January 31, 2024 New Studio Ex-Mojang and Toca Boca devs raise €1.5m for new studio Roro Stockholm-based developer working on "3D digital dollhouse" for mobile
January 30, 2024 Blizzard names Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries as new president New appointment comes as previous incumbent Mike Ybarra exits the company
January 25, 2024 Financials Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal drives record $86 billion in games industry deals in 2023 “We predict M&A activity to steadily increase again in 2024”
December 15, 2023 Recruitment Drive Fortis Games bolsters senior team with string of hires from GameClub, Twitch, Mojang and more Former GameClub CEO Dan Sherman joins as chief business officer while head of strategic programs Jing Wang takes on new role as VP of product
November 22, 2023 Debtmarble Netmarble cuts losses by 90% in Q3 despite revenue decline Workforce reduction and original IP stem losses, but publisher still has $1.29 billion short-term debts
October 31, 2023 Free To Paid Facebook and Instagram to introduce ad-free subscriptions in EU Meta aims to appease EU privacy regulators with €9.99 per month subscription fee
July 2, 2020 Lgbtq+ Representation #RaiseTheGame and Gayming Magazine to host LGBTQ+ representation in games panel Join Steel Media's Sophia Aubrey Drake at 4pm today for a discussion about Pride and representation
June 24, 2020 Ua Boost Admix launches $25,000 User Acquisition Boost program to jumpstart UA for developers Open to all developers who want to use non-intrusive ads in their games
June 22, 2020 Sensor Tower Acquisitions Sensor Tower acquires StayFree and ActionDash apps to bolster its data offering StayFree developers join Sensor Tower's product engineering team
May 21, 2020 Mygamez Funding MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch Fingersoft, Small Giant Games, Peter Vesterbacka, and more contribute to new funding round
May 5, 2020 Another Direction Wargaming appoints David Smit as new creative director Previously worked with King, Happy Tuesday, Crytek, Bigpoint, and more
July 5, 2019 Studio Expansion Keywords opens new recording studio in Brazil New 3,550ft facility has been set up with its newly acquired subsidiary Maximal Studios
July 2, 2019 Ad Solution IronSource launches cross-promotion solution for mobile ads “IronSource's tool has given us the ability to treat both our ads and our ad units in a cross-promotion with a business mind”
July 2, 2019 Ultimate Game Changers Lion Studios launches $300k indie mobile games contest Games new and old welcome; Submissions close on August 15th
June 27, 2019 Road To Hero Oasis Games developing One Punch Man title for iOS and Android First officially authorised game for Western countries
June 20, 2019 Accio Wallet Niantic’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite out now in the UK Co-developed and co-published with WB Games San Francisco
July 20, 2018 Snowed Under Keywords snaps up Canada's Snowed In Studios Part of the services giant's new engineering line
July 18, 2018 Victory Investment company Victory Square snaps up venture fund V2 Games Pacific Rim: Breach Wars soft-launched in the US back in April
July 16, 2018 Scaled Up Samsung’s new Indian mobile factory dubbed 'world’s largest' South Korean manufacturer's new Noida plant should help pump out more stock for less money
July 16, 2018 First Strike Tropico dev Kalypso acquires classic Commandos IP Plans to develop new games in the franchise, remaster old titles for new hardware
July 12, 2018 Collaboration Playgendary teams up with ad platform Appodeal to publish casual games Appodeal to lend its expertise and exclusive monetisation tools to the publisher's titles going forwards
July 10, 2018 Secret World Netflix to air Niantic’s Ingress in October 2018 Ingress: The Animation set to release alongside a sequel to Niantic’s debut title
July 10, 2018 Hub Google Play testing news and trending hub features with Google Play Games News and trending features make up the new additions
February 16, 2018 Gree Gfr Fund Gree rebrands its VR fund to include augmented reality and mixed reality projects The GFR Fund is looking to start a new round of funding later in 2018
February 13, 2018 Glispa New Cco Mobile advertising tech firm Glispa hires Jon Hook as its new chief commercial officer Formerly the VP of brands and agencies at AdColony
February 12, 2018 Behaviour Of Thrones Behaviour Interactive partners with HBO and Gaea on new Game of Thrones mobile strategy game Co-developing with Gaea to make it more appealing for a global audience
February 9, 2018 Calculated Adjustments CrossInstall launches new ad spend insights tool for user acquisition campaigns Opportunity Forecast Tool helps predict how changes in CPI bid rates will affect user acquisition
February 7, 2018 Eddie Birds Nodding Frog brings Angry Birds Evolution character to Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast Eddie the Bird joins the real Eddie and co
January 30, 2018 Nfl Yahtzee With Buddies Scopely partners with the NFL for timed events and branded items in New Yahtzee With Buddies The game has now hit 1.5 million downloads
July 26, 2017 Gambling To Gaming Alibaba-owned gambling firm AGTech partners with Indian e-commerce company Paytm to create mobile games AGTech hasn't turned a profit in 13 years
July 26, 2017 Fish. In. Spaaaace. Sony ForwardWorks preps launch of its second game Sora to Umi no Aida with pre-registration campaign Get your fishing rod and prepare to go to space
July 25, 2017 Influential Donations Twitch community raises $75 million for charity 2017 has already seen $9.1 million in donations and may surpass 2016 record
July 24, 2017 Funding Round Medtech firm Highmark raises $2 million to make games that treat brain injuries Company also recruits John Gardiner as new CFO
July 14, 2017 Esl New Hires ESL hires new CMO and CRO to push into next stage of global growth Rodrigo Samwell and Martin Hubert join the team
July 13, 2017 Out Of This World Space Krieg blasts away competition at the Big Indie Pitch at Develop:Brighton 2017 Narrative-driven titles The Almost gone and Lost Words take second and third spot
February 17, 2017 Bearing Fruit Crowdfunding platform Fig establishes $500,000 fund to help developers finish their games Fig Finishing Fund to offer $20,000 to campaigns with 1,000 backers or more
February 16, 2017 Vive Mobile? HTC eyes mobile VR space with new mystery device Smartphone firm plots counterpart for PC-powered Vive
February 15, 2017 Going To Rio Plarium partners with Twentieth Century Fox to bring children's film Rio to match-3 Still waiting on Terminator Genisys
February 14, 2017 State Of App Engagement Only 5% of mobile app users remain active after 30 days AppsFlyer looks at the state of app engagement
February 13, 2017 Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy16 Netmarble profits jump 81% thanks to hugely successful launch of Lineage 2 Also sees continued growth from its other long-running franchises
January 26, 2017 Surf's Up Subway Surfers still achieving 30 million downloads a month nearly five years after release One billion wasn't enough
January 20, 2017 South Korea Vr YJM Games becomes first South Korea developer to invest in Venture Reality Fund Hopes to expand further into AR and VR
January 19, 2017 Tapjoy Consumer Survey Two-thirds of mobile game players don't see themselves as gamers Tapjoy finds out what mobile gamers think of themselves
January 13, 2017 Multiplayer Cost Nintendo Switch will have a subscription charge for online play Subscribers will get a free NES and SNES game each month
January 12, 2017 Next Level Wear Android Wear 2.0 set to launch in early February Developer email warns them to get updated
January 10, 2017 A F2p Gta? Gameloft soft launches open-world title Gangstar New Orleans in the Philippines Four years after previous entry