Maximum Entertainment divests Merge Games assets to Silver Lining
Maximum Entertainment announced this week that it is divesting some of its assets from its subsidiary, Merge Games. Specifically, it would divest IP rights...
Cooldown Games launches as publisher of games for busy people
Cooldown Games today announced its official launch as an independent games publisher based in Dallas, Texas. The studio is founded by seven people with...
Walmart’s Restart.run: A new opportunity for developers to connect with gamers
Content marketing agency Moonrock today revealed its new games journalism website, Restart.run, an independent gaming website sponsored by major retailer Walmart. The new gaming...
Game dev services studio PTW opens new office in South Carolina
PTW, a company that offers support development and support services for game studios, announced today that it’s opening a new office in Charleston, South...
Xsolla establishes APAC HQ in Busan, launches dev center for local talent
Xsolla today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Busan in South Korea and the Busan Digital Asset...
How games companies can attract (and keep) new talent
At our recent GamesBeat Next event, we held our ninth Women in Gaming Breakfast, where I had the opportunity of speaking with Dametra Johnson-Marletti,...
Supercell opens London office, ups investment of Space Ape
Supercell, the Finnish-based mobile games company behind the likes of Clash of Clans and Brawl Stars, announced today that it’s opening a new office...
Twitch sees uptick in views thanks to September subathons | StreamElements
Viewer numbers and hours watched are both on the rise for Twitch, according to the latest report from StreamElements. This might be due to...
Netflix shutters its only triple-A studio, loses major industry hires
Netflix today closed one of its internal game studios, one which was poised to release a triple-A title, before it was able to produce...
Keywords acquires co-development studio Certain Affinity
Keywords Studios announced today that it plans to acquire Certain Affinity for an undisclosed sum. Certain Affinity is a well-known game co-development studio that...