Category: gaming
HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through
HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed. HQ Trivia had a deal in the works to be acquired, but they buyer pulled out yesterday…
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GameSnacks, from Google’s Area 120, brings fast, casual online games to developing markets
A new project called GameSnacks is launching today from Google’s in-house incubator, Area 120, with the goal of bringing fast-loading, casual online games to users in developing markets. Billions of people are coming online through mobile devices. But they’re often on low memory devices with expensive data plans, and struggle…
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The team behind Apple’s ‘Mythic Quest’ says video games aren’t the punch line
When Ubisoft first approached “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” stars Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day about creating a new show set in the video game industry, McElhenney said they weren’t interested — at least, not initially. “Anything that we had ever seen in the past, from a movie or television…
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Twitter-backed ShareChat eyes fantasy sports in India
The growing market of fantasy sports in India may soon have a new and odd entrant: ShareChat . The local social networking app, which in August last year raised $100 million in a financing round led by Twitter, has developed a fantasy sports app and has been quietly testing it…
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VCs hunt for platform opportunities in ‘hyper-casual’ gaming
There are billions of gamers on the planet, and even as gaming consoles and devices grow more powerful, there’s a good deal of investor attention being paid to so-called “hyper-casual” games that likely could have shipped on decades-old hardware. Simplicity has never been something to take for granted in game…
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‘Apex Legends’ is the next big game to try to crack China’s mobile market
During its earnings call last week, EA confirmed that a mobile version of Apex Legends is definitely in development. Executives didn't say when it's expected to launch, but they did mention they're building the smartphone version with a partner… Source
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