No Longer Niche
Anime games make up 20% of all app store spending, says data.ai
Over $17 billion in consumer spending generated in 2021 alone
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Cohen Comes On
Homa Games brings on Jeff Cohen as VP of Corporate Development
Will handle the firm's "aggresive" M&A and partnership operations
Puzzle Players
Sensor Tower: US puzzle game spending increased 4.2% to $5 billion
Decline in downloads witnessed across the board
Getting Serious
Moonlighter is Netflix Games' first non-exclusive title
Moonlighter delisted from App Store and Google Play in February 2022
Joining The Ranks
Netflix partners with East Side Games Group to bring Dragon Up to service
Coming to the service in May 2022
Mobile Game Dev Veteran
Chimera Entertainment hires Stefan Dieckmann as head of development
Brings over 15 years of mobile games development experience to lead and grow Chimera's dev team
Leading The Front
Anzu appoints former Yahoo director Chris Vincelli as VP of Business Development
Brings over a decade of partnerships experience to secure in-game ads partnerships
Party In The Usa
Fusebox appoints Michael Cinquemani to lead new LA-based studio
TV and mobile games veteran writer and producer to spearhead US operations
Play To Win
Monster League Studios raises $2 million for blockchain-based esports platform
Will feature a series of sports-based games, starting with soccer and later tennis, hockey, basketball, and more
Growing Esports Engagement
Mobile esports finding its audience in emerging markets, says Newzoo
Esports expected to generate $1.38 billion by the end of 2022
F In Chat
China halts unauthorised games livestreaming
Latest regulations apply to unauthorised and non-domestic games
Tacocat
Netflix unveils exclusive Exploding Kittens mobile game
Will launch in May, with animated series to come at later date
Bring The Spoilz
Saudi Arabian Spoilz Games raises $693,000 in pre-seed funding
Will expand portfolio and look to target global games market
Real-time Multiplayer
coherence raises $8 million for real-time multiplayer creation platform
Led by former Playdead CEO Dino Patti
Hypercasual On Top
Adjust: hypercasual made up 27% of global mobile downloads in 2021
2021 saw CPI increase, but retention rates followed
Web-based To Web3
Kongregate unveils upcoming blockchain game Blood Vessels
Will feature playable vampire NFTs
Curtailing
Tencent shuts down Chinese gamers access to overseas games
Incoming update to network acceleration app will halt users playing foreign games and accessing foreign online servers
Hypercasual On Top
Sensor Tower: Merge Master was the most downloaded game for March 2022
Free Fire in second place with 25.5 million downloads
Made Its Way
Zynga launches FarmVille 3 in Japan
Comes six months after global release
Ad Acceptace
Anzu: 70% of US gamers respond well to in-game ads
Players value ad relevance and dislike being interupted
The Never-ending Search
ironSource launches Luna Search Ads to tackle App Store ad campaigns
Allows marketers to streamline and automate ad campaign creation
Two In Pune
SuperGaming opens second office in Pune
Will support development of upcoming battle royale Indus
One In Four
Playstack: one in four players click on charitable interactive billboard ads
Follows recent charity campaign to raise awareness for charity:water's 'Clean Water Pledge'
Tencent On Top Again
Mobile games spending continued to fall by 6.3% to $7 billion in March 2022
Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile were the highest grossing games worldwide
Turkey's Silicon Valley
Turkish hypercasual studio Tiplay joins Snap Inc's accelerator programme
"A very important step towards our goal of making Denizli the Silicon Valley of Turkey"
The Top Publishers
data.ai reveals the top mobile publishers in 2021
Prominant publishers in 2021 included Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo/HoYoVerse, and CyberAgent
Best Q2 Yet
MAG Interactive Q2 2022 revenues reach $8.1 million, up 6 per cent
Strongest second quarter in company history
Open For Business
China lifts games licence freeze, 45 new games approved
New games from XD Inc, Yoozoo Games, and more after nine month standstill
Reach For The Skies
Cloud gaming will quadruple to $6.3 billion by 2024, says Newzoo
Large media companies predicted to join the sector
Search Stats
data.ai: Roblox was the most searched game on the App Store in 2021
Non-specific keywords were surprisingly common and yielded regional based results
Cousens Comes Aboard
Huuuge Games appoints Rod Cousens as co-CEO
Brings over four decades of experience, including leadership roles at Jagex, Codemasters, and Activision
Update Or Disappear
Older Android apps must update to remain discoverable and downloadable
New rules come into effect in November
Galactic Funding
Gadsme raises $8 million for non-intrusive ads, backed by Ubisoft
Will invest in "key people" to scale business operations
Hypercasual Downloads
Merge Master - Dinosaur Fusion was the most downloaded hypercasual game in Q1 2022
Homa Games latest title scores big in India according to AppMagic
Shifting Focus
Miniclip commits to mobile games publishing, pivots from web browser games
Only 8 Ball Pool and Agar.io will remaining on website after Summer 2022
Reaching For The Sky
Sky Mavis raises $150 million, gears up for launch of Axie Infinity: Origin
Funds will be used to reimburse users that suffered from recent Ronin network hack
Talk Around Town
Mobile games continue to dominate Twitter’s games chatter
Genshin Impact leads the way, followed by Wordle and Ensemble Stars
Gameoff
Amazon is shutting down mobile games capture platform GameOn
Service will end on June 18 2022
Blizzard To Amazon
Amazon hires former World of Warcraft designer to ramp up mobile games efforts
Former Blizzard designer Kurt Sparkuhl joins as lead games designer for mobile
Niantic Adds Nzxr
Niantic acquires New Zealand-based AR studio NZXR
Will become "integral part" of design and development teams for location-based AR titles
Gamification
Socios.com and Wave partner to bring mobile games to blockchain rewards platform
13 "bite-sized' sports games will come to the service in mid-April
Siege On The Go
Ubisoft unveils Rainbow Six Mobile for iOS and Android
Will bring the Rainbow Six Siege experience to mobile devices later this year
Brought To The Board
iCandy Interactive appoints four new execs
New appointments come from subsidiaries Storms and Lemon Sky Studios
Expanding Execs
Kongregate appoints three executive team members to support blockchain operations
Max Murphy, Michelle Shaw, and Patrick Moran step into CTO, CBOO, and CPO respectively
Ceasing Operations
Wargaming pulls out of Russia and Belarus
World of Tanks operations will be overseen by Lesta Studio, which it is no longer affiliated with
Marketing Movement
InnoGames appoints Felix Janzen as chief marketing officer
Former CMO moves up to lead Modern Times Group’s games marketing efforts
Growing Gameplay
Casual games adding more features to beat competition, says GameRefinery
Renovation, construction, and minigames are popping up across the top 100 grossing casual titles
In The Blue Corner
Roblox voices support for Apple in Epic Games legal dispute
Metaverse platform states that the App Store provides "greater legitimacy" for users
Stifled Spending
Sensor Tower: Q1 2022 mobile games spending dropped 7.1% to $21 billion
Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile, and Genshin Impact were the highest grossing games
Smith Retires
Women in Games founder David Smith retires from role
Founded the non-profit in 2009 to bring more women in the industry