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The Weekly: Supercell's winning game design strategies, Nintendo's comeback and the eSports revolution

THE WEEKLY Jun 18th, 2017

The Weekly: Supercell's winning game design strategies, Nintendo's comeback and the eSports revolution

Rounding up the week's industry analysis and news from around the internet

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Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"

GATEWAY GAMES Jun 16th, 2017

Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aimé: Mobile introduces the consumer to our IP before they move on to the "full experience"

Reggie explains Nintendo's mobile philosophy, forgets that it hasn't released any games in China yet

IO Interactive holds onto Hitman IP as it becomes an independent studio

IT'S A HIT Jun 16th, 2017

IO Interactive holds onto Hitman IP as it becomes an independent studio

But what of Square Enix's Hitman Sniper and Hitman Go?

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E3 2017 sees 68,400 visitors interact with 2,000 products from 293 exhibitors

E3 2017 FIGURES Jun 16th, 2017

E3 2017 sees 68,400 visitors interact with 2,000 products from 293 exhibitors

ESA reveals some big numbers from the show

GO NITRO Jun 16th, 2017

Nitro Games begins public trading on NASDAQ First North Stockholm with $8.45 million market cap

Hoping to facilitate move into self-publishing through IPO

Report: Tencent considers Rovio acquisition in deal worth $3 billion

TENCENT EYEING ROVIO Jun 16th, 2017

Report: Tencent considers Rovio acquisition in deal worth $3 billion

Either that or Rovio is going to IPO

Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships

WAR CHEST Jun 15th, 2017

Walking Dead: Road to Survival publisher Scopely raises $60 million to fund acquisitions and partnerships

Comes a year after company raised $55 million in Series B financing round

SOAR WITH THE EAGLES Jun 15th, 2017

All 4 Games launches its first VR game Soar: Tree of Life in partnership with eLearning Studios

Return colour to an island and reduce your anxiety while you're at it

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KING OF THE WORLD Jun 15th, 2017

Tencent's Honor of Kings the world's top grossing mobile game in May 2017

App Annie breaks out some figures

Forget 'strong and stable' – PG Connects Helsinki returns in 'biggest, bestest' form

TRIPLE CONFERENCE Jun 15th, 2017

Forget 'strong and stable' – PG Connects Helsinki returns in 'biggest, bestest' form

And this year's September 19th to 20th conference brings a couple of surprises with it

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BRIGHTER FUTURE Jun 15th, 2017

Silicon Studio acquires real-time global illumination tool Enlighten from ARM subsidiary Geomerics

Where does that leave Geomerics?

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TALKIN' BOUT A REVOLUTION Jun 15th, 2017

Lineage 2 Revolution sees English language soft-launch in Asia ahead of worldwide release

Already a top ten grossing game in Macau, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia

Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game

BLADE RUNNER 2049 Jun 15th, 2017

Next Games partners with Alcon Entertainment on Blade Runner 2049 mobile game

Ryan Gosling's outline might make an appearance

Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store

FIRST BRAWL Jun 15th, 2017

Supercell soft-launches Brawl Stars in Canada App Store

Global release depends on soft launch success

Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA

CREATURE COMFORTS Jun 14th, 2017

Adorable hugging game Squeelings charms judges to win The Big Indie Pitch in LA

They're just so damned cute

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