SimCity BuildIt has become the most-played SimCity ever, EA Mobile claims
Vice President Jason Willig says nearly 40 million gamers worldwide have played the handheld SimCity version, checking in an average of five to six times a day.
Hipster Whale uses part of its Crossy Road millions to fund Halfbrick vets’ studio
Hipster Whale, the creators of popular mobile game Crossy Road, have backed Australian mobile games startup Prettygreat in an early round of funding. Prettygreat is made up of top players from mobile studio Halfbrick, best known for hits such as Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja.
Exvision hopes to bring your favorite mobile games to your TV
High-speed sensors created by a University of Tokyo spinoff provide touch-screen-like sensitivity for interacting with games on the big screen.
Fantasy sports firm FanDuel creates new department with Zynga’s laid-off employees
Zynga Sports 365 is dead, but almost all its employees will be working on new projects at fantasy sports league company FanDuel.
Mobile trivia game QuizUp relaunches as a social media network
A desktop app features cross-functionality with mobile versions.
Good news for mobile indie developers determined to make it big
The "long tail" can make the difference for smaller game makers.
Final Fantasy VII, Tactics vets bag $7M for their mobile studio
Kobojo opens a new studio in Dundee, Scotland.
Liftpass lets developers adjust in-game microtransaction prices — in real time
Dynamic pricing technology company Gondola launches Liftpass, an open-source platform for in-app goods pricing, today as a beta release. It lets game developers manage and track the pricing of virtual goods on their own servers, with SDKs for iOS, Android, and Unity, all free of charge.
Game sales to reach $113B in 2018; about three-quarters of all revenues this year will be digital
China and the U.S. will duke it out for overall market share, according to a new study from games market analyst Newzoo.
Gree shuts down its Vancouver studio & refocuses on its biggest brands
All games from the Vancouver studio are canceled.