Playstudios acquires rights to develop new Tetris mobile game
Developer Playstudios today announced it’d acquired the rights to make Tetris games for mobile devices via a strategic partnership with The Tetris Company. Las...
Google Play names Pokémon Unite as Best Game of 2021
Google Play today announced the winners of its Best of 2021 awards, a collection of apps and games that it has decreed made a...
Activision Blizzard forms committee to address ongoing issues
Activision Blizzard put out a press release to address the ongoing issues at the company. The press release announced the formation of a ‘Workplace...
Arkadium Advantage offers subscription gaming for seniors
Arkadium is launching Arkadium Advantage, a cross-platform subscription gaming service with casual games targeted at senior citizens. The New York-based company is offering a...
The Forgotten City publisher Plug In Digital raises $75M for indie games
Independent games publisher and distributor Plug In Digital has raised $75 million to publish more games like The Forgotten City. Private equity firm Bridgepoint...
Nintendo’s Doug Bowser calls Activision Blizzard reports ‘disturbing’
Nintendo has joined fellow console makers PlayStation and Xbox in expressing concern over the Activision Blizzard scandal. An internal email reveals the company is...
Fold partners with Niantic to create AR-based Bitcoin rewards app
Fold is launching an augmented reality experience where players can earn Bitcoin in a kind of augmented reality environment. Fold, a reward and payments...
Melon and NFL team up and launch Roblox metaverse experience
Melon announced today that it is launching a new experience in Roblox in partnership with the NFL. Players will be able to purchase their...
Niantic raises $300M at $9B valuation as it guns for the real-world metaverse
Pokémon Go maker Niantic has raised $30o million from investor Coatue at a $9 billion valuation as it aims to build the real-world metaverse....
Netflix hires Amir Rahimi as VP of game studios
Netflix has hired Scopely’s Amir Rahimi as vice president of game studios. Rahimi, who was previously president of games at mobile game publisher Scopely,...