Artist-led East Side Games launches a new version of Dragon UP, the mobile game that's all about hatching and raising dragons in a variety of flavors, and sending them on quests to find gold and treasure.

Tamagotchi gets a reboot with a new app, Tamagotchi L.i.f.e.

Gameloft and Universal announce the release of a “Despicable Me” game for iOS and Android platforms.

Frima Studio and Moonscoop announce a partnership to produce a show based on the mobile game “Squids.”

Nickelodeon and Activision sign a multi-year deal to develop new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” video games.

Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios bolsters its Gaming Division with the addition of CG Supervisor Derek Crosby.

Viacom reports that net income rose sharply in its fiscal first quarter compared with results a year ago. Revenue and adjusted earnings fell because of a decline at its Paramount studio business and lower advertising revenue at its Nickelodeon television channels.

Starting April 26, this year's FMX 2013 has put together yet another stellar lineup of speakers and sessions.

FMX 2013, Europe's most renowned conference on digital entertainment, adopts the slogan, “lean, smart and agile,” and focuses on the ongoing paradigm shift in the animation, effects, games and transmedia industries.

LOGAN teams up with Conscious Minds, the creative agency who directed, wrote and produced NIKE FUEL MISSIONS, to design a pair of animated games for Nike+.

New multi-platform venture will feature animated superhero TV series broadcast in more than 100 global markets, turbo-charged online content hub, and robust toy and consumer products line.

17-Year Hollywood Veteran and ACM SIGGRAPH National Committee member joins Cogswell College’s Digital Arts & Animation department as an Assistant Professor in Game & Entertainment Design.

Geomerics opens a new office in Vancouver to be closer to its growing US and Canadian customer base.

Neil Patrick Harris and Donald Glover guest star in the new “Adventure Time” episode, “Bad Little Boy,” on Monday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT).

The second annual Boston Festival of Indie Games, from the MIT Game Lab and Boston Indies, will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2013 on the MIT campus.

DHX Media brings its the hit property “Rastamouse” to new platforms with the launch of “Rastamouse Ride Da Riddim" skateboarding app.

Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott reveals the writer’s #1 creative tool.

The development team behind “FarmVille 2” talks about how it built a 3D pipeline with Autodesk 3ds Max and the Flare3D plug-in for Flash.

Syfy’s new series “Defiance,” which unites scripted television and online gaming, will premiere Monday, April 15, 2013.

With its stock down 83 percent in nine months, the game-maker seeks ways to cut costs.