Phoenix Labs is laying off majority of employees, 2 years after Forte deal
Phoenix Labs, the maker of Dauntless and Fae Farm, has laid off a majority of its staff two years after it was quietly acquired...
Eneba signs Garena to its PC marketplace
Eneba has partnered with top game publisher Garena for its PC marketplace for gamers. With direct-to-consumer integrations, all mobile game publishers gain access to...
Dauntless creator Phoenix Labs spins out of Sea/Garena
Garena is spinning out Phoenix Labs as a result of an investor-backed management buyout, GamesBeat has learned. Phoenix Labs is the maker of Dauntless,...
Free Fire announces an updated Bomb Squad mode
Garena, the creator of mobile game Free Fire, announced it’s adding an updated version of the game’s Bomb Squad mode which places emphasis on...
BTS is collabing with Free Fire on a new video
Korean pop band BTS is teaming up with Free Fire (the mobile battle royale game) for a music video collaboration. The digital duet is...
Team Liquid and Garena unveil Free Fire community tournament in the U.S.
Team Liquid and Garena have announced their first Free Fire community tournament in the U.S. The move is part of a plan to make...
Double Loop raises $8M for mobile game development
Double Loop Games has closed an $8 million funding round, as the company starts beefing up for the production of its mobile puzzle hybrid...
Free Fire sets record with 80 million daily players for free-to-play mobile battle royale
The mobile battle royale game Free Fire has hit a record peak 80 million daily active users, publisher Garena said today. The Singapore-based Garena, the...
Sea’s Garena acquires Dauntless game maker Phoenix Labs
Singapore-based Sea said that its Garena game division has acquired Phoenix Labs, maker of the Dauntless free-to-play video game. Dauntless launched last year, and...
Niko Partners: Southeast Asia’s $5 billion game market expected to grow to $8.3 billion in 2023
PC and mobile game revenues for Southeast Asia and Taiwan (greater Southeast Asia) are expected to grow from $5 billion in 2019 to more...