The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a settlement of $150,000 with HyperBeard, the developer of a collection of children’s mobile games over violations of U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule). The company’s applications had been downloaded more than 50 million times on a worldwide basis to date, according to data…
Capcom seems to tease a Resident Evil 4 remake in a new interview. The company also reveals the huge sales success of the Resident Evil 2 remake, which was released last year. This, along with controversial story choices, suggests that Capcom is planning more remakes to tie the series together. Resident Evil 3 remake game…
Glitch is building a premium tier for power users of its user-created micro apps. The rather eccentric developer tools platform launched in 2017, combining a coding workspace with a community of users sharing and customizing web apps. With more than 5 million apps and bots now on its platform, the team is launching paid subscriptions…
Game engine creator Crytek has filed to reschedule the trial for its ongoing lawsuit with Star Citizen creator Cloud Imperium Games (CIG). CIG’s legal jockeying does not bode well for gamers who have waited nine years to play the space epic. CIG is bleeding money and needs to become profitable soon. Star Citizen is now…
Junji Oshita president and CEO of AXEL MARK Inc & Developer of the blockchain game “CONTRACT SERVANT – CARD GAME-” Kazuyuki Tanaka was interviewed by Yuki Haraguchi from Coinpost. I interviewed Junji Oshita, president and CEO of AXEL MARK Inc., developer of the blockchain game “CONTRACT SERVANT – CARD GAME-” and Kazuyuki Tanaka, game producer,…
Fortnite developer Epic Games is being sued for a massive January security breach and gamers are split on whose fault it is. | Source: ShutterstockGamers are no strangers to security breaches at this point. Those tend to be the nature of the beast, as companies like Sony and more have been victim to data breaches…
