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
Fantastic Fifth
20% of global game downloads come from India
Battlegrounds Mobile India soars to success during Q3 2021
Domestic Disappointment
Tencent's international game revenue up 20% but local restrictions hit domestic growth
International revenues spurred by Clash of Clans and Valorant
Back Again
Honor of Kings snatches back first place for October worldwide revenue, reaching $329 million
Global player spending reaches $7.5 billion
M For Mobile
Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe on 2 December
Based on the 2003 MMORPG of the same name
Mobile Games Index
Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista
Data experts adjoe and Statista take a deep dive into the global mobile games leaders with the first edition of the Mobile Games Index
Eyes On China
Swrve now gives Western mobile game devs a full picture of their performance in China
Swrve is fully operational in China on AWS
New Worlds
Classic MMORPG remake Ragnarok Origin now live
Gravity's got a new game
Happy Campers
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp surpasses $250 million
Nintendo’s second best performing mobile title
Firing Ahead
Free Fire continues to outpace PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile
Growth is accelerating
Usa Expansion
MPL appoints Xbox and Twitch veteran Matt McCloskey as GM of North America
Will oversee platform's growth in US
Bank Shot
Miniclip partners with Coda Payments to expand 8 Ball Pool sales
Offers wide array of worldwide payment options
Accio Revenue
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened surpasses $228 million in less than two months since launch
Has best first month for Harry Potter mobile game
Lowered
Google Play Store tweaks payment terms in South Korea
Follows a new law passed in August
Bye-bye
China version of Fortnite is being shuttered
Playable test version had previously been live for almost three years
Live And Online
Highlights from the 2021 Huawei Developer Conference
The highlights from the 2021 Huawei Developer Conference (HDC) are now live and online to enable developers and publishers to catch up with all of the keynotes
Positive Signs
Nazara reports H1 2021 revenue growth of 30%, reaching $35 million
EBITDA increased by 700%
Terraria Triumphs Again
Terraria Mobile sells over one million units three week after Chinese debut
Will roll out to Greater China territories starting next year
Jumping The Baby Shark
PUBG Mobile partners up with Baby Shark
Players will be able to earn emotes and themed gear
Marketing Magnification
IronSource acquires mobile marketing outfit Bidalgo
Second acquisition during October
U-turn
ByteDance lays off Ohayoo employees following CCP gaming crackdown
News follows restrictions on under 18s play time
Heir Apparent
PUBG: New State will launch worldwide on November 11
Has surpassed 50 million pre-registrations
Huawei Global
Register now for the Huawei Developer Conference
The mobile giant offers three days of insight and learning into the tech, tools and techniques for achieving mobile gaming success
Boosting Blockchain
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Investors include Com2uS and Ubisoft
Square Go
Poland's second-largest game developer Ten Square enters China on its tenth anniversary
In just one week, Poland's second-largest game developer bought an Italian development studio, was granted a license to trade in China AND celebrated its tenth anniversary
Magical Launch
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016
It's the biggest game of 2021 in China
Indie View
JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army
Dance Army placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat
Sneacat placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Already Growing
Ragnarok Origin reaches 400,000 pre-registrations
Adds Genshin Impact’s Lilypichu and ProZD as voice talent
Growth Initiative
Nazara raises $42 million to fund growth initiatives and acquisitions
Will issue 1,429,266 equity shares
Genshin Strikes Gold
Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021
Generated highest monthly revenue for a mobile game this year
Big Indie Pitch
Musical traffic game Mr. Traffic wins the first ever Big Hypercasual Pitch
Winner breakdown
Transforming Brand Success
Top War Transformers brand integration sets new day one revenue record
The high profile brand integration from Hasbro, managed by Yodo1, pushed TopWar up the global mobile game charts
Moba Cash In
Mobile MOBAs generate $300 million a month
Honor of Kings leads the way
No Play
No new games were approved for release in China during August or September
Banhammer is swinging
Making An Impact
Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year
China, Japan and US are top three spenders
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What makes a successful ad creative?
SocialPeta's Summer Liu discusses the key roles of creatives and how to optimise them
Retro Renaissance
Nintendo introduces additional tier to Nintendo Switch Online
New plan will bring N64 and Sega Mega Drive titles
Event Latest
80 titles picked for indie games exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2021
Guess the winners from the indie games shortlist for the Sense Of Wonder Night 2021 at the Tokyo Games Show
We Are Venom
Garena partners with Sony to bring Venom to Free Fire
Free Fire’s first-ever movie crossover event
Time To Unite
Pokémon Unite lands on iOS and Android
Brings new update and battle pass
To The Max
Update: Garena's graphically enhanced Free Fire Max to launch worldwide on September 28th
New features, better graphics, same game account