September 28, 2022 Layoffs Likely Mighty Kingdom announces cost reduction plans including staff layoffs Strategy would reduce FTE within developer and administration teams
August 11, 2022 Huuuge News Huuuge reveals intent to review strategic options The company has launched an internal review into its processes to increase monetisation.
December 7, 2021 Aligned Incentives Tilting Point on synergistic growth by supercharging its developers' success Samir Agili, Asi Burak and Jean-Sebastien Laverge discuss
November 3, 2021 Smarts Transfer Why data's the glue to supercharge Stillfront's consolidation strategy Head of data platform Andre Cohen on a new strategy
October 1, 2021 New Way To Pay Voodoo buys Beach Bum to diversify monetisation from ads to IAPs Israeli startup did $70 million in past 12 months
September 23, 2021 Better Together How $1.4 billion Playdemic deal accelerates EA's future mobile success Jeff Karp and Paul Gouge on more games and synergies
July 26, 2021 Don't Go Alone Warriors of BizDev: A guide to raiding in the world of game development How to make your business quests more successful
May 20, 2021 Alpha To Omega How Vungle’s M&A activity aligns with its wider platform vision TreSensa deal is part of the process
May 12, 2021 New Direction Ubisoft to focus on triple-A free-to-play games going forward "This is purely a financial communication evolution..."
April 12, 2021 Super Strategy Master the Meta: Understanding Supercell’s new games and evolving strategy "We’ll expand the Clash universe in ways you’ve never seen before"
March 29, 2021 Splash The Cash Nexon invested $874 million in Sega Sammy, Konami, Bandai Namco and Hasbro Best use of spare money
March 26, 2021 Welcome Aboard The IGDA makes changes to its board of directors “We’re fortunate to have talented individuals with such diverse experiences aid the IGDA"
March 25, 2021 Welcome Aboard Nexon brings Kevin Mayer to its board of directors "Kevin is an outstanding addition to our board"
March 25, 2021 So Long Reggie Fils-Aime to leave GameStop's board of directors One of eight to step down later this year
March 24, 2021 Welcome Aboard Anzu welcomes Josh Schmiesing as new strategic advisor “I am thrilled to join such a dynamic team"
February 18, 2021 Welcome Aboard Room 8 hires Eric Williams as senior director of business development "Eric Williams shares the team’s values to the fullest"
November 6, 2020 What A Goal! Electronic Arts is pushing its mobile division forward with FIFA at the helm It has "six new soccer mobile games in development for new genres and new markets"
October 23, 2020 Welcome Aboard Riot Games welcomes Jason Bunge as its first-ever CMO "I'm thrilled to join Riot, a company with an unwavering commitment to players and one of the leaders in gaming and entertainment"
October 14, 2020 Great Advice Anzu welcomes former Activision Blizzard exec Ruben Dehouck as new strategic advisor "In-game advertising offers developers and publishers a compelling new revenue stream, but only if it's done right"
August 11, 2020 Welcome Aboard Activision Blizzard names MLB executive Tony Petitti as its new sports and entertainment president "I couldn't be more excited to use my own 30 years of sports and entertainment experience to help Activision Blizzard realise its ambitions"
August 10, 2020 Going Nowhere AT&T appears to be keeping hold of Warner Bros. Interactive "Warner Bros. Interactive remains part of the Studios and Networks group"
July 27, 2020 Master The Meta Master the Meta: Is Glu about to make its largest acquisition yet? News and insights from the Master the Meta team
July 10, 2020 Welcome Aboard AppOnBoard names ex-Riot CTO Mike Seavers as its new CEO "I know first hand how difficult it is to create video games"
July 10, 2020 Sweet Investment Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite creator Epic Games "We share a vision of real-time 3D social experiences leading to a convergence of gaming, film, and music"
July 8, 2020 Welcome Aboard Magic Leap appoints ex-Microsoft exec Peggy Johnson as new CEO Starting from August 1st
July 7, 2020 All Aboard AppLovin strengthens its executive team with four new appointments "We are excited to expand our executive team with experienced mobile gaming leaders"
July 7, 2020 New Advisor Anzu welcomes David Sable as a strategic advisor "A marketing giant of David Sable's stature is a rare find"
July 1, 2020 Welcome Aboard Scopely hires Mike DeLaet as its new senior vice president for strategic partnerships "It's an incredibly exciting time to join Scopely"
June 24, 2020 Helping Hand Jack Tretton joins Rogue Games as a strategic advisor "We’ve always had our sights set on console too"
November 21, 2019 Hot Stuff Indian powerhouse Nazara looking to invest $20 million in gaming and esport startups Has already invested $50 million in past two years
November 21, 2019 Organic Reinvention Home-grown success: Why Zynga reckons the best is yet to come COO Matt Broomberg talks up new releases
September 25, 2019 Value For Money Company valuations in North America and Nordics are crazy, says Phoenix Games' M&A chief Mickael Bougis Gearing up for one or two more purchases in 2019
September 16, 2019 Finding Balance How Wargaming is tweaking its strategy in the search for new hits, while remaining totally tanked up We catch up with Andrew Muesse about the studio’s new business units
July 19, 2019 Elite Game Developers Elite Game Developers: Building Dazzle Rocks Joakim Achrén speaks with co-founder and CEO Stella Wang about founding a company and gets her advice for entrepreneurs
June 26, 2019 Grand Plans Why Monument Valley developer Ustwo hired a CEO New chief exec Maria Sayans and chief creative officer Dan Gray discuss what's changed, what hasn't and why the studio is taking on multi-game development
June 20, 2019 Executive Shuffle Ustwo names new CEO as it heads into multi-game development Maria Sayans takes on top job as Dan Gray is promoted to chief creative officer and Peter Pashley is appointed chief development officer
June 14, 2019 Half Measures E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform? If Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft and Square Enix all found time to talk up their mobile plans - why didn’t Nintendo?
June 4, 2019 Key Changes GameMaker firm enacts strategic changes as it halves mobile licence fee and closes publishing division Free trial now includes all of the engine's features but has been limited to 30 days; publishing division has closed
May 28, 2019 Course Correction Tencent changes Arena of Valor strategy to no longer concentrate on the West “Letting it live or die”
May 3, 2019 Saved By The Bell NBCUniversal's Chris Heatherly: "We don’t want to be a movie games company, we want to be a games company" We discuss the company's licensing strategy, how it finances new projects and whether it will start acquiring studios for internal development
February 20, 2019 Redo An underwhelming Q3 sees Square Enix streamline its business units 11 reduced to four, won’t result in any workforce reduction
January 28, 2019 How To Adapt or disrupt: A practical guide to surviving in a golden age of games Oscar Clark offers astute business and game design tips
January 22, 2019 Brexit "Even if we were to revoke article 50 tomorrow, a lot of damage has been done" Three industry experts discuss the ramifications of Brexit at Pocket Gamer Connects London
November 16, 2018 Joining The Flock New dev strategy for Angry Birds developer Rovio as it gets to work on 12 new games Targeting at least two releases next year
May 31, 2018 Know Your Audience G5 Entertainment CEO on the focus driving its success in hidden object games and beyond Finding hidden value
May 2, 2018 Less Mario, More Rpg How Nintendo plans to create an annual $1 billion mobile games business Starting over with a clean slate