Quantum Tech Partners: Gaming M&A isn’t taking a summer break
The gaming industry has seen gigantic acquisitions in the last year. With giant companies buying other giant companies, mergers galore, and Web3 drawing huge...
Flexion targets TikTok influencers on behalf of game developers
Flexion is targeting TikTok influencers for a reliable, low-cost return on user acquisition. The company’s influencer marketing agency, Audiencly, is changing a chunk of...
DinoTracker AR app puts Jurassic World characters in real spaces
Universal has announced its latest Jurassic World tie-in product: A Pokémon Go-style AR app called DinoTracker. It allows players to interact with dinos from...
Rec Room announces Showdown, its newest original game
Rec Room announced a new original game today called Showdown. It’s a Wild West-inspired room in which players can reenact their Tombstone fantasies with...
TerraGenesis developer Alexander Winn on going groundside in sequel
TerraGenesis developer Alexander Winn has just launched the sequel to the popular mobile title. Called Operation Landfall, the new game takes the terraforming concept...
Meta Audience Network: 93% of mobile game devs consider in-game ads to be critical
The vast majority of mobile developers consider ads critical to successful monetization, with 93% of developers using in-game ads as part of their monetization...
AppLovin proposes to combine with Unity for about $17B
AppLovin, the mobile monetization platform, announced today it has submitted a non-binding proposal to Unity. Offering to “combine” with Unity, it’s more of a...
Chinese gamers diminish following regulations, but a rebound is nigh
Niko Partners recently released its report on China’s young gamers, showing that many of them have dropped gaming following the country’s stern regulations. However,...
Take-Two reports so-so earnings, updates forecast to include Zynga
Take-Two took a bit of a hit today as it released its latest earnings report for the first quarter of its fiscal year. As...
The Gamevice proves the value of a handheld but only if the price is right
The rise of cloud gaming services means that phones and tablets have the potential to be prolific gaming devices. But a device like the...