Publisher 505 Games’ secret to success: ‘true collaboration’ with developers
Ian Howe doesn’t have the chops to be a game designer. While he’s had hundreds of ideas, someone always shoots them down. But that’s...
Why Boomlagoon is ditching casual games for Spirit Hunter’s card-slinging wizard
Forest animals and a treasure-hoarding monster helped Boomlagoon survive its first few years in the notoriously difficult mobile-games market. But now it’s hoping a...
Intergi Entertainment rebrands itself as Playwire Media to chase video ads
Playwire now reaches four billion ad views a month in 165 countries.
Nordeus and Win launch a social sports-betting game on Facebook
A branch of an online gambling firm and sports gamemaker team up to create Sportster -- Bet and Win on Facebook.
Liquid Entertainment's Battle Realms Legends will treat gamers like shareholders, 'not cows'
Eddy del Castillo of Liquid promises he won't milk players with his new card battle game.
Sega's Crazy Taxi: City Rush rolls over its mobile game rivals in August downloads
Old stalwart Sega manages to beat Dong Nguyen's Swing Copters to the top spot in late-summer downloads.
Zynga's social slots chief leaves for a stealth start-up (exclusive)
Maytal Olsha served as Zynga's real-money gambling head and then ran the social slots business.
Unity Technologies weighs its options, including a possible sale of the company (exclusive)
The firm is working with Frank Quattrone's Qatalyst Partners to explore its options. Its asking price could be $2 billion.
HackerRank 'gamifies' technical job recruiting for game companies (exclusive)
Companies like Riot Games and Pocket Gems are using HackerRank to hire engineers.
Finland's Star Arcade completes a management buyout with help from Gameforge founder (exclusive)
Flaregames' Klaas Kersting assists in the buyout of Star Arcade.