Competition Collaborators
Hashcube partners with wagering platform Pllay to integrate esports competitions
Provides access to over 20 million casual mobile gamers
Roblox Retracted
Roblox removes Chinese app LuoBuLesi to rebuild
Removed from mainland app stores in December
Cheaters Come A Cropper
PUBG Mobile hackers to pay $10 million to Tencent and Krafton
Will be used to fund anti-cheat tech
Indian Innovation
Zupee partners with Jio Platforms, raises $102 million
Now with the largest reach of any India-based games company
Electric Hypercar
Krafton partners with Bugatti Rimac to bring Rimac Nevera to New State
First big collaboration for Krafton's latest entry
Renewed
Pearl Abyss and Amazon extend Black Desert Mobile partnership
Will run for next six months
Divestment
Tencent raises $3 billion from sale of Sea Group shares
Remains majority shareholder
No New Games
Freeze on games sees around 14,000 studios close in China in 2021
New games freeze expected to extend further into 2022
Left Perchance
Nexon launches real-time probability monitoring system
Nexon Now to be implemented in all upcoming games
Power Restored
Tencent has app capabilities reinstated following ban
App updates spotted on App Store
Iron Acquisition
Stillfront acquires Netmarble’s Iron Throne: The Firstborn
Still subsidiary studio Kixeye will take charge
Shooting A Shot(2048)
Sonic the Hedgehog creator releases first hypercasual mobile game
Yuji Naka talks developing a hypercasual game
Retention Roadmap
App Annie reveals the top 10 retention tactics which turn first-time users into repeat players
Fuelled by Game IQ, App Annie investigates how the world’s top hypercasual puzzle games retain players
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Huawei launches winter developer giveaway and accelerator programmes
Huawei launches two new programmes to support developers, inspire creativity, and help game creators grow in 2022.
Appy Christmas
AppGallery’s Game Fest Returns with Exclusive Perks to Give Winter Holidays a Boost
Celebrate the season with a selection box of special offers in some of the world's most popular mobile games, courtesy of Huawei's AppGallery
Antitrust Antics
Apple requests dismissal of antitrust case in India
Firm claims it constitutes an "insignificant" portion of market
Axie Altruism
Yield Guild Games raises $250,000 for typhoon victims
Primarily raised in cryptocurrency, including Axie Infinity's AXS
More Monetary Choice
AppGallery partners with Revolut to offer additional financial choice
Accepting more options across its apps and games
C2x Commences
Com2uS Holdings launches portal for C2X blockchain platform
Titles available will increase "exponentially" in coming months
Exceptional Engagement
App Annie uncovers the top 10 features driving deep usage in runner games
Fuelled by Game IQ, App Annie explores how the most popular runner games successfully connect
Agglutination
Nexon to Merge subsidiaries Nat Games and Nexon GT
Will rebrand as Nexon Games
Expanding Reach
Flexion partners with 37Games to release Puzzles & Survival on Amazon, Samsung and Xiaomi
The free-to-play game originally launched on Google Play last year
A Fated Acquisition
Aniplex to acquire Fate/Grand Order developer Delightworks games division
Includes the entire game development team behind Fate/Grand Order
Cyball Scores
Cyball raises $1.8 million for football-themed P2E NFT mobile game
Focused on reaching new audiences for blockchain gaming
Live And Kicking
How localised experiences keeps Free Fire alive four years on
Garena producer Harold Teo talks a mobile-first approach and understanding the player's needs
Gallery Expansion
Socialpoint brings Dragon City and Monster Legends to Huawei’s AppGallery
Will gradually bring its remaining portfolio to the service
Beyond Games
Is gaming the next frontier for entertainment?
Alexandre Salem, the Global Director of Gaming Partnerships for Huawei explores the impact of games in the future of our creative world – in 2022 and beyond
Double Bogey
Neowiz to bring Golf Impact and Brave Nine to the blockchain
Golf Impact set to receive a big makeover
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Global Gaming
Tencent launches new publishing division Level Infinite
Bolstering with Warhammer and Arena of Valor
Machamp Milestone
Pokémon Unite surpasses 50 million downloads in four months
Total downloads across iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch
Global Mobile
How to plan and build a successful mobile game
Fuelled by Game IQ, App Annie’s new Mobile Gaming Overview report gives developers all of the data required to plan and build a winning title
Fantasy Is Final
Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021
Players prefer single player RPGs within a fantasy setting
Ad Asia
Adverty partners with Livewire to continue growth of in-game advertising across Asia Pacific
Brings Adverty's in-game ad inventory locally to Asia Pacific
Blockchain Branding
Gamevil rebrands as Com2uS Holdings to focus on blockchain and NFT projects
Solidifies shift towards play-to-earn games
Crossover Celebration
Free Fire crossover with Money Heist gets a second run
Includes new missions, themed items and social media engagement activities
Winner Winner Worldwide
PUBG Mobile Global Championships begins November 30
$6 million prize pool up for grabs
A Taste Of Premium
PUBG Mobile partners with Google to give players 3 month YouTube Premium trial
Part of the 1.7 version update
Shining Brilliantly
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are Japan’s second-best physical Switch launch
Switch sales almost doubled
Following Suit
Gamevil acquires Zenaad to build out NFT business
Taking steps to solidifying blockchain presence
Another Chicken Dinner
Now doing $8 million per day, PUBG Mobile surpasses $7 billion in lifetime revenue
China's Game for Peace leads the way in player spending
Tencent Suspension
China suspends Tencent from updating or launching apps in Mainland China
Apps and games remain functional
Happy Holidays
What does the holiday season have in store for developers and publishers?
Fyber digs into the data for the holiday season to help us understand the opportunities coming up in 2021
Sick Squid
'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck?
There are hundreds of mobile 'Squid Games'. But what made it into the charts first, and why? GameAnalytics has the answers
Sweet Scaling
iCandy acquires Lemon Sky Studios for $32.4 million, raises $29.1 million
Backed by Animoca Brands
Staying Sanguine
Netmarble's Q3 FY21 revenue down 5.5% to $537 million
Overseas sales accounted for 70% of overall revenue
Rpg+nft
Com2uS is bringing Summoners War: Chronicles to blockchain
Working on its own ecosystem with Terra
Most Wanted List
Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play
From rhythm to RPG to WTF?
Taking Over
PUBG: New State surpasses 20 million downloads in 5 days
Number one mobile game in over 160 countries
Increasing Indian Operations
UK hypercasual firm Kwalee expands Bangalore operations
Follows recent expansion of Leamington Spa HQ