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Disney Hires Former PlayStation Portfolio Boss To Head Up Games Licensing
gamesindustry.biz reports: "Disney has made a key appointment that should significantly boost its video games strategy, bringing in a former PlayStation exec into the...
Nintendo Profit Plunges 46 Percent Despite Higher Switch Sales
Hollywood Reporter reports: "Nintendo on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit drop of 46 percent to $152 million (￥16.6 billion) despite a 2.4 percent revenue...
Playful Studios Raises $23 Million For Spectator-Enabled Games
VentureBeat reports: "Playful Studios, the maker of the Lucky’s Tale series of games, has raised $23 million in funding from a wide variety of...
Scopely acquires Genjoy
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Mobile publisher Scopely has acquired Spanish developer Genjoy for an undisclosed sum."
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Disney Acquires "Tap Tap Revenge" iPhone Game Developer
Palo Alto, Calif. - Disney (NYSE: DIS) has acquired iPhone mobile game
developer Tapulous, creators of the "Tap Tap Revenge" music game,
TechCrunch reported.
Financial details of the...
Gaming Network VENN Sets July Launch From Playa Vista Studio, Kroenke...
Deadline reports: "VENN, a lifestyle channel for and about gamers, will launch in July with 30 hours of original programming, its founders said. That’s...
Twitch’s loss of top streamers impacts hours watched and streamed in...
TechCrunch reports: "The loss of several big-name streamers is finally taking its toll on Twitch, according to a new report from StreamLabs and Newzoo...
IGDA: Working conditions for game developers are better, but still need...
VentureBeat reports: "The working conditions for game developers are improving, partly because the spotlight on poor conditions is forcing some change, according to a...
Hyper casual dominated new mobile downloads in 2019
Gamesindustry.biz reports: "Hyper casual games are taking over the mobile market, representing 78% of the most downloaded new mobile games of 2019."
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Sony Faces Class Action Over Move to Nix Linux on PS3s
Los Angeles
- A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sony (NYSE: SNE), over its intention to
disable the ability of PlayStation 3 owners to run...
