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NetEase celebrates a 10.1% year-on-year increase in net revenue

NETEASE FINANCIALS Nov 17th, 2022

NetEase celebrates a 10.1% year-on-year increase in net revenue

Gaming accounted for 76.5% of the company's net revenue in Q3

Financials

Koala 4D's Locust swarms the competition and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan

VERY BIG INDIE PITCH Nov 14th, 2022

Koala 4D's Locust swarms the competition and wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan

Winners breakdown

Krafton to acquire The Ascent developer Neon Giant

ACQUISITIONS Nov 14th, 2022

Krafton to acquire The Ascent developer Neon Giant

Krafton’s financials reveal that the company is set to acquire developer Neon Giant, responsible for their debut game “The Ascent”

China’s game regulations pose a major potential threat to mobile game business in the country

REGULATIONS Nov 8th, 2022

China’s game regulations pose a major potential threat to mobile game business in the country

Unclear regulations, licensing freezes and more are all major challenges for both domestic and foreign game companies operating in China. Particularly for the largest platform, mobile

Appodeal unveils its enhanced SDK 3.0

EASIER EVERYTHING 3.0 Nov 8th, 2022

Appodeal unveils its enhanced SDK 3.0

Appodeal updates its SDK, offering enhanced metrics, improving compliance tools improving distribution and more

State of Stream: Mobile dominates stream charts in emerging markets, with Garena Free Fire topping charts on two platforms

STATE OF STREAM Nov 3rd, 2022

State of Stream: Mobile dominates stream charts in emerging markets, with Garena Free Fire topping charts on two platforms

Hours viewed shrank on both YouTube and Twitch this month

Kim Meltzer joins Mobile Global Esports Inc

HIRES Nov 2nd, 2022

Kim Meltzer joins Mobile Global Esports Inc

A veteran of the industry, Kim Meltzer, who has worked directly and indirectly in esports for more than ten years, has joined Mobile Global Esports Inc

Jetsynthesys hires Krafton's ex-Head of Corporate Development

HIRES Oct 31st, 2022

Jetsynthesys hires Krafton's ex-Head of Corporate Development

Anuj Tandon, previously Head of Corporate Development for India and MENA with Krafton, has been brought on as CEO of Gaming at Jetsynthesys

TikTok shows game companies that “TikTok makes them play it” in new virtual event

TIKTOK Oct 31st, 2022

TikTok shows game companies that “TikTok makes them play it” in new virtual event

Bytedance announce “TikTok made me play it”, an event to push the social media app's use in game promotions

MOBILE DOMINANCE Oct 31st, 2022

The world’s top 10 game companies made $126 billion in 2021 from software, with mobile leading the charge

Tencent came out on top with $33 billion, three quarters of which came from mobile

Market Share

Chinese mobile market revenue to decline for first time in two decades

CHINESE MARKET Oct 31st, 2022

Chinese mobile market revenue to decline for first time in two decades

China’s lucrative mobile sector, has been forecast to decline for the first time in twenty years

Hypercasual games dominate Japan’s charts by installs, but struggle to engage players

JAPANESE MARKET Oct 31st, 2022

Hypercasual games dominate Japan’s charts by installs, but struggle to engage players

Mobile gaming is on the rise in the home of video gaming

Genshin Impact scaling beyond mobile highlighted as defining industry milestone in Niko Partners' Gametech report

REPORT Oct 27th, 2022

Genshin Impact scaling beyond mobile highlighted as defining industry milestone in Niko Partners' Gametech report

The latest cross-platform report goes into the current state of gaming technology with mobile playing an increasing part in pushing tech forward.

Apple updates App Store guidelines to allow NFT sales (with a sizeable slice going to them)

GUIDELINE UPDATE Oct 27th, 2022

Apple updates App Store guidelines to allow NFT sales (with a sizeable slice going to them)

You can officially trade NFTs albeit with a 30% fee. Plus new rules for purchases made using ads

India’s antitrust watchdog fines Google for $113 million

GOOGLE PAY Oct 27th, 2022

India’s antitrust watchdog fines Google for $113 million

The country found that Google abused its dominant position in the market

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