April 14, 2023 Gamerefinery Report Betas, events, and releases: How did mobile gaming do in March? GameRefinery examines the performance of the market over the month
January 17, 2023 Reports ESA reports U.S. video game spending hit $56.6bn in 2022 The Entertainment Software Association, in partnership with Sensortower noted that video game spending was stabilising post-Covid
December 16, 2022 Market Analysis Only 20 percent of mobile gamers are fully engaged when playing (And the other 80 percent do so while multitasking.) A new report from LoopMe delves into the global gaming market
April 20, 2022 Party In The Usa Fusebox appoints Michael Cinquemani to lead new LA-based studio TV and mobile games veteran writer and producer to spearhead US operations
April 13, 2022 Ad Acceptace Anzu: 70% of US gamers respond well to in-game ads Players value ad relevance and dislike being interupted
April 5, 2022 Blooming Superbloom raises $3 million to develop its first mobile game for women "Women deserve games that are designed with their interests in mind."
March 29, 2022 Live At The Sands Fortis: "None of this is disruptive until we release a game that causes a response. Until then, we’re just words on a page" Newly-launched Las Vegas Sands-backed games company looks to social interaction in its forthcoming titles. But how much of a disruptive force will the company come to be?
March 25, 2022 Boost The Blockchain Wemade and YouAppi partner to market blockchain mobile games Will begin "aggressive" onboarding campaigns
March 24, 2022 Hiring Now Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week Some of the latest games industry vacancies from Supercell, Netflix, Kwalee, and PocketGamer.biz
March 16, 2022 Budge In Tilting Point acquires children's mobile game developer Budge Studios Gains access to popular children's IP
March 14, 2022 Four Finalists NFL & Skillz Game Developer Challenge finalists revealed Brainstorm Games, iGamebank, Play Mechanix, and Session Games in for a chance to have NFL-themed title officially published on the App Store and Google Play
March 14, 2022 Guessing The Growth Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026 Expected to reach $94.8 billion by the end of 2022
March 10, 2022 Experienced Team Scopely makes $20 million investment in Burlingame Studios Studios will partner to develop an "all new experience"
March 3, 2022 Elevating Games Thatgamecompany receives $160 million investment to scale operations Will expand team and further game development efforts
March 2, 2022 Work Hard, Play Hard Legends of Learning raises $5 million to be "learning corner" of the metaverse Over 2,000 unique maths and science games
March 2, 2022 From Resorts To Games Former EA, Zynga, WB Games veterans launch Fortis Fully financed by resort developer Las Vegas Sands
February 28, 2022 Platform Boost Wemade and RedFox Games partner to bring Kingdom Hunter to WEMIX blockchain platform Targeting the play and earn mobile community in South America
February 23, 2022 Negligible Decline Over 228 million active mobile gamers in the US and Canada in 2021 Down 4% over 2020
February 21, 2022 Welcome Back Riot Games appoints co-founder Marc Merrill as president of games Former co-CEO will oversee current and future projects, as well as R&D
February 18, 2022 It's A Secret Secret Society Games appoints Andreea Enache as chief business officer Formerly of Sony, Konami, Namco, Marvel, and more
February 17, 2022 Avia Expands AviaGames brings in Scott Leichtner and Weiming Lu Hires industry veterans to aide in global expansion
February 17, 2022 For The Future FunPlus and Creative Art Works launch second character design apprenticeship Targeting "underserved" NYC teenagers and young adults
February 16, 2022 Entertainment Veteran Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
February 10, 2022 Best Year Ever Zynga reports record-high sales and bookings for Q4 and FY21 Company posts record highs despite greater losses
February 9, 2022 Animals Arise Sensor Tower: US mobile gamers spent $4.4 billion on money-themed games in 2021 Consumer spending on animal-themed games rose 904 per cent
February 2, 2022 Adtech Adept Mollie Spilman joins Digital Turbine board of directors Bringing an 'accomplished track record' of adtech experience
January 25, 2022 Slowly Growing Netflix games surpass 8 million downloads, says Apptopia Teeter (Up) leads the 12 games at 820,000 downloads
January 21, 2022 Na Release Disney Twisted-Wonderland gets English release in US and Canada Aniplex of America publishes the previously Japan-exclusive title
January 20, 2022 Starting To Spread AviaGames begins global expansion, starting with UK Bringing Solitaire Clash and Bingo Tour to the App Store
January 18, 2022 Microsoft Monopolises Microsoft: mobile gaming key to Activision Blizzard acquisition Firm puts mobile at the forefront of the acquisition
January 18, 2022 Deep Breaths Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion cash Aims to bring its franchises to players "virtually anywhere"
January 17, 2022 Repositioning Kabam appoints Seungwon Lee as CEO Former CEO Tim Fields to assist in the transition
January 14, 2022 Action Advances Genshin Impact drove US Action mobile game spending in 2021 Hypercasual was the most downloaded genre
January 10, 2022 Wow Take-Two acquires Zynga at $12.7 billion valuation Second largest games industry acquisition
January 6, 2022 Spearheading Subscriptions Team17 acquires What the Golf? publisher The Label for up to $40 million Foothold in mobile games subscriptions market
January 5, 2022 Diversification Nexon branches out with $400 million investment into Russo Brother’s AGBO A further $100 million set aside
January 4, 2022 Dice Roll Debut Former EA, Zynga execs to launch debut mobile title RPG Dice: Heroes of Whitestone on January 18 Inspired by dice-roll tabletop games
January 4, 2022 Tax Loophole Roblox founder David Baszucki alleged to have exploited tax break loophole Accused of exploiting loophole 'at least 12 times'
December 31, 2021 2021 In Review Ludo AI's Tom Pigott talks the future of AI tech Ludo AI founder and CEO on 2021's challenges and opportunity
December 30, 2021 2021 In Review Pocket Gems' Ben Liu on the generational shift towards mobile games Pocket Gems' CEO on 2021's challenges and opportunity
December 23, 2021 Charitable Collaboration Playtika partners with Make-A-Wish for holiday event in Bingo Blitz Will donate $100,000 if goal is reached
December 17, 2021 Country Cruise Belka Games brings Dolly Parton to Solitaire Cruise Continuing until April 2022
December 15, 2021 Supercell Sets Up Supercell launches ambitious new studio in North America Will create games featuring new and existing IP
December 8, 2021 Non-disruptive Ads Frameplay raises $8 million for seamless, non-disruptive ads Backed by Hiro Capital and Razer
December 8, 2021 The Money Man Amber appoints former Disney and EA exec Roie Chizik as CFO Brings over 20 years of financial expertise
December 7, 2021 Chocolate Frog Hunt Jam City partners with No Kid Hungry for in-game event in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Players complete community goals to unlock charitable donations towards the campaign
December 7, 2021 A Joint Journey Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games The fifth Green Grey public deal in mobile games since June