You can’t solo security COVID-19 game security report: Learn the latest attack trends in gaming Access here In the saturated social casino game market, it isn’t easy to battle the big brands. But that’s the challenge that Murka, a smaller player in Ukraine, has undertaken with some success. Through growth …
Read More »SideQuest raises $650,000 for testing apps and games for Oculus Quest
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Sideloading platform SideQuest is taking $ 650K in early investment from BoostVC, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, and The Fund. The relatively small preseed funding will help SideQuest’s Shane Harris and Orla Harris build a testing service and …
Read More »Playco raises $100 million at $1 billion valuation for instant games across platforms
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Meet one of gaming’s newest unicorns. Playco has raised $ 100 million at a $ 1 billion valuation for instant games across a wide variety of platforms. That’s a lofty valuation for a company making a web …
Read More »Gameloft acquires episode mobile storytelling games maker The Other Guys
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Gameloft announced today that it has acquired The Other Guys, the studio behind interactive story-based apps like Linda Brown and Journeys. Gameloft is a developer and publisher that focuses on free-to-play mobile gaming. Acquiring The Other Guys …
Read More »How Playing Games Can Make You Richer
Photo by Aaron Freeman / Money Talks News Wouldn’t it be nice if accumulating wealth, avoiding debt and retiring rich was as simple as playing Monopoly? Alas, that’s not the case. But it is possible to use some of the same techniques gamers use to make your money life a …
Read More »Big Fish Games cuts 250 jobs and streamlines mobile game operations
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Big Fish Games announced it has cut 250 jobs as it restructures the mobile game publisher and developer to “address scaling challenges and reinforce the company’s positioning for growth.” If that sounds vague to you, it does …
Read More »Frontier Developments reveals two games from its new publishing label
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Frontier Developments has announced the two new games from Frontier Foundry, its new external publishing arm. Founded in 1994, Frontier Developments has created and self-published hits like Planet Coaster and Jurassic World: Evolution. Now it is getting …
Read More »How security and copyright protection shaped video games as a business
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now On this episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb talks to ModernVintageGamer. He’s a YouTuber and game developer who works with Limited Run Games and Nightdive Studios. And he explains that weird amalgamation of job …
Read More »Tens of millions of new players dove into EA games during the pandemic
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today that tens of millions of new players have joined the company’s games since April. That’s a rare one-time change caused by the global health …
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