Animation Throwdown mobile card game mashes up Family Guy, Futurama, and other TV shows
Animation Throwdown is a new collectible-card mobile game that, for the first time, mashes up the characters and worlds of American Dad, Bob’s Burgers,...
Tencent’s reach is unmatched in the gaming market
In the new film Independence Day: Resurgence, a couple makes a video call to one another. When they hang up, the program they’re using tells...
TapReason uses A.I. to decide the magic moment to recommend an app
TapReason is coming out of stealth today with a unique twist on monetization. The company uses artificial intelligence to determine the “magic moment” to...
How Brexit impacts U.K.’s $3.83 billion gaming industry
The United Kingdom is the sixth-largest market for game spending in the world. It’s ahead of countries like France and Canada as well as...
The best games in Steam’s Summer Sale
Prepare the wallets. The Steam Summer Sale has begun. This is one of the craziest times of the year for Valve’s digital PC store....
Why EA thinks going after whales can sink you (VB Live)
In the first of this VB Live series, leaders in the mobile games industry join Google and VentureBeat to talk high-value user acquisition strategies...
Vainglory snags Amazon Appstore as a major esports sponsor
Esports continues to mature, as mobile esports company Super Evil Megacorp announced today it has snared the Amazon Appstore as a premier sponsor for...
With Supercell, China’s Tencent will command 13% of $99 billion game business
With the acquisition of most of Supercell, China’s Tencent will have an estimated 13 percent of the global $99 billion game business in 2016,...
GamEffective raises $7 million to gamify worker performance
GamEffective has raised $7 million to improve worker performance via “gamification” or making work activities more game-like. GamEffective also offers real-time feedback, so workers...
Tencent-led consortium to acquire up to 84% stake in Supercell from SoftBank at $10.2 billion valuation
After months of speculation, Chinese tech giant Tencent has confirmed that a consortium it established will acquire a majority stake in Clash of Clans-maker...
