May 26, 2022 Loot Box Lull Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands Both countries have banned loot boxes in games via gambling laws
March 10, 2022 Reversing A Ruling EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned As ruled by the Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division
February 22, 2022 Fifth Time's A Charm Dutch antirust regulator serves Apple fifth $5.7 million fine ACM claims Apple's suggestions are "unnecessary and unreasonable"
December 17, 2021 Exclusive Partnership Azerion signs exclusive two-year partnership with Bidstack to bolster ad reach Gains access to around 40 million users
December 15, 2021 Acquisition Agreement Fragbite acquires outstanding shares in Dutch studio Lucky Kat for $7.9 million Acquired for €5 million in cash and €2 million in Fragbite shares
October 11, 2021 New Head My.Games appoints Philippe Sauze as Head of Europe operations Sauze brings over 17 years of industry experience
October 8, 2021 Anti-competition Agony App Store payments are anti-competitive rules Dutch antitrust authority Demanded changes to in-app payment system following investigation
September 7, 2021 Acquiring Ads Azerion acquires French digital advertising company Sublime Will integrate Sublime's "unobtrusive" ads
August 26, 2021 Deal Azerion acquires Swedish mobile advertising firm Keymobile Ambition to offer the most comprehensive and integrated advertising in Europe
June 24, 2021 Jackpot Azerion acquires social casino developer Whow Games "We will take our game distribution platform to the next level"
April 26, 2021 Money Azerion raises $242 million via bonds on Nasdaq Stockholm To be used for acquisitions and expansion
November 20, 2020 Poc In Mobile Ubisoft's Leon Winkler on the need to reach out and engage with POC communities in games "We cannot just expect them to join"
October 29, 2020 A Lot Of Loot Netherlands Gambling Authority charges EA $5.86m over FIFA loot boxes But the publishing giant plans to appeal the decision
October 24, 2019 Growth Dutch Games Association strengthens ties with Australian games industry Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte visited Melbourne International Games Week 2019
July 8, 2019 Woo Azerion acquires kids MMO Woozworld Deal comes hot off the back of purchase of Spil Games’ mobile division
June 20, 2019 M&a Dutch firm Azerion acquires Spil Games’ mobile division Also takes small minority stake in Spil's web portal business
May 24, 2018 Job Klaxon Spil Games promotes from within for new CEO COO Timm Geyer is taking the reins
April 20, 2018 Giving Loot The Boot Top games ruled to be breaking Dutch gambling laws with loot boxes The authoritative body investigated 10 unnamed titles after concerns were raised by players, parents and addiction care workers
March 30, 2017 Vasco Who? Little-known developer Vasco Games surpasses one billion downloads on mobile since 2013 62 million downloads in its first year from 130 games
February 1, 2017 Jobs In Games Jobs in Games: Spil Games' Franz Stradal on how to get a job as a VP of Content Spil Games' VP of Content shares career insights
October 18, 2016 Spil The Beans How to get a job at fast-growing mobile publisher Spil Games CEO Tung Nguyen-Khac shares insights
October 12, 2016 Valerian Mobile Spil Games bags mobile game licence for upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Mobile strategy game tie-in launching in 2017
September 5, 2016 Crashing Head-on Why Richard Hazenberg left Lunagames after 12 years to pursue real-time game Destruction Derby Multiplayer Swapping casual for synchronous PvP action
August 16, 2016 Spil-ing Over Spil Games' mobile reboot pays off: it's restating 2016 goal up to 150 million downloads Has done 100 million downloads in 12 months
July 1, 2016 Taking Games Seriously Kakao rebrands Daum Games as Kakao Games Europe, opens US publishing office Focused on console, mobile, and virtual reality
June 2, 2016 Keep The Clients Happy Chartboost hiring English/German-speaking Developer Relations ace Based out of Amsterdam office
May 17, 2016 New Audiences How web portal Poki is helping Color Switch reach 150 million downloads And how it can help other developers to reach a wider audience
May 4, 2016 Intern Wanted Dutch publisher TFJoy hiring Intern Game Programmer Rotterdam firm seeks killed coder for paid internship
March 9, 2016 Clever Move Spil Games announces Creature Family, a F2P reboot of the AI classic for 2017 It lives again
February 17, 2016 Apply Now Dutch publisher TFJoy seeks German-speaking bizdev intern for paid 4-6 month placement Rotterdam firm looking for bilingual Business School student
February 15, 2016 1+1=3 Newzoo CEO Peter Warman on why its deal with TalkingData will shake up market intelligence Covering the world
February 15, 2016 East Meets West Chinese mobile platform TalkingData makes strategic investment in Newzoo Newzoo granulates with new Newzoo Mobile division
January 27, 2016 Cross Referenced Data fiends Newzoo and deltaDNA combine forces to provide strategic mobile insights More, accurate
January 26, 2016 Social Glue GetSocial raises $2.5 million to fulfill demand and expand operations Creating in-game community
January 20, 2016 On The Tubes TFJoy seeks intern video producer for paid 4-6 month placement Rotterdam mobile game publisher looking for young blood
October 29, 2015 Amuzo Partnership Spil Games partners with Amuzo to publish UK dev's first original IP Taking advantage of a huge web audience
October 12, 2015 Stepping Up Anant Bakre promoted to CEO of marketing group iQU Jochem de Gruyter steps down
October 7, 2015 New Horizons So long, Canada: these countries are mobile gaming's next soft launch frontier Chartboost advises
September 15, 2015 Brimming With Experience Spil Games hires former Ubisoft analytics expert Stefanie Hels Former Ubi Singapore and Bigpoint analytics pro relocates to the Netherlands
August 3, 2015 All-in iQU buys discovery outfit Tinyloot, rolls it into new integrated mobile game launch platform Mobilize Oliver Kern takes new role
July 13, 2015 Not Another Social Network How GetSocial plans to expand your game's social reach and drive cost-effective virality Offering an a la carte selection of tools
April 23, 2015 Call For Quality Spil Games' CEO explains Unsung Heroes, its move to get the best games to the widest audience A new publishing initiative
April 23, 2015 Entries Open Spil Games' Unsung Heroes will launch your game to 130 million gamers Plus $50,000 marketing support
April 8, 2015 Blowing Your Trumpet Spil Games' Unsung Heroes initiative will ensure your game gets discovered Setting the scene
March 17, 2015 First Class After 40 million downloads of its kids games, TribePlay rebrands as Dr Panda Games Rebrand based on the strength of the firm's popular Dr. Panda IP
February 19, 2015 New Hero Spil Games reboots with new CEO Tung Nguyen-Khac Mobile is the new business plan