Disney Heroes: Battle Mode is the first game from House of Mouse’s new mobile strategy
Disney has teamed up with the PerBlue studio on Disney Heroes: Battle Mode, a mobile brawler that features characters from both the Magic Castle...
GamesBeat: Bill Roper on bringing computationally ridiculous games to life
Our latest speaker for GamesBeat Summit 2018 event is Bill Roper, CCO at Improbable. He’ll be talking about how the cloud is offering developers the opportunity...
Glu Mobile redesigns its headquarters and its strategy
Glu Mobile moved into a brand new headquarters in San Francisco recently, with much of its staff together under one roof in a move...
The experts give a mixed outlook for game company acquisitions
Is the next $10 billion game company acquisition right around the corner, or have all of the investors and acquirers moved on the more...
The DeanBeat: Publisher shakeups, Overwatch League debut, and crypto madness — gaming’s crazy week
It was another momentous week for games as I traveled to Disneyland for the Casual Connect USA 2018 event, which drew 1,400 attendees to...
Twitch reaches exclusive Disney deal, swipes at YouTube with prerecorded video tools
Twitch has rolled out a plethora of features in the last few months, such as software extensions and a native raid function, and today, it’s...
Disney hits reset on mobile games with new development partners
Disney executive Kyle Laughlin announced today that the entertainment giant has hit reset on its game strategy and formed new relationships with four development...
To brand or not to brand your next video game
To brand or not to brand is one of the oldest discussions in video games. Adding a popular brand like Harry Potter could be...
Apple’s $250 billion in repatriated cash: Netflix, Disney, Tesla, and other options
Apple has been actively preparing to repatriate over $200 billion in overseas cash since 2016. With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 cutting the...
Star Wars: Battlefront II’s Janina Gavankar straddles being a fan, an actress, and a gamer
Janina Gavankar didn’t grow up playing games, as she had a strict upbringing. But in her 20s, she became what she calls a “super-fan...