June 11, 2024 Winter Is Coming Zynga’s Game of Thrones: Legends is open for pre-registrations with a July 25th release date So soon after Star Wars: Hunters, Zynga is releasing another licenced game this summer
December 13, 2023 Wordy Wonka Chocs away! Word With Friends 2 lands Wonka movie multimedia promo Zynga and Warner Bros. Pictures partner for cross-promotional campaigns
October 20, 2023 Five New Games New release roundup: Our weekly pick of the best new mobile games, AR motion battles included We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
October 6, 2023 Five Great Games New release roundup: Our weekly pick of the best new mobile games We highlight five new games that have broken cover and are all set to do big business
August 23, 2023 Licensing The Pokémon Company made $11.6 billion from licensed products in 2022 Pokémon was the fifth most profitable licensed brand in terms of global retail sales
July 12, 2023 Making Magic Harry Potter: Magic Awakened generated $2.3 million in first week of global release NetEase’s version generated $1.3 million; Warner Bros. Games’ made $1 million
June 29, 2023 Ranking AppLovin takes downloads top spot for US companies worldwide Data.ai's latest shows mobile-first beating the big names to take pole position
June 22, 2023 Harry Potter $360M grossing Harry Potter: Magic Awakened finally gets a global release on June 27 The game generated over $228 million in it's first two months alone from initial China release in 2021
June 20, 2023 New Mobile Games Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and AEW to partner for new mobile title The game will be a free-to-play title
February 10, 2022 Worldwide Wizardry NetEase to launch Harry Potter: Magic Awakened worldwide Pre-registrations have opened in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania
November 26, 2021 The Joker Joins In FunPlus and Warner Bros. bring The Joker to State of Survival Follows the title's successful The Walking Dead collaboration
November 3, 2021 Obliviate Why Harry Potter: Wizards Unite failed to find the magic Nearly two years on, Niantic's game is moribund
August 26, 2021 Return To Middle-earth NetEase launching The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War globally on 23 September The game has been in soft launch for over a year
August 23, 2021 Magic Or Muggle Harry Potter: Magic Awakened launches in China this September The game takes place several years after the events of the films
June 23, 2021 Rub Of The Green EA acquires Golf Clash developer Playdemic for $1.4 billion Warner Bros. agrees to part with UK-based studio
June 14, 2021 Ar Shark Repellent? A new Batman AR game is in development from Warner Bros. Available to download in Italy on iOS devices
January 21, 2021 Spellbinding Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells storms to $40 million revenue, surpasses Wizards Unite after four months Player spending consistently on the rise each month since launch
September 2, 2020 Staying Put Report: AT&T is no longer selling the Warner Bros games arm Follows interactive entertainment boom thanks to COVID-19
August 10, 2020 Going Nowhere AT&T appears to be keeping hold of Warner Bros. Interactive "Warner Bros. Interactive remains part of the Studios and Networks group"
August 3, 2020 Discussions Ongoing EA considering acquisition strategy for WB Games "It is very rare that we don't get a chance to look at anything that's up for sale"
July 20, 2020 You Have My Download NetEase soft-launches The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War "First regional beta test" available in Australia and the Philippines
July 7, 2020 Possible Acquisition Report: Xbox is interested in buying Warner Bros' games division Microsoft joins Activision Blizzard, EA, and Take-Two in its interest for WBIE
June 22, 2020 Just Like Magic Harry Potter: Magic Awakened launches open beta in China Players can sign up to the card-based RPG in the country
June 15, 2020 The Precious NetEase teams up with Warner Bros for The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War A mobile strategy game set in J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy world
June 15, 2020 Test Your Might Report: AT&T is looking to sell its Warner Bros games arm US giants like EA, Take-Two and Activision Blizzard reportedly interested, firm valued at $4bn
May 15, 2020 Allo-homora Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells debut trailer glimpses iconic locations Zynga, Warner Bros. and Portkey Games for a new mobile game based on the Harry Potter license
March 27, 2020 Jumping Ship TT Games welcomes new president and studio head Micheal Denny was a senior vice president for Sony
March 5, 2020 Match-three Puzzler Zynga partners with Portkey Games and Warner Bros. for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells Soft-launched in the Philippines
October 1, 2019 Best Of 2019 The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019 Revealed: The movers, shakers and moneymakers!
September 3, 2019 Lego Star Wars TT Games Brighton developing a new LEGO Star Wars game for mobile devices The game feature content from all nine Skywalker saga films, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rogue One
August 27, 2019 New Studio Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment opens new San Diego mobile studio "This new studio is a testament to our continued evolution in the mobile games space"
July 26, 2019 Magic Number Harry Potter: Wizards Unite generates $12 million in revenue in its first month Pokemon Go was downloaded 182m times in its launch month
June 24, 2019 Streaming Streaming services not likely to take over the games industry as a whole, says WBIE president "I don’t believe that it will automatically come together"
June 21, 2019 King Of Education Roblox Summer Creator Challenge teams up with Godzilla to teach kids to code The King of Monsters takes time out from his day job to incentivise children to learn programming
June 20, 2019 Accio Wallet Niantic’s Harry Potter: Wizards Unite out now in the UK Co-developed and co-published with WB Games San Francisco
May 20, 2019 Game Of Thrones Can the Game of Thrones games survive without the hit TV show? Game of Thrones' watch has ended, but how did the final season impact the performance of games based off the licence?
May 14, 2019 That’s A Twist Detective Pikachu captures biggest weekend opening ever in US for a video game film adaptation $58 million made from American Pokemon Trainers
May 3, 2019 For The Throne Game of Thrones: Conquest has largest revenue month in April Title grew 90 per cent year-on-year
January 29, 2019 Shutdown Updated: Behaviour claims Westworld Mobile shutdown unrelated to Bethesda lawsuit Game to go offline for good on April 16th
January 7, 2019 Gone West Fallout Shelter publisher Bethesda ends legal battle against Warner Bros over Westworld "rip-off" The dispute between the two mobile management games has been "amicably resolved"
November 19, 2018 Kingly Game of Thrones: Conquest grosses $125 million in just over a year Fantasy strategy saw a 500 per cent year-over-year increase in growth this October
November 12, 2018 Watch 'em All Warner Bros drops first live-action Detective Pikachu trailer ahead of May 10th 2019 release date Film stars co-leads Ryan Reynolds as the voice of pikachu and Justice Smith as Tim Goodman
October 31, 2018 Forever Franchises Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences Wonka’s World of Candy match-three title set for release this week
October 9, 2018 Fore Playdemic’s Golf Clash gets new clans feature The new feature allows groups of up to 50 golf clash players to chat, share replays and work together to earn in-game rewards
September 20, 2018 Fore Playdemic's Golf Clash drives past $225m in revenue The sports game landed $25m in revenue last month
August 21, 2018 Best Of 2018 The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018 Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
August 6, 2018 Blocked Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
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"
June 29, 2018 Fallout Warner Bros labels Bethesda lawsuit over Westworld mobile game "baseless" Skyrim developer accused Warner Bros and Behaviour Interactive of snagging code from Fallout Shelter
June 25, 2018 Fallout World Fallout Shelter publisher Bethesda sues Warner Bros over “blatant rip-off” Westworld Lawsuit claims "highly similar" game design, art style, animations and features