peripheral company’s program to generate more support for its product features. The DevCon...
Fortnite developer Epic buys Fall Guys studio Mediatonic
One of the most popular live-service multiplayer hits of 2020 is joining forces with Fortnite developer Epic Games. Epic announced today that it has...
How PopCap ported the first Frostbite game to Nintendo Switch | How Games Make Money
The team at PopCap ported its latest game, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, to the Nintendo Switch. And producer Melvin Teo talked with...
Sonantic uses AI to infuse emotion in automated speech for game prototypes
Sonantic has figured out how to use AI to turn written words into spoken dialogue in a script, and it can infuse those words...
Vungle acquires mobile game analytics firm GameRefinery
Mobile performance ad platform Vungle has acquired GameRefinery, a mobile game analytics service firm in Finland. GameRefinery’s Game Intelligence platform has 70 customers around...
Ubisoft and Belgian Pro League partner for One Shot League blockchain fantasy soccer
Ubisoft and the Belgian Pro League have partnered to develop One Shot League, a new blockchain-driven fantasy soccer game. Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab and...
China’s TiMi Studios joins the UN’s Playing for the Planet Alliance
TiMi Studios, the studio behind Call of Duty: Mobile and Arena of Valor, has joined the United Nation’s initiative to battle climate change, Playing...