Greatness Recognised
Legends of Runeterra up for Mobile Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
Animal Crossing: New Horizons recieved multiple monimations
Switching It Up
Bringing Breath of the Wild-inspired Oceanhorn 2 to Nintendo Switch
"I will always remember the nice email we got from Nintendo"
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Get Real
Simulation games revenue was up 62% in the US last year
The casino genre was most popular for downloads
Too Much Drift
The European Consumer Organisation launches investigation into Joy-Con drift issues
"Nintendo must now come up with proper solutions for the thousands of consumers affected by this problem"
Talking Heads
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Making Of
Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West
"The team knew it would be a tremendous success and a potentially great fit for the Western market"
Welcome Aboard
Imba Games joins the N3twork Scale Platform
I Am Hero performed well in pilot testing
Marketing
Moloco launches automated buying platform Moloco Cloud
"Programmatic advertising represents the future of the ad industry, and we are very pleased to work with Moloco to help app marketers tap into our world-class supply in an intelligent and efficient way"
Into Mobile
Square Enix Montréal on the rewarding transition into mobile game development
Mobile can seem like a step down in game dev, but the Square Enix Montréal team disagrees
For Freedom
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar teams with nCore for new mobile game
"Join a special unit of FAU-G commandos on patrol in dangerous border territory"
Here's The Facts
Jagex insists Plutos Sama's lawsuit claiming company ownership is "meritless"
Follows the RuneScape maker being bought by private equity giant The Carlyle Group
Mobile Madness
New job listing suggests more PlayStation mobile games on the way
"We're looking for an experienced Executive Producer or very experienced Senior Producer - Mobile who'll report to our Head of External Production"
Going Public
Huuuge publishes prospectus and launches its IPO
"We intend to use 90–95 per cent of the proceeds for acquisitions and investments in other companies or assets of companies which complement our offer or competencies"
Career Opportunities
Steel Media targets further growth and hires in 2021 to support the games industry
The market leader in the mobile gaming space is now part of leading gaming network in North America - and YOU could help us grow even more
Found A Solution
Xsolla launches new mobile game commerce solution
“Our new Mobile Game Commerce solution helps developers overcome these restraints and succeed by creating a seamless experience that drives revenue back to those making the games"
Jobs In Games
How Modern Times Group acquired Hutch in the middle of a pandemic with Arnd Benninghoff
"Just before the travel restrictions kicked in we flew to London"
Top Dog
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity has become Koei Tecmo's best-selling Warriors game
3.5 million copies have been sold as of December 31st 2020
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Ludo Ai
Need an idea for a hit new game? Ask Ludo AI
Ludo opens up to the world and early adopters will get an opportunity to access the platform free of charge
Take A Step Back
Dan Riccio steps down as Apple head of engineering
To focus on a new project
We Have Liftoff
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Money Money Money
Video games raised $23.3 million on Kickstarter in 2020
That's a 35 per cent increase year-on-year
Trendy
4 mobile game trends to look out for in 2021
GameRefinery's Erno Kiiski weighs in on the year ahead
Welcome Aboard
Kwalee hires Max Everingham to lead its push into console and PC
"We're delighted to be welcoming Max to the team as we launch Eternal Hope, and we encourage PC and console developers of all sizes to start a conversation with us"
New Partnership
Tencent Games forms strategic partnership with RedMagic
"The in-depth cooperation between Tencent Games and RedMagic has very similar goals"
Change Up
Konami is restructuring its development teams, isn't dropping out of video games
Japanese giant dissolves its three production divisions
Partners
Anzu forms partnership with addressable media firm aMVG
"As an industry leader, aMVG has demonstrated their commitment to bringing relevant ads to relevant audiences at relevant times"
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Staying In Touch
Planning your 2021 conference schedule: five tips to conquer Zoom fatigue
Video conferencing is how we do business - for now at least. Here’s how to stay sane without stopping your business growth in this new online order
Working The Zoom
Five reasons to attend your first digital conference in 2021
The new normal: digital events have become an essential addition to the calendar with benefits that beat real-world conferences
Welcome To The Family
Azerion fully acquires Habbo Hotel dev Sulake
"Azerion has been supporting us to grow and develop Habbo and Hotel Hideaway for over two years now so this acquisition feels like a natural continuation of our partnership"
It's The Law
The Pokémon Company braces to stop Sword and Shield hackers
Permanent bans could be handed out
Master The Meta(verse)
Master the Meta: what’s next for the Metaverse?
This week, the MtM team digs into the ever-evolving transmedia space
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Meet The Investor
Nordisk Games’ partner and director of operations Markus Windelen on the key advantages of fundraising
“We challenge and support the game studio management to trigger improvements across multiple disciplines.”
Money Money Money
IMVU Inc. secures $35 million in funding
As it rebrands under its parent company Together Labs
Nakama 3.0
Announcing Nakama 3.0 - the #1 open-source game server
Nakama has become a powerhouse of games infrastructure
An Imposter!
Among Us shifts over three million Switch copies in one month
It came to the platform in December 2020
Another Owner
RuneScape dev Jagex has been acquired by The Carlyle Group
Reported to be more than the $530 million valuation
Mobile Madness
The mobile digital games market was up 5% in December
Pokemon Go was the top-grossing title
Come One Come All
Mamboo Games opens publishing applications to all developers
"We are confident that we will be able to achieve better results, so we decided to begin accepting applications from all mobile developers on the market"
Welcome To The Family
Tencent acquires majority stake in Don't Starve dev Klei Entertainment
"This partnership helps us navigate a changing industry, and helps us focus on what we do best: making unique experiences that no one else can"
Most Read
Hot Five: Apex Legends accused of 'copying', Angry Birds Journey enters soft launch, and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes' huge revenue
The hottest articles of last week
Staying Safe
Security expert Steeve Huin on why anti-tampering and anti-cheating in games should be front of mind for developers
“Hackers are taking away money that you could invest in your next game or update”
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Peter Moore joins Unity, Takaya Imamura retires from Nintendo, and Keywords appoints new COO
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
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Ten Years, Ten Square
Ten Square Games - from an emerging CEE local gamedev leader to a global player
We chat to Ten Square Games CEO Maciej Zużałek as the company hits a decade
Done Deal
Tencent secured 31 games-based deals in 2020
"Tencent is in no danger of losing its No.1 position in the games market, but it is beginning to feel some pressure"