Two Angry Birds leaders leave the nest to start Boomlagoon (exclusive)
Antti Stén, the lead server architect for the original Angry Birds, and Tuomas Erikoinen, lead artist, have left Rovio to create a new game studio called Boomlagoon.
Smith & Tinker revives Nanovor with mobile app (exclusive)
Smith & Tinker, founded in 2007, was one of the darlings of the new studio startups when it launched its hybrid toy-game Nanovor in 2009....
Bicycle card game owner to launch Zeniz mobile social casino games platform (exclusive)
Online casino games are hot. So much so that we’re renaming our site Casino GamesBeat. Just kidding, but The United States Playing Card Company...
Seasoned developer MunkyFun launches Bounty Bots on iOS (exclusive)
Developer MunkyFun has scored big hits on iOS with titles such as My Horse, Archetype, and Ivory Tiles. Now, it is launching a “frantic multiplayer”...
Grantoo lets college students earn tuition by playing games (exclusive)
Grantoo is rolling out a tournament game business that allows college students to earn their tuition by playing online social games. On April 8,...
Deutsche Telekom invests $2.63M in Germany’s Flaregames (exclusive)
Germany’s Flaregames, a mobile game startup headed by Gameforge founder Klaas Kersting, has raised $2.63 million (2 million euros) from Deutsche Telekom’s investment arm....
Developer starts Kickstarter campaign to fund Leisure Suit Larry game (exclusive)
Replay Games has started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $500,000 for the development of the company’s Leisure Suit Larry game. “We want to...
Kabam buys Battle Punks social game creator Gravity Bear (exclusive)
Kabam has acquired Gravity Bear, creator of the Battle Punks social game on Facebook. Redwood City, Calif.-based Kabam makes hardcore games for social network audiences...
Are casino games hot? Mobile Deluxe thinks so (exclusive)
Mobile Deluxe is launching its Big Win Blackjack game today on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. In any other time, that wouldn’t be...
Unlock conference aims to draw the game industry’s elite (exclusive)
Unlock, a new conference in La Jolla, Calif., is aiming draw the elite executives of the video game industry. The two-day event is hosted...