PrizePool raises $10M to reward people who save
PrizePool has created prize-linked savings accounts, and it has raised $10 million to help further its gamification of savings. The San Francisco-based PrizePool’s mission...
Double Loop raises $8M for mobile game development
Double Loop Games has closed an $8 million funding round, as the company starts beefing up for the production of its mobile puzzle hybrid...
Niantic’s Pokémon Go Fest 2021 is July 17-18, has a music festival theme
Niantic said its Pokémon Go Fest 2021 will take place July 17 to July 18 as a digital-only worldwide event. And this year the spirit...
Zynga and Kenneth Cole team up for Pride Month with High Heels game partnership
Gamemaker Zynga and fashion designer Kenneth Cole have teamed up to celebrate Pride Month inside Zynga’s High Heels hypercasual mobile game. The move is...
Niko Partners: China’s game market will hit $55B and 781M gamers by 2025
China’s game market will reach $55 billion and 781 million gamers by 2025, according to two new reports by market researcher Niko Partners. Niko...
Blizzard says there will be no BlizzCon this fall
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that it will not be holding an in-person BlizzCon event this year due to the “ongoing complexities and uncertainties of...
Metaverse Team launches Nerf Strike FPS game for Roblox
A new startup called Metaverse Team is launching the first-person shooter game Nerf Strike on Roblox today. It uses various toy guns from Hasbro’s...
Italy’s game industry grows to 1,600 people and 160 game studios
Made in Italy is taking on new meaning when it comes to games. Italy’s game industry grew 45% from 2018 to 2021 to more...
Apple v. Epic trial wraps up as judge spars with Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook testified as the final witness in the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust trial on Friday, and the poised executive faced...
The DeanBeat: Does Big Tech or Hollywood get games better?
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) is one of the treasures of the video game industry. Started by Jason Hall in 2004 and run by...