Playtika’s Wooga launches Switchcraft story-based mobile game
Playtika’s game studio Wooga is launching Switchcraft, a narrative-based match-3 game that has been in the works for a few years. The title is...
Playtika acquires casual mobile game maker Wooga for over $100 million
Social casino game giant Playtika announced it has completed its acquisition of Wooga, the Berlin-based maker of casual games. We heard the price was more...
Why Wooga is focusing on story-based casual games
Berlin’s Wooga rose to prominence in mobile games on the strength of casual games like Diamond Dash and Bubble Island. But the company had...
Wooga’s June’s Journey hidden-object game features ambitious weekly updates
German mobile social game company Wooga is unveiling June’s Journey, a new hidden-object game with an ambitious weekly update schedule. Berlin-based Wooga has become...
Pop ’til you drop with Wooga’s Bubble Island 2: World Tour
Wooga likes to handcraft its mobile games. So it’s a relatively rare event when it launches a new one. Today the Berlin-based company is...
Berlin’s Wooga lays off 40 as it zeroes in on casual mobile games
Berlin-based Wooga, the maker of casual games such as Pearl’s Peril, has laid off 40 people out of its 300 employees. Jens Begemann, CEO...
Is the world really flat when it comes to making games?
What are the ingredients necessary to turn a region into a hub for great game development? That’s a good question, and it’s an economic...
Wooga announces new studio Black Anvil Games to make hardcore mobile games
Casual game publisher Wooga is branching out into hardcore mobile games with the creation of a new studio, Black Anvil Games. The new Wooga-owned...
Gaming’s veterans tell how to break into the business (part 2)
Game veterans talk about the games of the future at the Quo Vadis game event in Berlin.
Gaming’s veterans tell how to break into the business
If you want to get into games, think about the advice from these American game creators.