Warner Bros. gets serious about mobile with 5 new games, including Game of Thrones
2015 is the year Warner shifts focus to mobile. New titles include : Batman, DC Comics, Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, and Lego
Mobile publisher Storm8 hits a billion downloads for its casual games
In doing so, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company is joining a relatively small club of companies that have had so many downloads. The company said that it is dedicated to building a “world of play” with high-quality games.
Game developers favor Steam and PC over other platforms
The outlook for the game industry is good, but the rest of the world is more optimistic than North America.
Shinra Technologies gets a new developer to use its cloud-gaming inventions
Hardsuit Labs has joined Shinra Technologie’s Prototype Accelerator Program, which is designed to foster innovation and freedom via Shinra’s cloud-gaming inventions. Hardsuit is a new company created by developers who made the free-to-play PlayStation 4 and PC shooter Blacklight Retribution.
World of Warcraft’s new real money-for-gold effort brings more free-to-play to Blizzard’s cash cow
Blizzard will offer gamers a way to buy gold legitimately using an auction for game time, which may lead to changes in tradeable high-end raid dungeon items and the game’s auction houses.
Google unveils a slew of new features for Android game developers
Google is announcing a number of new features for game developers, from analytics tools to native ads and a second-screen API.
PC gaming expected to be worth $35 billion in 2018
PC gaming is huge, and it's only going to get bigger.
Unreal Engine 4 goes free — but Epic Games still gets its 5% cut of your royalties
This is a significant move in game-developer circles as UE4 fights for an increased share with other multiplatform engines such as Unity.
Yvolver launches its VIP rewards service for mobile game developers
Yvolver Network games offer VIP Events & Achievements for loyal mobile gamers.
Pokémon Shuffle’s in-game transactions lead to irritation, reports of hacking
Nintendo's new F2P catch-em-all game cuts off your gameplay for a while if you don't buy more hearts, prompting complaints from gamers and a hack to make hearts free.