Spinning Magic
Slots continue to boom post-COVID, accounting for 6% of mobile game spending
Crunching the data with App Annie
Recruitment Drive
Educational games platform Lingokids raises $40 million for expansion
Over 30 million families reached weekly
Alternative Androids
iOS uncertainty driving alternative Android stores
Tenjin offers an explanation and support for advertisers shifting their budgets from iOS to Android alternatives
Gen Z Crosshairs
Vungle acquires JetFuel to boost influencer marketing
This is the company's fourth deal in 12 months
Prehistoric Play
Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games
"There is still space to explore and experiment…"
Emergency Meeting
Among Us has generated $86 million on mobile in nearly three years
324 million downloads since launching on June 15th, 2018
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190% Faster
Update: Opera launches games browser designed for mobile, Opera GX
Building on desktop success
30% Rise
Over one billion mobile games were downloaded per week in Q1 2021
$1.7 billion in player spending
Ar Shark Repellent?
A new Batman AR game is in development from Warner Bros.
Available to download in Italy on iOS devices
Soft Launch, Roll Out
Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021
Studio confirms around a dozen games in development
Data-driven Insight
Optimising your mobile campaigns with data
Mintegral, Sensor Tower and Kooapps have partnered to host an online event exploring mobile advertising in 2021
Stellar Support
Leading game developer Game Insight confirmed as PG Mobile Games Awards 2021 headline sponsor
Premier mobile games industry awards ceremony returns this year on July 20th, finalists to be unveiled shortly
Most Read
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The hottest articles of last week
Business Booming
5G will power mobile games industry to $272 billion by 2030
178% rise over 2020
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China In Your Hands
Battle of Balls meets Transformers in Chinese crossover
Yodo1 is taking some of the west's most popular brands into the Chinese mobile games market
Going Global
B-Interaktive celebrates 10th anniversary with 100 million games played
The studio behind Dice Clubs reflects upon the success of the game
Turkey Thriving
Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio
"Hungri Games is revolutionising the core mobile games…"
Bloc Party Cancelled
Update: Roblox responds to $200 million lawsuit over alleged music misuse
Ariana Grande, Deadmau5, Ed Sheeran and more
Essential Insights
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Idle 'em Up
Homa Games is looking for a mix of idle and arcade-adventure experiences in next game jam
Homa Games running a one month global game jam to find new' Arcade Idle' titles
Speed Machine
IronSource boosts playable ads toolset, launching Luna Elements
Integrates alongside Playable and Replay options
Adinmo Academy
Understanding in-game advertising
AdInMo shares its expertise and insight into the ways to make in-game ads pay
Bid Accepted
Voodoo acquires user-acquisition expert Bidshake
Company launched in January 2020
Here Comes The Boom
Update: Space Ape Games and Supercell collaborate for Boom Beach: Frontlines
Open to 15,000 players in North America and Europe
No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
Indie View
Play Curious co-founder Jesse Himmelstein discusses Big Indie Pitch winner Crispr Crunch
Jesse Himmelstein won The Big Indie Pitch with Crispr Crunch
600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
Multiplayer Metaverse
233 Playground - the power of the platform
MetaApp looks to offer multiplayer titles a key to China
Star Power
Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success
"We hit our all-time daily active user record just a few months ago!"
Not So Sweet
Update: King investigated by PayPal for holding back funds via Royal Games portal
"The issue has proven more complicated than first anticipated…"
3,600 New Hires
Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue
46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars
Hypercasual Have-a-go
Voodoo offering $1 million for new hypercasual hits
Summer Games Competition takes place between June 10th to July 15th
You Have My Sword
Phoenix Games takes over Knighthood publishing rights from King
Five million downloads since February 2020.
Presumably Late 2022
75% of mobile games activity growth under the pandemic is expected to stay
63% began playing more as a result
Two Way Transactions
Creativity, community and cash
Papaya Games outlines its unique approach to skill-based gaming
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$447 Million
Sina Corp is looking at acquiring an 18% stake in Yoozoo Games
Encouraged by games growth under COVID-19 pandemic
Panel Smarts
PickFu streamlines testing services to provide better feedback
Pre-written poll questions speed the process
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
Sponsored
ByteBrew open beta attracts over 1000 developers
The ByteBrew platform offers a suite of features to help developers and publishers better understand their games and players.
In-game Innovation
Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers
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Career Boost
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40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Most Read
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The hottest articles of last week
Warzone Mobile?
Activision building internal mobile games studio for "triple-A experiences"
New studio is based in Santa Monica, California
Top Talent Networking
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Industry Veterans
Jagex goes on hiring spree with experience from PlayStation, Bethesda and Insomniac Games
"Each of these new hires brings a wealth of industry experience…"
Growing Space
Quicksave Interactive raises $1.3 million to scale its HTML5 games
Konvoy Ventures led the round