Mga 2022 Best Indie Developer Mobile is a "really punishing format" for indies, says inkle's Jon Ingold
March 1, 2021 Can’t Put It Down The neverending story of Episode’s interactive story success Crunching the data with App Annie
September 16, 2020 Acquisition Gameloft acquires interactive series specialist The Other Guys "The unique style and the highly immersive stories make the interactive series app increasingly popular"
April 15, 2020 Typing... Storytelling platform Unrd raises $2.5 million in funding To be used for new formats and audience growth
August 18, 2019 Story Tellers Devcom 2019: Gamebook’s design and monetisation tips for interactive fiction Gamebook's Nico Nowarra delves into a few key design decisions it's made and shares some stats from its own soft-launched title
August 14, 2019 Storytellers Swag Masha on why it sold to My.Games and how it's carving out a space in the interactive fiction market "We’ve learned that interactive story games are not a simple sell and if you are thinking about it as easy money - you better pass!"
July 16, 2019 Sick Acquisition My.Games acquires Love Sick studio Swag Masha Companies had already worked together to launch the developer's flagship title
October 18, 2018 Narrative Games Universal is the latest contender in the mobile interactive fiction space with Series Your Story Universe Game set to tap film and TV IP such as Vanderpump Rules, Saved By The Bell, The Breakfast Club and Law & Order
September 28, 2018 Lighting The Fuse "It absolutely puts us on the map": Fusebox's Michael Othen on the success of Love Island: The Game “These conversations were a little bit harder to have when we were somewhat unproven and making these kinds of games"
June 14, 2018 Stranger Definitions Netflix not getting into games despite commissioning Minecraft interactive TV show and Stranger Things games How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?
May 24, 2018 Pocket Stories 125 million downloads later narrative game Episode is ready to fend off new competition Episode studio head Michael Dawson discusses the game's success and the new competitors entering the genre
April 16, 2018 New Studio Former Scopely and EA execs head up new narrative-focused studio Ordinal Games Start-up wants players to create stories and take a share in revenues
March 14, 2018 Sweet Deal? Why did Ubisoft acquire a developer of narrative-focused vampire romance games? Charting 1492 Studio's Is It Love? series
March 8, 2018 New Studio FoxNext opens new narrative-focused games studio in San Francisco New branch to harness Fox and Disney IP for episodic title
March 1, 2018 Hot Story Ubisoft acquires 1492 Studio to get in on mobile interactive fiction craze Publisher brings in Is it love? series to its widening mobile portfolio
February 26, 2018 Take Your Pick The interactive narrative games taking over the App Store Why are story-based games on the rise?
January 25, 2018 Beyond Episodes And Choices Why Ludia thinks What’s Your Story? can turn a new page in the competitive interactive fiction sector Telling new tales
September 11, 2017 Text Jam Jam City pushes into interactive fiction with soft-launched choose-your-own-adventure game Twist Taking a leaf out of Episode's book
April 3, 2017 Inkle Hires 80 Days developer Inkle hires a new Senior Artist and Concept Artist Laura Dilloway and Anastasia Wyatt bring the headcount to six-and-a-half
December 23, 2016 Neverending Story CtrlMovie on taking their award-winning interactive film from your phone to the big screen CEO Baptiste Planche reveals what's next for their tech after award wins for Late Shift at Game Connection Europe