GamesBeat Summit 2024: Hollywood and Games — a long-awaited love affair
Our Hollywood and Games panel — a long-awaited love affair — will take place on May 21 at the GamesBeat Summit 2024 event in...
Jam City appoints Josh Yguado as CEO as Chris DeWolfe leaves for Plai Labs startup
Jam City announced that cofounders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb have left for a new mobile game startup and Josh Yguado will step up...
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery publisher Jam City will launch SPAC at $1.2B value, buy Ludia for $175M
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery mobile game publisher Jam City has filed to go public through a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Jam City...
How Jam City views growth for mobile games in 2021
Jam City president Josh Yguado said he is optimistic that the game industry can continue to grow in 2021, despite the challenge of having...
Driving Game Growth: Our event on pushing games forward in 2021
Amid a horrible year for everyone, gaming had historic growth in 2020. Market researcher Newzoo estimates all game revenues grew 19% to $174.9 billion...
Jam City’s Josh Yguado: Games are the center of the entertainment universe
Jam City president Josh Yguado believes that games have become the center of the entertainment universe. His Los Angeles company would know, as it sits...
Harry Potter mobile game maker Jam City raises $145 million
Jam City, developer and publisher of the hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, has raised $145 million in funding. The money comes from JPMorgan Chase...
Jam City lays off a number of game developers
Fresh off the acquisition of two games, casual game publisher Jam City laid off a number of employees on Friday. It isn’t clear yet...
Jam City acquires Bingo Pop maker from Uken (updated)
Mobile game publisher Jam City continued its acquisition spree today as it announced the purchase of Bingo Pop from Uken Games in Toronto. The Los...
Jam City president thinks every developer should think about branded content
Not every developer is willing to commit to creating an entire game based on licensed IP, but Jam City president and chief operating officer...