Amazon gets endorsement from Activision for games on Kindle Fire

Amazon has a new game platform in the Kindle Fire and it is getting an endorsement today from the biggest game publisher, Activision Blizzard. Skylanders Cloud Patrol will be on the new tablet.

Activision’s The Blast Furnace resurrects Pitfall! for mobile devices

Just in time for the game's 30th anniversary, Activision's new mobile studio, The Blast Furnace, has released a reimagining of the classic Pitfall!

Introducing The Blast Furnace, Activision’s first mobile-only development studio

The new studio is the latest example of Activision's aggressive investment in the mobile development space in the span of just a few months.

Activision taps Swrve for mobile game analytics and A/B testing

Activision Blizzard and Swrve are proving that mobile games are as important as those for consoles.

The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era

Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.

Our latest round of GamesBeat 2012 speakers

VentureBeat is pleased to announce the latest speakers added to our roster for GamesBeat 2012 in San Francisco on July 10-11. We’re inviting 500 movers and shakers from throughout the games industry — social, mobile, online, and console — to …

Activision Publishing teams up with Flurry to release third-party mobile games

Activision Publishing is about to make some big investments in mobile games. One of the ways it will do so is through a third-party publishing platform via a partnership with analytics firm Flurry.

Under the partnership, Activision Publishing will release …

Activision embraces freemium monetization strategies with Skylanders Cloud Patrol for iOS

Activision Blizzard is diving into freemium monetization strategies for iOS games in a big way with the worldwide launch of Skylanders Cloud Patrol today.

The new app signals a major departure for the company, which has always focused on selling …