Former Wooga developers launch mobile game studio in Berlin
Former Wooga game developers have joined Sweden’s Snowprint Studios and opened a new mobile game studio in Berlin. Wilhelm Österberg, formerly the head of...
Let It Die slashes its way past 2 million downloads on PlayStation 4
A free-to-play game is finding success on PlayStation 4. Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment America and developer Grasshopper Manufacture announced today that the free-to-play hack-and-slash...
Plarium makes match-3 mobile game with Fox’s Rio animated characters
Mobile game publisher Plarium has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to create Rio: Match 3 Party, a mobile game debuting this spring on iOS...
Pokémon Go gets 80 Gen 2 monsters from Gold and Silver in massive update
Nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy … well, nothing Gold (or Silver) can stay away from Pokémon Go, that is. The Google Maps-powered monster-catching location game is...
How to get a player to commit to your mobile game
For marketers of mobile games and apps, user acquisition is a lot like swimming in the dating pool. Smartphone users represent a vast population,...
Hearthstone targets fast metagame by weakening Shaman and pirate decks
Shaman’s reign of terror on Hearthstone may end even before the beginning of the next year of Standard. Blizzard announced today that it is changing...
Where in the world are the game jobs?
Figuring out how many game jobs there are in the world is a laudable goal. But it’s easier said that done. I embarked on...
The U.S. game industry has 2,457 companies supporting 220,000 jobs
The U.S. video game industry consists of 2,457 companies that directly and indirectly support 220,000 jobs and generate $30.4 billion in revenue, based on...
Newzoo: Esports will generate $696 million in revenues in 2017
The audiences and events for professional competitive gaming is going to continue its growth trajectory in 2017 and beyond, and this is going to...
PewDiePie’s anti-Semitic jokes show the peril of backing unpredictable influencers
Disney’s Maker Studios and YouTube have severed ties with gaming influencer Felix Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, after he posted nine videos with anti-Semitic images...