J. Allen Brack’s short, tumultuous run in charge of Blizzard is over
Activision Blizzard announced today on its site that J. Allen Brack is no longer president of Blizzard. Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra will be...
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...
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 RetroBeat: Blizzard’s legacy grows cold
The past couple of weeks have been intense for the industry. The stories coming out of Activision Blizzard and other studios are awful. Above...
Why The Artful Escape took six years to craft
The Artful Escape is coming September 9 for the PC and Xbox. And for Johnny Galvatron, the game’s creator, that date has been a...
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...
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles — The trials and tribulations of localization
Localization is already a hard job. Now imagine doing it for a text-heavy game set around 1900 featuring two distinct cultures. Actually, imagine doing...
Kena: Bridge of Spirits delayed to September 21
Ember Lab announced today that it has delayed Kena: Bridge of Spirits. The date has moved from August 24 to September 21. The action-adventure...
Smilegate invests $100M in That’s No Moon Entertainment with ex-Sony, Naughty Dog, and Activision devs
That’s No Moon Entertainment is a new triple-A game development studio with veterans who have attracted more than $100 million in investment from CrossFire...