After feedback from indies, Google announces Indie Games Festival for September
Indie developers have another reason to gather on the West Coast. Google has revealed that it is throwing the Indie Games Festival in San...
You can play Pokémon Go on a Chromebook
Pokémon Go, the mobile app that’s reignited the cult of Pokémon for millions of berserk, smartphone-wielding fans, works on Chromebooks. But only certain Chromebooks — those that already...
Launching FTW: Google, EA and Pocket Gems tell you how to quadruple your installs and launch your game right (VB Live)
In the first of our series, “Games Growth and Monetization,” mobile strategy powerhouses from EA, Pocket Gems and Google reveal the surprising strategies that...
Qualcomm optimizes Snapdragon processor for Google’s AR platform Tango
Qualcomm said today it is optimizing its Snapdragon family of processors to run Google’s Project Tango augmented reality technology. The world’s biggest mobile chip...
Why EA thinks going after whales can sink you (VB Live)
In the first of this VB Live series, leaders in the mobile games industry join Google and VentureBeat to talk high-value user acquisition strategies...
Introducing the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest
We’re happy to announce the GamesBeat 2016 developer contest. We’re going to pick five developers who will demo their games at our annual GamesBeat conference,...
Launching FTW: Acquiring high-value players for your game (VB Live)
Game companies who understand the complexity of UA and monetization consider them alongside the first line of code. From the earliest stages of testing,...
I’m running Android apps on a Chromebook, and it’s dope
Google said the Google Play Store was coming to Chrome OS, and now it’s finally here — in the developer channel of Chrome OS...
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) The European Union came out in support of Airbnb,...
With its Vive launch under way, HTC builds the case for VR in your living room
The HTC Vive debuted in the first week of April, bringing high-end virtual reality on the PC to consumers. HTC says it managed to...