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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform Appcharge revealed today that it has raised $26 million in its Series A round. The platform, which offers solutions in mobile games, has grown in popularity as a partner, especially as DTC becomes a viable revenue stream. According to Appcharge, it plans to use the funding to “hyper-scale [its] custom white-label offerings” […]
Scopely today revealed its new advertising campaign for runaway hit mobile title, Monopoly Go! Featuring several recognizable actors, the “Friendship Pays” campaign follows the adventures of three players in “GOville,” where the real world is layered with the Monopoly Go! universe. The cross-platform campaign features over 20 original videos, created in partnership with ad agency […]
Finnish start-up Quicksave Interactive wants to make websites interactive again with WebGL technology by launching QSApp, or no-code editors to make interactive web sites more accessible. This means that ordinary websites can make use of tech that will make the sites more game-like and interactive. But the technology goes beyond gaming as well. In a […]
Monster Hunter Outlanders is a new mobile game coming from TiMi Studio Group of Tencent Games and Capcom. Capcom’s popular Monster Hunter franchise is an action role-playing game series that pits players against giant monsters in beautiful natural environments. Originally released in 2004, Monster Hunter popularized giant monster co-op hunting and has grown into a […]
Nintendo’s famous game designer Shigeru Miyamoto showed off the Donkey Kong Country area at Super Nintendo World. The unveiling is a major addition to the theme park within a theme park that opened at Universal Studios Japan in March 2021. Nintendo has opened or is opening its theme parks in Hollywood, Osaka, Orlando (2025) and […]
We got a sense recently for the “metaverse stock price” as it stands in 2024 at our recent GamesBeat Next 2024 event. Neal Stephenson talked about that notion as he did a talk about how to make sci-fi come true and turn the dreams for an open metaverse into reality. Stephenson famously coined the word […]
A new report from Mistplay sheds light on some of the behaviors of mobile gamers and their relationship with their games — including how monetization affects them. According to their 2024 Mobile Gaming Growth Report, mobile growth in 2025 is going to be marked by new marketing initiatives and new monetization models as developers and […]
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still believes that the path to the open metaverse will yield bring together the entertainment, games and technology industries together in a bright future. But to get there, Sweeney believes the […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has finally hit the market, after four years of development. For me, this means there are new ways to die in a video game. For the rest of you, hopefully it means there are more exciting ways to take your enemies out. It’s a good game with excellent multiplayer […]
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More NetVRk, a cross-platform AI and Web3-driven metaverse, unveiled the alpha version of its platform for building virtual worlds with Unreal Engine 5. The release integrates an innovative Language Model (LLM) and AI technology to enhance digital […]