Zynga’s Rollic buys German mobile game studio Popcore
Zynga’s Rollic hypercasual gaming division has acquired Popcore, an indie mobile game developer based in Germany. Financial terms were not disclosed. Popcore is a...
Blizzard suspends service in China as NetEase agreement ends
Blizzard Entertainment announced that it’s suspending game services in China starting early next year. Its licensing agreements with Chinese game publisher NetEase expire on...
Swaarm focuses on privacy-enabled user acquisition for mobile games
Usually, privacy and advertising don’t go well together. The more you know about someone, the better you can target ads at them. But Swaarm...
Newzoo forecasts game market will shrink 4.3% to $184.4B in 2022
For the first time in Newzoo’s history of covering the global games market, the market researcher has revised its forecast downward to predict games will decline...
Red Wing Shoes wants virtual homes designed in Roblox to become real homes
Talk about moving from the metaverse to real life. Red Wing Shoes is launching the Builders Exchange Program so that people can design “tiny...
Yahaha raises $40M to democratize 3D content creation
User-generated content startup Yahaha has raised $40 million in funding to launch a platform that makes it easier for content creators and non-technical people...
God of War Ragnarök leads The Game Awards 2022 nominations
The Game Awards released its list of nominees for this year’s show, with God of War Ragnarök earning the most nominations with 10. Elden...
Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards returns as a hybrid online show and physical event on Dec. 8
The Game Awards will debut on December 8 as an online and physical show that will be as close to the 2019 pre-pandemic event...
Removing the stigma from NFTs
Crypto and blockchain are quite unpopular in the gaming space. Whenever a company mentions it is exploring NFTs in its games, it usually receives...
The crazy metaverse — ideas from the fringe
Any shift in society, whether it’s technological or otherwise, brings a deluge of new ideas. We rarely remember the alternatives provided as the mainstream...