July 25, 2019 Chat App Gaming Blow Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger Move comes as the company claims it wants to make the chat app "faster, lighter and simpler"
May 14, 2019 Chatting Up Discord surpasses 250 million users Chat platform attracted 50m new users in first three months of 2019
March 20, 2019 Welcome Explorers GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform Mini Games program boasts 400 million monthly active users
March 15, 2019 Specific Sharing Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media 70 per cent iOS users share through messaging apps
December 24, 2018 Struck A Chord Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation Funding round led by Greenoaks Capital
November 15, 2018 On Call Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app Funds will be used to expand user acquisition and developer platform efforts
November 15, 2018 Business Chat How to build a successful business with messenger games How one company is making money out of these popular new platforms
November 2, 2018 Oh Snap Case study: How Miniclip used Snapchat to market Football Strike The marketing push resulted in more than 200,000 new installs for Football Strike, peaking at 10,000 daily installs at a $2.07 CPM
October 22, 2018 Oh Snap Tenjin named Snapchat mobile measurement partner Marketers can use tool to optimise install campaigns through Snap Ads, Lenses and Story Ads
October 16, 2018 Social At Game Closure the future of gaming is social The studio's Battle Cats Galaxy and Fishing Star QUICK are currently on the LINE QUICK GAME platform
August 30, 2018 Get Hyper From hyper-casual to instant messenger: What’s going on with Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s Game Changers track Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki will touch down in Finland from September 11th to 12th
August 20, 2018 Snapchat Memes How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat Fanbytes offers key lessons on marketing your app
August 9, 2018 Ar Games Facebook Messenger gets augmented reality games Extends possibilities as a games platform
July 25, 2018 Who's There? Ex-Zynga and TinyCo devs raise $2m for chat app games start-up Knock Knock The chat gaming network will combine chat-native play experiences with unique intellectual properties
July 18, 2018 Messenger Gaming HTML5 and chat app games specialist FRVR secures $3 million investment CEO Brian Meidell labels chat app platforms "the next paradigm shift" in game distribution and content discovery
July 17, 2018 Crunch Facebook Instant Games match-3 title Cookie Crush surpasses one billion level starts Developer Softgames thanks a ‘mainly female’ and ‘surprisingly younger’ audience for game’s success
July 11, 2018 Chat Up Warner Bros. acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat "Advancing the social aspect of our mobile games is a top priority for us"
July 5, 2018 Yahtzee US publisher Scopely’s Yahtzee with Buddies lands on iMessage The dice-rolling game will also release on Facebook Instant Games in due course
June 28, 2018 Oh Snap Report: Snapchat games platform to land later this year One games publisher is said to be lined up already
June 6, 2018 Chat App Gaming Games in the age of messaging apps Gamee's head of games Martin Zakovec takes a look at the exciting new sector that can offer new gaming experiences
May 23, 2018 Beyond App Stores "In 2050 there will be no app stores" Will be replaced by chat platforms
May 16, 2018 Struck A Chord Discord triples userbase to 130 million in just a year Chat app has added 85m users in the last twelve months
May 9, 2018 Fly By Angry Birds the latest big IP to flock to Facebook Instant Games Joins Disney Tsum Tsum as latest hit mobile title to release on the platform
April 30, 2018 Face Games Snapchat gets ‘Snappables’ augmented reality games Weekly games launch on the platform
April 24, 2018 Indie Mavens Is there an opportunity for indie developers on chat app platforms like Facebook Instant Games? We caught up with Strange Flavour CEO Aaron Fothergill and Perchang’s co-founder Ben Murch to find out
April 12, 2018 Instant Gaming Chat app gaming: Let us know what you think We're on the look out for article submissions and interview opportunities
April 11, 2018 Instant Gaming Tencent opens up WeChat mini-games platform to external devs Chinese publisher expects significant share of sales
March 26, 2018 New Games Platform? Snapchat snaps up UK cloud-based HTML5 game engine PlayCanvas Could it be eyeing up instant games for the platform?
March 19, 2018 Get The Message Chat app gaming: The massive opportunity in mobile no one’s talking about Facebook Instant Games presents an exciting future for mobile
March 15, 2018 An Instant Success? Facebook Instant Games opens up to all developers Platform rolls out with ads-based monetisation, ads optimisation and measurement tools and cross-promotion features
March 7, 2018 Getting The Message How to approach game design for Facebook Instant Games Chatterbox Games CPO Adam Telfer breaks down how to make games for chat apps like Messenger
February 14, 2018 Chatterbox Pre-seed Funding Chat app games developer Chatterbox raises $400,000 to develop for Facebook Instant Games Huuuge Games CEO Anton Gauffin and Reaktor Ventures lead the round
February 14, 2018 Games In An Instant Why KamaGames is the latest developer to launch on Facebook Instant Games KamaGames MD Andrey Kuznetsov discusses the potential of the platform and its flagship title Pokerist
February 13, 2018 Key Figures The key user numbers behind the rapidly growing chat app games market Coolgames CEO Laurens Rutten offers the big stats showing off the opportunity of messaging apps
February 6, 2018 Chat App Revolution "Playing games on messaging platforms will definitely become as ubiquitous as playing downloadable apps" Coolgames CEO Laurens Rutten on developing HTML5 titles for chat apps
February 1, 2018 Striking A Discord Games communication app Discord adds Spotify integration as it surpasses 90 million users Discord users can connect accounts to Spotifty and share music
December 11, 2017 Sowing Discord Gamer messaging app Discord clears 87 million registered users Now has 14 million DAUs sending 9.5 billion messages a month
November 21, 2017 Mad Skillz Skillz brings cross-game, cross-platform chat system to 12 million users on its service Revenues per player apparently increasing for apps using the chat
November 7, 2017 Funding News UK messenger games start-up Mojiworks raises $2.75 million Guildford studio set to grow from 10 to 25 employees
October 30, 2017 Making Headway? One year on: What is Facebook's strategy with Instant Games for Messenger? Monetisation is being trialled, but what's the end goal?
October 26, 2017 Plexchat Royale Stats Royale partners with Plexchat to bring detailed data to mobile chat platform Get to know other people better
October 19, 2017 About Time Monetisation comes to Instant Games on Facebook Messenger Tests begin for interstitial and rewarded video ads
September 27, 2017 Kinship Chat app developer Kik Interactive raises $100 million from token distribution event Cryptocurrency Kin set to be one of the most widely held in the world
August 21, 2017 Kamagames Interview KamaGames on why it's developing for HTML5 and VK's new Direct Games platform Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Daniel Kashti discusses the opportunities that await with HTML5 and social networks
August 15, 2017 User Bans Discord shuts down alt-right server and accounts associated with hate groups Company will "continue to take action against white supremacy, nazi ideology and all forms of hate"
August 10, 2017 Sowing Discord Gamer chat app Discord guns for Skype by adding video chat and screen-sharing Won't be ready for at least a month, but testing begins now
July 20, 2017 Gamer Chat Mobile gamer-focused chat platform Plexchat secures $7 million investment "The lack of community is an existential crisis for mobile games," says Plexchat CEO Shawn Foust.