Zynga’s two Game of Thrones mobile titles stage events for new HBO show
Zynga announced two new Champions joining Game of Thrones: Legends alongside a brand new event to celebrate the January 18 release of HBO’s original half-hour...
Paramount makes hostile offer for Warner Bros. in bidding war with Netflix
David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount, has launched a $108.4 billion hostile offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a bid to head off...
Neil Druckmann pulls back from The Last of US show to focus on Naughty Dog games
Neil Druckmann, the co-creator of The Last of Us show on HBO, is pulling back from the show’s production to focus on Naughty Dog...
The Last of Us Season 2 debuts first episode on HBO with the start of the second game
The first episode of The Last of Us Season 2 kicks off today with a lie. Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, says to Joel...
Zynga will launch Game of Thrones: Legends on mobile on July 25
Zynga announced that Game of Thrones: Legends will debut as a RPG puzzle title for mobile on July 25. Pre-registration has officially opened on...
HBO’s The Last of Us sets new bar for game-to-TV adaptations
The season finale for HBO’s The Last of Us (TLOU) aired on Sunday, concluding one of gaming’s most successful game adaptions (for now). Both...
Gaming’s renewal of vows with Hollywood and more on UGC/generative AI | The DeanBeat
I worked a couple of days in Santa Monica, California, this week to get a fresh perspective on games. It was my third visit...
HBO’s The Last of Us is where film imitates games — but not too much
I consider The Last of Us series (Parts I and II) to be my favorite video game series of all time. And so I...
Why the television writers’ room has come to game development
Game development is a time-intensive and complicated machine. And studios are always looking for anything to improve the efficiency of that process. That’s why...
HBO spins out Neon Media narrative-driven interactive media startup
HBO has spun Neon Media from HBO’s Interactive and Immersive Group in Seattle. Neon Media will focus on narrative-driven interactive media including games. The...