Category - Industry News

Summer Game Fest Kickoff Date Announced

This June, celebrate the future of video games with the return of Summer Game Fest, an all-digital, free global fan festival. Featuring updates for fans from more than 30 of the industry’s leading game publishers, developers and platforms...

USC Games Expo Announced for 2021

USC Games, North America’s No. 1 game design program, collaborating with long-term partner, Jam City—will feature the game designers and developers of tomorrow at their annual USC Games Expo, the largest school-hosted gaming event in the world...

Wargaming.net Opens Vilnius Studio

This month, Wargaming’s newest office in Vilnius will officially open. As a new stronghold, the Lithuania base will help to strengthen the company’s distributed development model that is currently seen throughout Central and Eastern Europe and...

Gearbox Entertainment Joins the Embracer...

The Gearbox Entertainment Company and Embracer Group announced today that they successfully closed on their up to $1.3 billion merger agreement. Embracer and Gearbox announced in February of 2021 their intention to merge. With this, Gearbox...

Summer Game Fest Announced for 2021

It’s official: Summer Game Fest, an industry-wide all-digital celebration of video games, will return in June, and once again include Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition. Following successful digital events in 2020, the showcase will once...

THQ Nordic Unveils Ashborne Games

Today THQ Nordic announces the incorporation of its newest studio, Ashborne Games, based in Brno, Czech Republic, and takes a briefly looks into its roots as a developer. The studio unites different skill sets and experiences across several...

SXSW 2021 Gaming Award Winners Announced

South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals has announced the winners for the eighth annual SXSW Gaming Awards, recognizing the most creative and influential titles, teams and individuals in the industry. This season crowned winners in...

Zynga Acquires Echtra Games

Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced that it has acquired Echtra Games, a cross-platform game studio composed of a development team whose core members have previously shaped the world of...

Konami Launches New Online Store

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today unveiled a new online commerce store – Official Konami Shop. Developed in conjunction with Los Angeles-based creative agency WAYPOINT, the site has now soft launched and features a huge variety of...

Blizzard Unveils 30th Anniversary Gear

Toast to 30 years of Blizzard and the first-ever BlizzConline with tons of new merch launching February 19 on the Blizzard Gear Store! Read on to find out more about some of the exciting new loot dropping soon. 30th Anniversary Collection...