Index-backed Hutch puts $5.5M in the tank to rev up its mobile gaming engines

 UK-based indie free-to-play mobile games developer studio, Hutch, is gearing up to step on the gas…

Nintendo has sold 1.5 million NES Classics, and that’s good for both gaming’s past and its future

 Nintendo is selling a heck of a lot of NES Classics, its tiny retro Nintendo Entertainment…

‘Star Trek Timelines’ game maker Disruptor Beam raises $8.5M

 Disruptor Beam has raised another $8.5 million to turn some of the best-known entertainment franchises into mobile…

Europe opens antitrust geo-blocking probe into Valve, others

 European antitrust regulators have opened an investigation into the Steam games distribution platform operator, Valve, and…

Nintendo Switch’s online service will cost under $30 per year

 Nintendo worried many a gamer two weeks ago with its announcement that online play on its…

Carnegie Mellon creates a poker-playing AI that can beat the pros

 To be great at poker you gotta know when to hold them, know when to fold…

Club Penguin is shutting down

 Club Penguin, the Disney-owned social network for kids, announced this morning it’s shutting down. In its…

Around 5-percent of ‘Super Mario Run’ downloaders end up buying the game

 Some additional insight out of today’s Nintendo earnings. The gaming giant offered some key contextual information…