Top Pedigree
Lineage titles dominate the South Korean mobile games chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Bring It Home
Pokemon Home generated $2.6 million in user spending worldwide in its first month
The US accounted for 38.5 per cent of spending
Delayed Smash
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC likely delayed by coronavirus
Director Masahiro Sakurai confirms work has been affected
"push The Boundaries"
Resolution Games adds Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth to board of directors
Will contribute towards upcoming VR titles from the studio
Crossplay Enabled
Riot launches first-ever mobile game Teamfight Tactics on March 19th
80 million downloads since debuting on PC
App Annie
China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020
63 million installs per week
"take Care Of Yourselves"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot pens supportive letter to staff regarding coronavirus
Uplifting message sent to all employees worldwide
10 Years On
Opinion: The ten mobile and iPhone gaming trends of GDC 2010
How to thrive over the next nine months
Develop:brighton
Develop:Brighton 2020 still planned to go ahead in July
Organisers are keeping a close eye on the coronavirus situation
Make The Switch
Dodge Roll Games and thatgamecompany bringing mobile titles to Switch in 2020
Exit the Gungeon and Sky: Children of the Light making the leap
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Bandai Namco's Jihoon Kim on marketing a mobile game for the US
"The trailer that our team created outperformed in every placement we put into the market at the time"
Funding
Genvid Technologies raises $33 million in Series B funding round
Will be used to develop interactive streaming features for new markets
Going Digital
The London Games Festival 2020 will be online-only
Refunds will be issued for ticket holders
Acquisition
Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment
Sniper Strike: Special Ops has cleared 35 million downloads since launch
Stack The Deck
NetEase and Marvel Games are launching a closed beta for Marvel Duel
A superhero-themed free-to-play card game
Out The Gate
Bill Gates leaves the Microsoft board
But he will maintain his role as a tech advisor
Monopoly?
Apple could purchase Disney during stock drop, says analyst
Stock fell below $100 per share
"odds Are Stacked"
Update: Apple removes Plague Inc. from China App Store due to licensing issues
"Content that is illegal in China"
A Homerun?
Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch
Partnership continues with Major League Baseball
Super Evil Mega-opening
New studio Bazooka Tango launched by Vainglory creators
$2.5 million raised to create multiplayer mobile games
Price Fixing Allegations
Apple fined record $1.23 billion by French antitrust regulator
Tech Data and Ingram Micro both fined €76 million ($84.4 million) and €63 million (69.9 million) respectively
Long Tail
Deca Games adds DragonVale to its live ops portfolio
Backflip Studios' breed-and-nurturer acquired
Hay Day Pop
Supercell quietly soft-launches casual match-3 puzzler Hay Day Pop
Available in Australia, Finland, and New Zealand
Brighton-based
MAG Interactive hires BAFTA award-winning art director Jules Langran
"Very impressed with the ethos at MAG"
Milestone
Asphalt 9: Legends breaks four million downloads on Switch
A new update is being released
Coronavirus Concerns
Rezzed and Reboot Develop Blue postponed over coronavirus concerns
Latest shows to be affected by the global pandemic
3 Vs 3 Online
Lava Skull's third car-based football game Soccer Rally: Arena soft-launches in US
But does it play on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?
Containment
Update: Rockstar, EA and Maysalward are the latest companies to enforce remote working due to the coronavirus
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google also request staff to work remotely
Virus Containment
Apple closes all its retails stores outside China
It has around 500 stores
Coronavirus Concerns
Gamescom organisers confirm trade show is still happening
Cologne-based event not affected by restrictions on gatherings in the city just yet
Most Read
Hot Five: Brawl Stars launched in China, Fallout Shelter Online coming West, and Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Casual
The hottest stories from last week
Ggc 2020 Odessa
Join over 1,000 developers for Games Gathering Conference 2020 Odessa on July 4th
A unique event for Ukraine and all of Eastern Europe
Strong Team
Adjust strengthens its partnerships and enterprise sales with two new hires
Kelly Mullins and Bill Gerber join the team
Worldwide Digital Conference
Apple's WWDC 2020 will use an online-only format
Scheduled for some time in June
Back Of The Net
Nexon signs deal with EA for a new FIFA mobile game in South Korea
Beta testing begins in April
Going Ahead
Devcom 2020 is still taking place despite Covid-19 concerns
The organisers exepect the virus to "ease considerably"
This Week In China
This Week in China: ISBN regulations tighten, ChinaJoy 2020 going ahead, and an anti-Plague, Inc. appears
The biggest stories directly from China
"irresponsible To Carry On"
Gamesweek Berlin and EGX Rezzed delayed surrounding coronavirus threat
March and April events moved to prevent the spread
This Is The Way
Making Of: How Illusion Labs' Way of the Turtle found its way to Apple Arcade
CEO Marcus Dawson shares all
Pride, Gluttony, The Rest
Netmarble heralds Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross a "great success" as game surpasses 3 million downloads
Adventure RPG launched on mobile on March 3rd, 2020
Abra Used Teleport
Niantic postpones Pokemon GO community day and rolls out update to help self-isolation
One-time in-game purchase of 30 Incense available for one PokeCoin
Online-only Event
BAFTA Game Awards goes digital to avoid coronavirus spread
Event was due to take place on April 2nd
"unpatentable"
Nintendo claims victory over mobile accessories firm Gamevice in patent dispute
Lawsuit began in May 2018
Changing
Covid-19: What comes next?
Jon Jordan looks at what's to come in a post-coronavirus world
Event
Life after esports and growing your games business - FREE online panel sessions
The KAST Sessions in association with PGC Digital, 18th & 19th March
Get Your Rewards
Game of Thrones Beyond The Wall welcomes one million pre-registrations to the Nights Watch
It launches on March 26th for iOS
Event Down
BitSummit cancelled over coronavirus concerns
Due to run in May
Lego Super Mario
Update: LEGO reveals new Super Mario playset with interactive Mario toy
No definite price or release date yet
Rising Up
ByteDance's Combat of Hero secures the most iOS downloads in Japan for four consecutive days
Was originally released in December 2019
E3 Drama
Microsoft and Ubisoft are looking at digital events to replace E3
As are EA, Devolver and Limited Run Games