Amber gets a new CEO as it goes global with game dev outsourcing
Former Keywords Studios executive Jaime Gine will become the new CEO of Amber, a game development services firm based in Bucharest, Romania. Former CEO...
Niantic recruits Oculus’ Dan Morris to run developer relations as it ramps third-party content
Pokémon Go creator Niantic is gearing up to recruit more developers to its next-generation augmented reality tools using its Niantic Lightship platform. And today it...
99math raises $1M to boost edtech gaming platform
Estonian startup 99math has raised $1 million to boost its edtech math gaming platform aimed at making math fun. The 3-year-old 99math has a...
Plarium buys Finland’s mobile studio Futureplay to expand into casual games
Plarium’s games have 390 million midcore mobile and PC players, and now it is expanding into the casual sector with an agreement to buy...
The DeanBeat: Activision Blizzard is losing the PR war
The sex discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard is going to be a real nightmare for all parties involved, and my heart goes out to...
Maliyo Games sets up game dev boot camp with Google in Africa
Gaming has a lot of promise in Africa, but it has been slower to develop there than it has elsewhere. To boost its fortunes,...
Ultimate Rivals: The Court wants to be the ‘What If?’ of sports games
The concept behind Ultimate Rivals: The Court reminds me of playing with my action figures as a kid: The forces of the Empire would...
Activision Blizzard employees to protest leadership with walkout
Employees at Activision Blizzard are staging a walkout to protest the company leadership’s response to being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment...
Eloelo raises $2.1M for creator-led social gaming platform in India
Eloelo, a startup that is India’s fastest growing creator-led live social gaming platform, has raised $2.1 million in funding. Founded in August 2020 by...
Why Jam City canceled its $1.2B SPAC
Mobile game publisher Jam City decided to call off its plan to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) because of “current...