Game Development News


Game developer news for mobile, console, and other devices. Learn the art and business of making games.

Google announced product updates

Game Development

Google announced product updates


  • Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Google announces new advertising solutions to help game developers build successful businesses including updates to Google Analytics, AdMob and App campaigns....


Latin America loves business and finance apps Adjust study finds

Game Development

Latin America loves business and finance apps Adjust study finds


  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Adjust global app benchmarks data for Q4 2019 reveals that Latin America, the second fastest-growing region for mobile in the world, after Asia Pacific has the highest average retention rate (9.36%) for Business & Finance apps after the first day a u...


Global gaming industry in 2019

Game Development

Global gaming industry in 2019


  • Thursday, January 9, 2020
  • By Christian Hargrave

Mobile climbs to the top of the game development industry and Adjust becomes the first mobile measurement partner in Unity Technologies’ Verified Solutions Partner Program....


In game advertising extends beyond casual games

Game Development

In game advertising extends beyond casual games


  • Tuesday, December 31, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

In-game advertising extends beyond casual games as developer confidence grows, finds deltaDNA study. Developers are using more ad formats and showing more ads per session as confidence grows and revenues rise....


Mobile game players earning big money

Game Development

Mobile game players earning big money


  • Thursday, December 19, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

Mobile gaming is constantly on the rise, figures show that there are approximately 2.4 billion active mobile gamers worldwide. The experts at the online marketplace OnBuy.com sought to find out the highest-paid mobile game players from the US, and ho...


MEGAFANS new advertising strategy

Game Development

MEGAFANS new advertising strategy


  • Monday, October 14, 2019
  • By Freeman Lightner

MEGAFANS Inc. (Mobile eSports Games Fanatics) has launched a new self-sustaining advertising strategy, unlike anything eSports companies have done so far....


Unity buys deltaDNA but it will operate as a separate entity

Game Development

Unity buys deltaDNA but it will operate as a separate entity


  • Wednesday, September 25, 2019
  • By Christian Hargrave

Unity Technologies buys deltaDNA. This is Unity’s third acquisition in the last 12 months, following their purchase of Vivox (cross-platform voice and text chat) and Digital Monarch Media (next-generation filmmaking)....


How game developers can drive more revenue

Game Development

How game developers can drive more revenue


  • Monday, September 23, 2019
  • By Offer Yehudai

Offer Yehudai, President at Fyber explains how identifying user patterns, segmenting users into clusters, and customizing the gameplay experience based on behavior can bring game developers more revenue....


MobilityWare acquires Jump Ramp Games including Lucktastic brand

Game Development

MobilityWare acquires Jump Ramp Games including Lucktastic brand


  • Tuesday, September 3, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

MobilityWare makes a strategic and complementary acquisition of Jump Ramp Games and will take over Jump Ramps flagship Lucktastic franchise, as well as integrate its performance marketing technology and data platforms. ...


Mobile game Warhammer Odyssey coming soon

Game Development

Mobile game Warhammer Odyssey coming soon


  • Friday, August 30, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

Coming soon from Games Workshop and Virtual Realms is Warhammer: Odyssey an MMO that brings the Warhammer Old World to Android and iOS devices....


Sprint 5G phones include Hatch Premium and cloud gaming

Game Development

Sprint 5G phones include Hatch Premium and cloud gaming


  • Thursday, August 29, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Sprint 5G smartphones include a complimentary three-month subscription to Hatch Premium and Hatch Cloud Gaming is now available to Sprint 5G customers, it has more than 100 premium games, cloud streaming and the ability to face off with friends in li...


Hot Wheels Infinite Loop mobile game released

Game Development

Hot Wheels Infinite Loop mobile game released


  • Friday, August 23, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Mattel releases the mobile platform Hot Wheels Infinite Loop for fans ages 13+, first-ever free to play game for the Hot Wheels brand. ...


What your zodiac sign says about your gaming personality

Game Development

What your zodiac sign says about your gaming personality


  • Tuesday, August 20, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

All gamers have different interests and styles. So what does your zodiac sign say about your gaming personality? Fort Mason Games might just have the answer....


Independent Games Festival 2020 now accepting submissions

Game Development

Independent Games Festival 2020 now accepting submissions


  • Wednesday, July 31, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Informa Tech, organizer of the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2020, is now accepting submissions for the 22nd annual Independent Games Festival (IGF), the longest running festival, summit and showcase of independent games....


Buildbox game creation software bought by AppOnboard

Game Development

Buildbox game creation software bought by AppOnboard


  • Thursday, June 13, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Buildbox game creation software has been purchased by AppOnBoard to further the low code movement and to empower more game developers....


New hyper casual game development studio emerges from Gismart

Game Development

New hyper casual game development studio emerges from Gismart


  • Wednesday, June 5, 2019
  • By Christian Hargrave

Gismart launches new hyper casual game development studio and is looking to recruit over 40 talented games industry professionals....


Apple Arcade game development and Stadia set to shift gaming industry

Game Development

Apple Arcade game development and Stadia set to shift gaming industry


  • Wednesday, May 1, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

Will game streaming pull viewership away from video streaming platforms? How will Google's Stadia, and Apple Arcade game development affect app publishers? We sat down with Rafael Vivas, President of AppLovin's Lion Studios, to discuss the changes in...


Using data driven design for mobile games

Game Development

Using data driven design for mobile games


  • Tuesday, April 2, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

We chat with Billy Quick of Games Guild to discuss data drive design for mobile games, and how it helps in many ways after the game is developed....


Making mini games for WeChat's platform now possible

Game Development

Making mini games for WeChat's platform now possible


  • Tuesday, March 26, 2019
  • By Richard Harris

WeChat has opened a new game developer program for U.S. based developers that enable them to create mini games on WeChat's unique ecosystem which has over a million monthly active users....


The Game of the Year winner is God of War announced at GDC 19

Game Development

The Game of the Year winner is God of War announced at GDC 19


  • Friday, March 22, 2019
  • By Brittany Hainzinger

God of War was honored with the Game of the Year Award at the 19th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA), presented at GDC 19. ...


Next Page >>Last >>     

Featured Stories


Applitools ultrafast cross browser testing hackathon
Applitools ultrafast cross browser testing hackathon Wednesday, May 27, 2020


The agents of transformation COVID-19 edition from AppDynamics
The agents of transformation COVID-19 edition from AppDynamics Wednesday, May 27, 2020


NetLib-Security-sitewide

Developer Hub announced by Fastly
Developer Hub announced by Fastly Tuesday, May 19, 2020


Resilience Grant announced by App Samurai
Resilience Grant announced by App Samurai Tuesday, May 12, 2020


Humio joins IBM Edge Ecosystem
Humio joins IBM Edge Ecosystem Tuesday, May 5, 2020


Trust over IP Foundation hosted by Linux
Trust over IP Foundation hosted by Linux Tuesday, May 5, 2020


One Identity Safeguard now supports Microsoft SQL Server
One Identity Safeguard now supports Microsoft SQL Server Friday, May 1, 2020


Stay Updated

Sign up for our newsletter for the headlines delivered to you

SuccessFull SignUp

App Developer Magazine February-2020 for Apple and Android mobile app developers
NetLib-Security-sitewide