Sunblink launches Heroish castle defense game on Apple Arcade
Sunblink has launched today its Heroish castle defense game on Apple Arcade. It’s the latest creation from a veteran team of developers who mostly...
Hasbro closes Backflip, studio behind DragonVale and Transformers mobile games
Hasbro has shut down its Backflip Studios mobile game developer in Boulder, Colorado, according to social media posts. The toy and entertainment company bought...
Under Hasbro, Backflip Studios is cranking out some ambitious mobile games
Backflip wants to keep making games that you can't put down.
DragonVale developer Backflip Studios gets into third-party publishing
The studio is already planning to launch a pair of third-party titles under its new publishing label.
Hasbro’s new studio cannot make G.I. Joe, Transformers, or D&D games
Hasbro's previous deals with DeNA and Mobage will prevent Backflip from working on certain properties.
Hasbro acquires majority stake in mobile developer Backflip Studios for $112M
In addition to its original games, Backflip will begin making games based on Hasbro titles.
Backflip Studios will use light games to draw fans to its deeper iPhone game DragonVale
Backflip Studios is launching the free-to-play game DragonVale today, which represents the pioneering game studio’s latest efforts to raise the stakes in the iPhone...
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed. As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was...
More awesomeness: Another slate of GamesBeat speakers
Today we’re revealing the seventh group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our newest slate of speakers will be part of a...