Hello La
Goodbye Kansas Studios opens new Los Angeles office led by former DICE staff
Fredrik Löving and Tobias Dahl head up the new operation
Blizzard Arena
Blizzard opens dedicated eSports arena in Los Angeles to host its own Hearthstone tournaments
Bring the viewers in, sell them merch on the way out
Of Metal And Men
From console FPS to mobile RTS: The shaping of Titanfall: Assault
Particle City’s journey
Acquisition Of Dragons
Chinese developer NetDragon buys LA educational games studio JumpStart
Plans to utilise IP and partnership with Dreamworks
Creature Comforts
Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA
They're just so damned cute
Keyword Appointment
Keywords Studios appoints new Audio Manager at LA studio
Ed Lima brings his expertise to expand the studio's services
E3 Opens Floodgates
E3 2017 will open its doors to 15,000 members of the public for the first time
$250 a ticket for the full three days
Final Clash
Clash Royale's inaugral North American championship finishes with the Crown Duel on December 17th
$15,000 and a trip to Helsinki up for grabs
Live And Kicking
Postmortem: Dawn of Steel one year on
Former Superweapon President Amer Ajami reflects on an eventful year
Jam-packed
Ex-EA EVP and Linden Labs CEO Rod Humble joins Jam City
And Robert Zakari joins as General Counsel and EVP of Corporate Development
And Away We Go
Rick and Morty co-creator joins with ex-Epic Games EP to form new VR studio Squanchtendo
And they're hiring
Firefly Funding
Firefly Games closes $10 million funding round to work on Hollywood IPs
Also looking into VR and eSports
Rocket Fuel
Scopely raises big $55 million Series B round
Greycroft Growth Fund leads the round
Games Meet Movies
SGN targets big brand "gamertainment" with TinyCo acquisition
Gateway to new genres and working with IP
Best Fiends Forever
Seriously's clicker sequel Best Fiends Forever returns to soft launch
Less idle, more RPG
Best In La
Scopely CEO Walter Driver named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for LA
CEO honoured as The Walking Dead: Road to Survival hits 20 million downloads
Neat Strategy
Kabam acqui-hires Dawn of Steel dev Superweapon to boost its LA studio
Consolidation move
More Than Mobile
Loot Crate looking for a Game Producer for games and VR/AR projects
LA-based geek box firm hiring more gaming pros
Level Up
10 years of Pocket Gamer: Gamevil's Kyu Lee on moving from Skipping Stone to core RPG success
Back in the days of BREW
Gunslingers And Exiles
How lessons learned from FPS Midnight Star are shaping Gunslinger Studios' RPG Exiles of Embermark
Why new game Exiles of Embermark needed a new studio to make it
Midnight Stars
Industrial Toys announces sequel Midnight Star: Renegade
A faster FPS for the mobile generation
Industrial Gunslingers
Industrial Toys spins off sister company Gunslinger Studios to develop RPG Exiles of Embermark
Getting the focus right
Breaking Bad
Scopely cooks up Breaking Bad license with F2P mobile title Breaking Bad: Empire Business in soft launch
It's time to cook
Safe (ad) Space
SuperAwesome looks to build on 'kid-safe' advertising message with 2 C-level hires from Outfit7 and Nickelodeon
Also opens LA office
From Merch To Apps
Monthly geek box provider Loot Crate hiring mobile game professionals
More games to come?
Widening The Network
SGN acquires Fat Rascal and hires Kiwi veterans as part of aggressive expansion
New studios in Seattle and Palo Alto
Mechs On The Move
NetEase to publish Dawn of Steel in China
RTS hits Asia
Social Urge
Why Solitaire dev MobilityWare is looking to buy studios and bet big on social casino
The plan for 2016
Scopely Partnership
Scopely partners with Redemption Games to publish its first two titles
Young developer lands on its feet
Big Boots
Nexon and Respawn unite to bring Titanfall to mobile in 2016
Both invest in US startup Particle City
People First
Scopely hires Jessica Neal as its Chief People Officer
Former Netflix VP of Talent Acquisition joins Scopely
Get Hired
How to get a job at Scopely
Senior Technical Recruiter Chris Kale shares insights
Data Driven
Scopely hires analytics exec Steve Seoane as SVP, Publishing Platform
Experienced analytics pro joins the California team
Seriously Seeking
Seriously is hiring a UA Manager for its LA office
Best Fiends dev hiring UA expert with at least 2 years' experience
Pastures New
Scopely scoops Bernard Chen as GM and VP product
Official blog post welcomes Bernard Chen to Scopely
More Mobile, Please
In the year mobile game spending eclipses consoles, it's even starting to show at E3
This year's show smashed mobile records, but we still have a ways to go.
Disruptive Pattern
GungHo signs deal with Camouflaj to complete Republique
Puzzle & Dragons dev throws weight behind indie outfit
Changing Faces
Backed with $4.5 million, PC legend Jon Van Caneghem goes mobile
VC Mobile Entertainment moves out of stealth.
Irish Charm
Scopely invests in Dublin dev Digit Game Studios for future strategy gaming success
Ireland's largest games developer strikes gold
No Lights No Camera Just Action
Mobcrush on why mobile is the native channel for live game streaming
Mobile DNA matters
Twitching
Pure-play mobile game streaming service Mobcrush raises $4.9 million
Looking to out-niche Twitch
Show Stoppers
E3 2015: Experience the evolution
The view from the ESA
Man Around Data
Ninja Metrics hires Gordon Bellamy to spearhead predictive analytics
New start, new data
Goody Goody
Ex-Disney veterans set up Zig Zag Zoom to combine fun with charity
Gaming turned into charitable currency
Buddy Up
Scopely forges multi-year partnership with Kung Fu Factory
New partnership has scope
East To West
Firefly Games raises $8 million to bring top Chinese games to US
Ex-ZQGame president reloads
Pastures New
Z2Live execs leave to launch alternative publisher Mobile Game Partners
Adam Flanders and Kevin Flynn up and running
Cash Guzzler
Is TV advertising just for the big guys?
Josh Rinsky of Quaid Media talks about a 2015 megatrend
Acquisitions
Kabam buys TapZen and Magic Pixel Games
Will be merged into new Los Angeles studio
Jobs
Seriously mines Rovio, Supercell and Fox talent in recruitment drive
Best Fiends dev scales up