Lumos Labs makes Train of Thought brain game free for a week
Lumos Labs, maker of the popular Lumosity brain games, announced that it is granting players unlimited, free access to its most popular new game,...
Sumthing Else to release Tencent’s game soundtracks globally
Sumthing Else Music Works has cut a multi-title licensing agreement with Tencent Games to distribute soundtracks based on the Chinese company’s mobile games. The...
Top Apple, Google, and Samsung smartphones hit game monetization records
The latest smartphones from Apple, Google, and Samsung achieve high rates of monetization compared to other kinds of smartphones, according to a study from...
Osmo hits a million educational AR games on iPads
Osmo has been a prolific producer of augmented reality games for iPads and iPhones in its short history. And the company is revealing today...
The DeanBeat: Tencent leads China’s domination of the global games business
If you follow the $116 billion game business, you may know that China has become the world’s biggest game market, and that Tencent is...
World of Demons brings Platinum’s action expertise to mobile
Platinum Games excels at making slick action games for consoles and PC. Now the Japanese studio is teaming up with mobile publisher DeNA on...
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls brings the vampire-hunting series back to iOS
Konami announced Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, a new iOS entry for the series of whip-slinging side-scrollers, via Gematsu (a Western blog that covers games from Japan). This...
AppOnBoard raises $15 million to create playable demos for mobile apps
AppOnboard has raised $15 million for playable demos and games that let people experience an app before choosing to download it from an app...
Tencent’s new game investment strategy: smaller and earlier
Tencent is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. It got to the point where it owns significant chunks of companies like...
Games jobs are everywhere — but, hey, Canada is nice
“Where in the world are the game jobs?” That was the name of talk between James Hursthouse of DigiBC (The Interactive & Digital Media Industry Association...