Star Speaker Wizards of the Coast’s Eugene Evans to discuss the key pillars of making a great game with IP at PGC San Francisco
August 23, 2023 Licensing The Pokémon Company made $11.6 billion from licensed products in 2022 Pokémon was the fifth most profitable licensed brand in terms of global retail sales
August 9, 2023 Regulations China’s game licencing system to be extended to all mobile applications Companies will need to either have a branch in China or work with Chinese companies in order to publish apps
May 24, 2023 Dungeon Hunter GOAT Games obtains licence for Gameloft’s Dungeon Hunter Franchise The franchise’s fifth entry was Gameloft’s highest ever revenue generating game at launch
May 16, 2023 New Partnership Carry1st brings India’s esports Mobile Premier League to Africa The service is being gradually rolled out throughout the continent
January 16, 2023 Netease X Blizzard NetEase to disband Shanghai team following breakup with Blizzard A skeleton crew will deal with logistical issues in the short term
January 12, 2023 A New Partnership Blizzard reportedly enters final stage of negotiations with its new Chinese partner The company ended its partnership with NetEase in 2022
November 17, 2022 The Chinese Market NetEase and Blizzard are suspending game services in China The two companies were unable to reach a deal that satisfied Blizzard
July 15, 2022 ¥1.1 Million Fee Shanghai tech firm fined $163,000 for unlicensed game publication One of the country’s harshest penalties for such cases
July 13, 2022 Game Licenses NetEase and Tencent denied licenses in China The companies were absent from the list of 67 new game approvals
June 29, 2022 Sonic On Screen Sonic on the big screen boosts mobile games to new heights data.ai drills down into the impact of the latest Sonic The Hedgehog movie on the franchise’s mobile games
June 28, 2022 Court Case Conflict US Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple’s appeal on Qualcomm patents Qualcomm requests that justices reject the appeal
March 23, 2022 Mobile Martial Arts Skillz signs multi-year partnership with UFC to license branded mobile games UFC-branded mobile games to arrive in 2023
March 8, 2022 Interoperable Transferrable Permanent The economy of the metaverse - why NFTs are big news for branding Owen Ma, co-founder and head of partnerships at Epik, explains why NFTs may be the future of licensing in games
June 21, 2021 Six Year Deal Rovio gains exclusive rights for Moomin mobile games Also invests in Gutsy Animations
May 19, 2021 They Drew First Blood Rambo and Die Hard coming to Call of Duty: Mobile in '80s Action Heroes event Available from May 20th to June 18th
January 22, 2021 Welcome Aboard Gamestream hires Gaëlle de Jong as director of content and licensing “We’re pleased to welcome Gaëlle to our growing dream team at Gamestream"
October 29, 2020 Making Of Kongregate's Tammy Levy on licensing, partnering with Nickelodeon and launching TMNT: Mutant Madness "There are many hero-focused games on the market, so we wanted to make ours stand out"
October 22, 2020 Welcome Aboard Devolver Digital welcomes Fée Heyer as its new head of licensing "I am delighted to join Devolver and Mediatonic to assist them in finding the right partners for what is starting to look like a phenomenon rarely seen before"
August 14, 2020 Making Magic Making match-3 magic: Elevating the genre with IP Zynga director of product Peter Rosetti on what it takes to bring Harry Potter to match-3
April 15, 2020 Cook Out Office Create is "evaluating all legal action" against Planet Entertainment over unauthorised Cooking Mama title "The quality of the game builds failed to meet the standards that our customers expect and deserve"
April 15, 2020 Nifty Moves Nifty Games closes $12 million series A funding round as it reveals NFL licensing agreement NFL Clash will be the studio's first game
April 10, 2020 Nerf This Homa Games partners with Hasbro on NERF Epic Pranks! and more First of several games to be released
April 8, 2020 Transformers Roll Out China’s largest sandbox game sees sales spike with Hasbro brand Mini World sold 360,000 Transformers character skins in just three months
March 5, 2020 Match-three Puzzler Zynga partners with Portkey Games and Warner Bros. for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells Soft-launched in the Philippines
February 20, 2020 Maximum Effort Update: Epic Games teases Marvel's Deadpool crossover in Fortnite Chapter 2 'Merc with a Mouth' makes his debut
February 18, 2020 Boomshakalaka Nifty Games signs licensing deal with NBA for its first game Expect NBA stars, venues, and teams in Nifty's "quick-session, head-to-head" debut
February 11, 2020 New Vancouver Games Three new games (and one innovative voice converter) launched by Vancouver gaming studios post-PG Connects From FUBAR: Just Give'r to Dragon Up: Idle Adventure
February 6, 2020 Snoopy's Back Capcom returning to Western casual market with Snoopy Puzzle Journey Developer dipping its toes back in the water before committing to a bigger push
January 28, 2020 ...what? Atari pens deal to launch branded hotels across the US First hotel breaking ground in Phoenix, AZ this year
November 7, 2019 Cooking It Up Tilting Point prepping for the launch of SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off Co-dev deal with Nukebox Studios
October 8, 2019 Ip Rethink Rovio restructures its branding division, potentially losing 20 staff Focusing on key partnerships in a competitive world
September 19, 2019 Doing A Disney NBCUniversal shutting down game publishing division to focus on licensing VP of games and digital platforms Chris Heatherly set to step down
August 28, 2019 Licensing Odyssey New studio Virtual Realms taps Warhammer licence for mobile MMORPG Odyssey Yet another developer picks up a licence from Games Workshop
July 31, 2019 Licence Royale 7% of Games Workshop royalty income comes from mobile Total War: Warhammer 2 and Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cited for their strong performances in boosting royalty revenue
July 25, 2019 Licensing Deal Animoca Brands’ Pixowl is making an Addams Family mobile game Mystery Mansion will be based on the upcoming animated film
July 16, 2019 Job News PlayStation vet John Drake heads to Disney to lead games biz dev and licensing Follows five years at Sony
July 11, 2019 Welcome To Jurassic Pop Universal Games taps Funko brand for new mobile puzzler Back to the Future, Jurassic World, Shrek, and more
June 27, 2019 Ice And Fire Game of Thrones gets another mobile game spin-off with Behaviour Interactive's Beyond the Wall Behaviour Interactive creative director Justin Jones discusses game design and working with a globally recognised IP
June 13, 2019 Demogorgon Attack Next Games partners with Netflix to launch Stranger Things mobile title in 2020 "Our core focus will be to deliver on Stranger Things’ rich and intense themes like friendship and supernatural adventure"
May 29, 2019 Franchise Management How Rovio’s licensing and games businesses have evolved over the last decade The Finnish company's marketing director Stephen Porter guides us through the highs and lows of the last 10 years
May 22, 2019 A Whole New World Gameloft reveals two new Disney games for mobile Disney Princess Majestic Quest and Disney Getaway Blast arrive later this year
May 22, 2019 Zoom Hutch’s first Formula One-partnered game is F1 Manager “We’re excited to bring this mobile-first F1 game to fans around the world.
May 20, 2019 Super Publisher NetEase is bringing new original Marvel content to China and beyond The two firms will create original games, television and comic books with Marvel IP
May 20, 2019 Game Of Thrones Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? Game of Thrones' watch has ended, but how did the final season impact the performance of games based off the licence?
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
April 16, 2019 Birdie Rovio to launch Angry Birds Adventure Golf across UK shopping centres Metrocentre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear will be the first to feature the attraction
April 11, 2019 Crime Does Pay Games2win partners with Sony Pictures to launch mobile games based off iconic Indian show CID “It’s an all-time epic”