U.S. states and Justice Department pile in on Epic’s side in Apple lawsuit
A total of 35 U.S. states joined in an antitrust lawsuit to back up Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple over alleged monopolistic practices. Unlock...
Nexters acquires three gaming companies as part of mobile investment
Nexters today announced a series of acquisition deals as part of its investment into mobile gaming. It will acquire Cubic Games, RJ Games, and...
How cross-play gaming on Facebook is increasing retention, engagement, and more
Lotum has been building native mobile games on Facebook Gaming platforms since 2012, including its launch of 4 Pics 1 Word. Later on, they...
Kippo 2.0 pivots gamer dating app to the metaverse
Kippo opened its dating and social community for gamers in September of 2019. And now it is pivoting to turn its experience into a...
Activision Blizzard wanted to sell, so it approached Microsoft
Activision Blizzard leadership and key ownership wanted to sell and was shopping itself around. In early November, the company brought that proposition to Microsoft....
Carry1st raises $20M from A16z and Google for mobile games in Africa
Carry1st has raised $20 million in funding from marquee investors for its mobile game publishing platform targeted at unlocking demand in the African market....
Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard announced the biggest deal in gaming history today with Microsoft’s $68.7 billion cash offer to buy the decades-old independent game...
Report: Activision Blizzard shed 37 employees during misconduct scandal
The Wall Street Journal released today a new report on the situation at Activision Blizzard. According to this report, the company has either fired...
Turkey’s Spyke Games raises $55M for casual mobile games
Spyke Games has raised $55 million in a seed round to make casual and social mobile games. It’s the biggest seed round raised by...
Avatar: Reckoning turns the hit film world into a mobile MMORPG shooter
Archosaur Games, Tencent, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Disney announced today Avatar: Reckoning, a new mobile game based on the hit sci-fi film. Reckoning is an...