Platform Power Supercell-backed HypeHype to give creators 100% of revenue from user-generated content
Ai Ambitions “We’re making it so anyone can create anything on Roblox. The only limit is their own creativity”
April 15, 2024 Purchase Power Roblox Marketplace opens up, outlining eligibility criteria for hopeful sellers Roblox reveals which boxes need ticking and which hurdles need jumping in order to sell items to its 71 million users
November 8, 2023 User Generated Content Stumble Guys new Stumble Workshop opens the UGC floodgates The game's new Workshop is rolling out now, allowing players to build their own content to share with fans around the world
November 7, 2023 User Generated Universe World Building - how Megamod plans to change user-generated content for every player Industry veterans Alexey Kostarev and Dmitriy Semiriazhko plan to change the face of user-generated content with the new voxel-based Megamod platform. PG.biz finds out more...
September 20, 2023 Roblox Rollout Roblox pauses rollout of a controversial new user generated content policy Moves to mandate a pop-up when users purchased items from other experiences have been put on hold
August 1, 2023 Routes Arrive Niantic flies the AR flag with new features in Pokémon Go Routes in Pokémon Go is a new feature being rolled out ahead of eagerly anticipated Niantic/Capcom collab, Monster Hunter Now
July 25, 2023 Growing Your Game Socialisation in gaming: The trend for increased retention and revenue Gameram’s chief partnerships manager Valeriia Diu explains how your community can help your game grow
June 8, 2023 Beta Release No-code game creation platform YAHAHA launches in beta The beta launch introduces the Power Up Plan, opening up new monetisation avenues
April 11, 2023 Releases NetEase’s cutesy battle royale, Eggy Party, to launch in the Philippines The take on the Fall Guys formula will launch April 21 for Android
March 16, 2023 Creation Operating System Fragnova unveils Creation Operating System to revolutionise game creation Fragnova unveils its network and exclusive games creation system that will shape how future generations create User Generated Content
August 11, 2022 New Virtual World Showdown, Rec Room's new original virtual world Rec Room aims to bring creators and players a fresh western-inspired experience
July 25, 2022 New Developer Launch Nexon introduces Developer Wings 2022 on its PROJECT MOD platform A mobile and web platform that enables creators and players to create content for existing Nexon games, including Maple Story
June 30, 2022 People's Platform Soba raises $13.6 million in seed round to help gamers make games User-generated content platform now in closed Alpha
June 24, 2022 Happy Birthday! Rec Room turns six with more rooms than there are apps on App Store Platform enjoys a 640% year-over-year increase in player numbers on mobile devices
June 1, 2022 Player Power Sky Mavis reveals player-generated games using Axie Infinity IP Selected games from the Builders Program granted a minimum of $10,000 in AXS
March 22, 2022 Here It Comes Yahaha to launch in Early Access on March 31 On back of earlier $50 million investment
March 15, 2022 Server Services Overwolf acquires server monetisation firm Tebex for $29 million Generated over $500 million for creators since launching
February 23, 2022 Mobile Mods Bluestacks launches Creator Studio and Creator Hub for modding mobile games Gives users varying levels of modding abilities, from basic to advanced
February 4, 2022 Co-create And Collaborate Hiber upgrades its HiberWorld metaverse platform with no-code creation More than two million virtual worlds
January 27, 2022 Pg Connects London Road to Connects London: Yahaha's Patty Toledo on the metaverse and UGC Yahaha's Patty Toledo presents a sneak-peak into her PG Connects talk on the metaverse, marketing opportunities, and user-generated content
January 13, 2022 Metaverse Making Together Yahaha Studios secures $50 million to build "no-code" UGC metaverse Aimed at users with all levels of skill to create games
December 21, 2021 Voluminous Valuation Rec Room raises $145 million at $3.5 billion valuation Mobile users increase tenfold
December 15, 2021 On The Edge Edge Gaming raises $10 million for user-generated content platform Backed by Playtika
November 22, 2021 Where's The Hype? Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million User-generated content platform optimised for touchscreens
November 17, 2021 Funding The Future Overwolf raises $75 million in Series D funding round Will scale its user-generated content platform CurseForge
November 8, 2021 Millions For Mods User-generated content platform Mod.io raises $26 million Forecasts user-generated content will increase by 400% by 2025
September 9, 2021 Embrace The Fans Why all games should be empowering their fans via user-generated content Playerstate's Dean Anderson wants to open the doors
July 1, 2021 New Backers Mobile UGC platform Hiber raises $15 million EQT Ventures leads the investment
April 19, 2021 Building Hiber's funding hits $4.5 million, also adds Eros Resmini to board Swedish UGC platform scaling
September 24, 2020 Feel The Music Roblox's Warner Music deal debuts with Ava Max record launch Taking place September 25th
August 20, 2020 Funding Hiber raises $2.25 million in a seed funding round for its creative platform "Each of the new investors brings additional expertise and guidance to our business"
November 7, 2019 Mapping One million locations nominated weekly for Niantic's Real World Platform Nine million locations have been adde to-date
October 8, 2019 Beyond Gaming Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform Taking user-generated content professional
June 3, 2019 Data Roblox hits mobile revenue of $750 million ahead of its Chinese launch Roblox was making over $1.2 million daily over last month
May 24, 2019 Investment News Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld Title lets players create their own mobile games within it
February 22, 2019 Imagination Has No Limit Roblox players amass more than one billion hours worth of engagement each month Platform engagement has increased by 20-times in six years
September 6, 2018 Investment Round Roblox picks up $150 million investment to fuel global expansion New translations and support for currencies expected as company continues to grow
July 13, 2018 Constructive Roblox creator community on track to earn over $70 million this year Active creator count has grown over 250 per cent in the last year alone.
July 12, 2018 Payday Epic Games' new 88/12 revenue-share split will give more back to Unreal Marketplace creators Creators will be issued retroactive payouts to match the new 88/12 split
April 17, 2018 Player Creativity Why you should consider developing user-generated content-based mobile games Traplight creative director on the benefits of letting users be creative
March 7, 2018 Building Blox How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions Coeptus on the success of Welcome to Bloxburg
January 10, 2018 User-generated Content Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way? Two approaches to user-generated content
October 19, 2017 Player Power Move over Minecraft: Monetising a new wave of user-generated content on mobile DIGIT Game Studios' Om Tandon takes a look at the big industry trend and what it means for developers
April 7, 2017 Star Designs How ZeptoLab is blending industry trends with its own quirky design philosophy for UGC vehicle combat game C.A.T.S. Misha Lyalin discusses the studio's latest game and its innovation process
March 23, 2017 Ugc Future Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation Two new projects in the works
March 15, 2017 Building Blocks How Roblox's explosive growth and one million concurrent players led to a $92 million funding round Roblox VP of Marketing Tami Bhaumik discusses the company's plans