Successful Defence Homa wins Craft Island court case against Voodoo, ending almost three years of uncertainty
October 11, 2023 Parental Perception UK kids are most likely to make in-game purchases, but only 4% spend on loot boxes Ipsos’ latest report for Video Games Europe finds in-game spending among children is highest in the UK
July 27, 2023 Data Privacy French regulators call out Apple’s ATT The iPhone and iOS owner may be in hot water from European regulators
June 19, 2023 Webedia Gaming Europe Webedia expands gaming interests with Webedia Gaming Europe Catalina Lou has been appointed to the role of senior vice president of global gaming
June 19, 2023 Summer Celebration Genshin Impact to host real-world summer events in Paris, New York and Berlin The game’s first-ever summer festival is coming this July
April 6, 2023 Mena Investment After securing Scopely for $4.9 billion, what could Saudi games giant Savvy splash its cash on next? They may have made a sizeable acquisition this week but Savvy Games Group still has money to burn!
February 22, 2023 Growth In France TapNation selected for French Tech 120 program The program supports and promotes French start-ups
February 2, 2023 Apple's Ads Apple’s French fine reveals the secrets of its targeted advertising The CNIL claims Apple is breaking French law and the probe has brought interesting insight to light
October 17, 2022 Gaming In France Newzoo delves into the French games space Mobile has the largest market share, but the lowest average playtime among all gaming platforms
July 21, 2022 New Hire Former Meta exec joins Xsolla as senior country manager Sebastian Totté was at Meta for seven years, most recently as strategic partner manager, before joining Xsolla
May 23, 2022 Acquisition Interest Ubisoft holders want €60+ per share for potential sale At the time of writing, Ubisoft’s share price is €48.29 (roughly $51)
May 19, 2022 Gearing Up For Germany Microids opens a new office in Germany in expansion plan Opening in its "second most important" European market
May 18, 2022 Gameloft Grows Gameloft’s newest studio opens near headquarters in Paris Developing free-to-play elements in console and PC games
April 22, 2022 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
April 14, 2022 Tennis Tournament Wildlife Studios to bring The French Open eTennis event to Tennis Clash Fifth anniversary of annual tennis esports event moves to mobile
April 7, 2022 Galactic Funding Gadsme raises $8 million for non-intrusive ads, backed by Ubisoft Will invest in "key people" to scale business operations
March 28, 2022 Hypercasual Hits Hypercasual publisher TapNation surpasses 500 million downloads Ice Cream Inc. in the top spot with 171 million installs
March 9, 2022 Aquisition Approved Update: Embracer Group acquires Asmodee for $3.01 billion Additional consideration of almost $400 million to be paid upon conditions being met
February 28, 2022 Gameloft Gets Greener Gameloft joins Playing for the Planet Alliance Commits to decarbonation across operations
January 24, 2022 First One Kwalee acquires French narrative developer Tictales Marks the studio’s first acquisition
January 3, 2022 2021 In Review Voodoo's Alexander Shea talks hitting 5 billion downloads and doubling down in 2022 Voodoo head of publishing on 2021's challenges and opportunity
December 20, 2021 Platform Partnership Voodoo launches 5 hypercasual titles on Facebook Gaming Including Cube surfer and Paper.io 2
December 16, 2021 Backing Blockchain Voodoo to invest $200 million into blockchain games Bringing blockchain to casual mobile users
November 24, 2021 Plugged In Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing Over 30 titles in the publishing pipeline
November 16, 2021 A Few Million Victory French startup Million Victories raises $3 million to scale Million Lords Will invest in stronger marketing and UA
November 16, 2021 Metasports Dubit raises $8 million for esports in Roblox Metaventures’ Jean-Charles Capelli leads the round
October 11, 2021 Hypermoney Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual Series A was led by Northzone
October 6, 2021 Heating Up Hypercasual Voodoo launches 'unlimited value' hypercasual development competition on 10 October First prize guarantees a minimum of $1 million
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 21, 2021 Sorare Support Soars Sorare raises $680 million for NFT fantasy soccer game Largest funding round in French tech history
September 7, 2021 Live And Kicking Six years on, how Gameloft sustains Order & Chaos 2: Redemption Liveops with a small team
September 7, 2021 Acquiring Ads Azerion acquires French digital advertising company Sublime Will integrate Sublime's "unobtrusive" ads
August 20, 2021 Hybridcasual Electric Manta and Voodoo agree long-term publishing partnership The companies aim to extend the lifetime and engagement of hypercasual games
August 12, 2021 Casual Compendium Homa Games expands beyond hypercasual The fast-growing French publisher has started publishing casual board and puzzle games alongside hypercasual titles
August 9, 2021 Welcome Home Focus Home Interactive acquires Rayman Jungle Run developer Dotemu "Joining the Focus Home Interactive Group was an obvious choice…"
July 29, 2021 Open Letter Ubisoft staff back Activision Blizzard, demand impactful changes in open letter The letter accuses Ubisoft of not doing enough to combat workplace misconduct
June 10, 2021 Bid Accepted Voodoo acquires user-acquisition expert Bidshake Company launched in January 2020
May 26, 2021 Fourth Office Homa Games lands in Lviv, opening its fourth office Ambitious hypercasual publisher opens new Ukraine studio
May 20, 2021 New Funding Focus Home Interactive raises $86 million for further acquisitions Company will look to "upgrade the range of games" produced
May 18, 2021 Alliance Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios Exclusively working together going forward
May 12, 2021 Not For Sale Why Life is Strange dev Dontod rejected several M&A proposals But did sell a minority stake to Tencent
May 12, 2021 New Direction Ubisoft to focus on triple-A free-to-play games going forward "This is purely a financial communication evolution..."
March 29, 2021 Cloud Nine Blacknut now offers 500 games via cloud platform Latest additions include Asphalt 9: Legends
October 28, 2020 Indie Spotlight Kosmoon Studio solo developer Benhaddou Malik on the importance of respecting the players "Use your mistakes as a learning process."
September 23, 2020 "new Rhythm" Indie Spotlight: How developer 8SEC is coping in France under Covid-19 "Sometimes it's hard to let go of a concept or feature we are invested in but the numbers don't lie"