Joining The Dragon
Triple Dragon brings on Ritesh Thadani as head of business development
Former COO of Playstack and Pollen
Helpful Hires
Imagendary Studios hires Jason Hayes and Matt Cordner for audio and art skills
Both hires previously worked for Blizzard Entertainment
Partner Up
Google Play brings new features for higher earning developers
Developers must generate over $5 million monthly and must be in "good standing" to qualify
Sonic Boom
SEGA announces Jinke as exclusive licensee of Sonic the Hedgehog mobile titles
Entertainment firm declared exclusive licensee of Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom in mainland China
Score And Earn
Update: Volt Games raises $1.5 million, led by Voodoo
Follows earlier pledge of $200 million to fund blockchain games
Hypercasual Knowhow
Homa Games acquires RisingHigh Academy for hypercasual development
Aims to create an "active and supportive" hypercasual games community
Collaborative Challenge
GameRefinery and CrazyLabs begin developer challenge with prizes up to $35,000
Testing marketability and retention
Party Time
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Crush It
Wildlife Studios is entering the blockchain, NFT, and Web3 space
Starting with flagship title Castle Crush
Community Made
Supercell expands Brawl Stars community competition to allow 2D designs
Winning designs have a chance to be feature in the game
Mobile Advertising
PocketGamer.biz presents the Mobile Monetiser Summit: Explore the future of mobile advertising
Attend this free half-day summit on April 5 to discover the latest trends and opportunities for monetisation
Server Services
Overwolf acquires server monetisation firm Tebex for $29 million
Generated over $500 million for creators since launching
Capital Raised To $6 Million
PopScreen Games closes series A funding round with Garena
Funding will accelerate development and expand the PopScreen team
Improved Experience
Xbox Cloud Gaming increased performance for iOS devices
Led to 35% increase in average play times
More Four-day Work Week Announcements
BANDAI NAMCO Mobile trials four-day working week
New working structure to focus on employee wellbeing while retaining innovation in F2P market
Gaming Grant
Code Coven receives $100,000 from Unity to run limited developer courses
Four eight-week long courses to run through 2022
Three Tiers
Vodafone Idea and Nazara launch mobile games subscription service Vi Games
Over 1,200 Android and web-based games available
Cumulative Campaign
Crypto Golf Impact pre-release to reward almost $150,000 to users
Distribution to 7,000 random Neopin wallet holders ahead of March 25 launch
Monetising Malaysia
Boost launches Boost Connect storefront to reach Malaysian gamers
Includes "must-have" mobile titles such as Genshin Impact, Free Fire, PUBG Mobile, and more
Four Finalists
NFL & Skillz Game Developer Challenge finalists revealed
Brainstorm Games, iGamebank, Play Mechanix, and Session Games in for a chance to have NFL-themed title officially published on the App Store and Google Play
Guessing The Growth
Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026
Expected to reach $94.8 billion by the end of 2022
Reaching Rpgs
Ten Square Games acquires 24.8% of Gamesture for $3.5 million
Will expand the firm's portfolio to include RPGs, such as Questland and Slash & Roll
Indian Esports
Indian esports and game streaming platform Loco raises $42 million
Backed by PUBG Mobile developer Krafton
Tracklist Reveal
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Four Years Of Fun
Honkai Impact 3rd artwork exhibition celebrates four years of global launch
Will visit locations worldwide, including Berlin, New York, and San Paolo
Bringing Blockchain Brain
Playtika hires Jacob Mendel to leverage blockchain expertise
Having led blockchain initiative at J.P Morgan and Intel
Retro Revival
SNK to bring 10 retro games to cloud games platform Piepacker
Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown IV, The King of Fighters ‘98, and more
Ar Acquisition
Niantic acquires 8th Wall to empower AR metaverse
Expanding the reach of Niantic Lightship tools
Bringing Bloom
Orlando Bloom joins King of Avalon as a limited-time playable character
Orlando the Nightshard enters medieval Europe
Warzone On The Go
Activision to bring Warzone to mobile
Aiming to tap in to enormous mobile market
Co-head Of Games
Galaxy Interactive appoints Ryan You as co-head of gaming division
Will also operate as partner and managing director
Third Round
Makers Fund raises $500 million for third investment fund
Will continue to invest in founders that are "evolving and innovating" the games ecosystem
Advising Aviagames
AviaGames appoints former Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl as senior advisor
Earl will advise on business and content strategy, and more
Reversing A Ruling
EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned
As ruled by the Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division
Experienced Team
Scopely makes $20 million investment in Burlingame Studios
Studios will partner to develop an "all new experience"
Skill-based Spending
Tether Studios surpasses $250 million lifetime revenue
Over 30 million downloads across 27 titles
Modern Mobile Gaming
Tapjoy: Women play on mobile more times per day than men
Over 50% of mobile gamers prefer ads over pay-to-play
Sporting Sales
Monster League Studios launching NFT esports platform Mokens League
Prioritising gameplay
#raisethegame
Ukie: 56% of games industry professionals prefer a hybrid working model
The firm's second UK games industry census examines the effects of the pandemic on working attitudes and diversity of workforce
Social-first Games
Playwind Games raises $4 million, backed by Garena
Will use the funds to support development and future growth
P2e Esports
Ignite Tournaments raises $10 million to create mobile P2E esports platform
Back by Animoca Brands
Rovio Removes Games
Rovio pulls games from Russia and Belarus
In-app purchases disabled for games that have already been downloaded
Revenue Rise
Flexion sees 52% Q4 revenue growth to $13.8 million
Strongest quarter in company history
Unified With Unity
Anzu joins Unity’s Verified Solutions Partner programme
The first in-game advertising company on the programme
Zero Cell Count
Supercell halt game downloads in Russia and Belarus
Removes titles from app stores, new downloads prevent, access for existing players to be suspended
Loot Box Lawsuit
Take-Two faces class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
Claimant seeks $5 million in damages
Snapdragon Esports
ESL Gaming partners with Qualcomm for multi-genre mobile esports competitions
Snapdragon Pro Series will provide "high quality" mobile esports experiences
Cricket Collab
Vorto Gaming partners up to bring blockchain to Cricket Star Manager
Vorto Gaming, Gold Town Games, and CS Games collaborate
Aquisition Approved
Update: Embracer Group acquires Asmodee for $3.01 billion
Additional consideration of almost $400 million to be paid upon conditions being met
Ad Partnership
Bidstack partners with Xaxis to provide ads across portfolio
Will provide access to Bidstack's 70+ games portfolio