Sensor Tower: Pokémon Go passes $5B in revenue in time for 5th anniversary
Pokémon Go has earned over $5 billion in revue, according to estimates from mobile market analyst Sensor Tower. This milestone comes as the mobile...
Newzoo: Game market will hit $200B in 2024
The global game market will grow from $175.8 billion in 2021 to more than $200 billion in 2024, according to the 2021 Global Games...
The DeanBeat: How fun finds a way around friction
In an old Saturday Night Live skit, actor Garrett Morris rubbed two balloons on his sweater, and they stuck to his chest. It was...
Drake Star Partners: Game deals surpassed $60B in first half of 2021
Game deals surpassed an unparalleled $60 billion in the first half of 2021, according to investment bank Drake Star Partners. Spurred by pandemic lockdowns...
Bling enables game devs to give players Bitcoin rewards
Bling has raised seed funding to enable game developers to give Bitcoin rewards to players who engage with games. The Irvine, California-based Bling’s vision...
Hearthstone’s next expansion is United in Stormwind
Blizzard has announced Hearthstone‘s next expansion. It is called United in Stormwind. This is the digital card game’s second expansion of the year, following...
Hiber raises $15M for user-generated games created with phones
Hiber has raised $15 million for its platform for publishing user-generated games on the web. What does this mean? Watch out, Roblox and Minecraft....
Drop Fake raises $9M to hit the reset button for gaming authenticity
Drop Fake raised $9 million in seed funding to hit the reset button on games that support diversity, emotion, and authenticity. It hopes to...
Match-3 team at Turkey’s Dream Games raises $155M at $1B valuation
Turkey has another unicorn on its hands. Dream Games has raised $155 million at a valuation of $1 billion thanks to its focus on...
Quizziz raises $31.5M to motivate students with gamified lessons
Quizizz has raised $31.5 million to motivate every student it can with a combination of gamified quizzes and interactive lessons. The Santa Monica, California,...