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Amazon Games Studio Sets Launch Date For Free-to-Play Shooter ‘Crucible’

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Amazon Games Studio has set a release date for its upcoming free-to-play, team-based shooter Crucible: May 20." Read more

Pocket Gems Lands $5 Million for Mobile Social Games

San Francisco - Pocket Gems, a developer of mobile social games, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in venture capital financing, led by...

Riot Games to Pay $10 Million to Settle Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit

Variety reports: "Riot Games, developer of “League of Legends,” will fork over at least $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf...

ESA CEO: 64% of U.S. adults are gamers, 41% of players...

VentureBeat reports: "Sixty-four percent of American adults, or 214.4 million people, play video games, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA),...

Zynga Launches "FarmVille" Social Game on iPhone

San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga on Thursday announced the launch of its popular "FarmVille" game for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. The game counts more...

Mobile games made 15 times more revenue than entertainment apps in...

gamesindustry.biz reports: "The combined revenues generated by mobile games reached $41.5 billion in a single 12-month period -- more than 15 times higher than...

YouTube reportedly paid $160m for Activision Blizzard esports exclusivity

gamesindustry.biz reports: "The deal between Activision Blizzard and Google for the media rights to the former's esports events is said to have cost $160...

NBC Inks Partnership Deal With Sports Betting Platform PointsBet, Will Integrate...

Deadline reports: "In yet another marriage of sports media with the rising tide of legalized sports betting in the US, NBCUniversal and PointsBet today...

Gigantic Duck raises SEK 10m

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Game developer Gigantic Duck Games announced today that it has raised SEK 10 million ($1.1 million) in funding.The company said that the...

ByteDance acquires Moonton Technology

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Nuverse, which is part of ByteDance's gaming companies roster, has acquired Shanghai-based developer and publisher Moonton Technology." Read more