Making Of
How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade
Gameloft Montreal's Lee Kaburis and Jacques Durand discuss the challenges of working with a beloved franchise
European Expansion
Leaf Mobile prepping for London IPO
Will assume a dual listed structure between TSX and LSE
Playable Ad Polishing
Playable Factory launches new features for playable ad editing
Allows marketers to "refresh" visual identity
Bringing In Bitcoin
Viker partners with Zebedee to bring Bitcoin rewards to mobile games
Plans to support integration in 5 games by the end of 2021
Where's The Hype?
Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million
User-generated content platform optimised for touchscreens
Winter Wonder Lab
CrazyLabs launches the Crazy Winter developer challenge
Cash prizes and publishing deals on offer for new hypercasual hits
Steady Growth
Leaf Mobile's Q3 FY21 sales up 4% to $15 million
Historically the slowest yearly quarter
Embracing Acquisition
Embracer Group reports game revenues increased 89%, reaching $315 million
Plans a "similar amount" of acquisitions within the next 12 months
Sweet Scaling
iCandy acquires Lemon Sky Studios for $32.4 million, raises $29.1 million
Backed by Animoca Brands
Make Some Moves
Nike brings Nikeland to the Roblox metaverse
Encourages players to get active using phones
Seasonal Spending
90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events
Game Refinery crunches the numbers
Jonesy, Here Jonesy
Alien: Isolation heading to iOS and Android on December 16
Will include full campaign and all additional content
Diy
Solo game development platform DreamCraft raises $10 million
March Capital leads the round
Incentivised Shopping
Tapjoy launches in-app marketplace Tapjoy Shopping
Users are rewarded with in-app currencies for mobile games
Greener Good
Green Grey invests $2 million in US-based indie dev Pocket Size Games
The studio will use the investment to develop its first two projects
Publishing Powerhouse
Kwalee appoints Sega and Ubisoft veteran William Cox as head of mobile publishing
Bringing over a decade of industry experience
Staying Sanguine
Netmarble's Q3 FY21 revenue down 5.5% to $537 million
Overseas sales accounted for 70% of overall revenue
Press & Go
Matchmade democratizes access to 9.2 million creators with self-service Express Campaigns tool
Partner with creators and get content live on YouTube in days
Reining It In
Nordisk Games acquires majority stake in Star Stable Entertainment
Star Stable Online for mobile currently in soft launch
Come Together
Aristocrat rebrands its $1.8 billion gaming division as Pixel United
Includes Plarium, Big Fish and Product Madness
Ad In
AdInMo appoints Reece Eaton as new ad operations director
Veteran takes the reins
Rpg+nft
Com2uS is bringing Summoners War: Chronicles to blockchain
Working on its own ecosystem with Terra
Most Wanted List
Top 5 Japan-only mobile games we wanna play
From rhythm to RPG to WTF?
Heroic
Nexters sees Q3 2021 revenues up 77% to $115 million
Hero Wars reached over $1 billion in lifetime bookings
Live And Kicking
Why Boom Beach is still booming 8 years on
Supercell game lead Laura Gilliland talks suiting the players' needs
4x Success
US annual spend on mobile strategy games rises 24%, surpassing $4 billion
4X subcategory dominates the space
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: Five steps to "more human" leadership
Hutch co-founder and CEO Shaun Rutland talks a journey through leadership
Taking Over
PUBG: New State surpasses 20 million downloads in 5 days
Number one mobile game in over 160 countries
Libenssimulation
Stillfront devs Goodgame and Candywriter to launch German version of BitLife
Will culturally adapt
Funding The Future
Overwolf raises $75 million in Series D funding round
Will scale its user-generated content platform CurseForge
Downhill Destruction
ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash
Will release in early December
Metaverse Magnification
Metaverse mobile game revenues will surpass $3 billion in 2022, says App Annie
Play-to-earn and metaverse games to pave the way forward for innovation
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: How listening to your audience can increase user acquisition
Zag Games creative director Eran Holzman talks
Increasing Indian Operations
UK hypercasual firm Kwalee expands Bangalore operations
Follows recent expansion of Leamington Spa HQ
A Few Million Victory
French startup Million Victories raises $3 million to scale Million Lords
Will invest in stronger marketing and UA
Synergy Specialist
Stillfront appoints Disney and Blizzard veteran Amy Lee as SVP of synergies and operations
Coming from Blizzard Entertainment
Building Bases
PGC Digital: How to supercharge your player community
Neon Doctrine co-founder talks the benefits of social channels
Get More
Now.gg launches cloud payments, giving mobile game devs a 95% rev share
Compliant with app store policies, also handles NFTs
Metasports
Dubit raises $8 million for esports in Roblox
Metaventures’ Jean-Charles Capelli leads the round
International Expansion
Genshin Impact creator Mihoyo opens new Montreal studio
Plans to scale to 100 employees within next year
Buzzing
Drone Racing Arcade launches on Skillz
The official game of the Drone Racing League is live
Mushrooming Into Mobile
Thunderful acquires indie mobile game dev Early Morning Studio
Expands reach into free-to-play mobile games publishing
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: Adding "real multiplayer" to hypercasual games
Photon Engine head of growth Mark Val shares hypercasual multiplayer tips and tricks
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: How to monetise mobile games beyond the app stores
Xsolla’s Miika Luotio talks how to expand monetisation methods
Minting
Majority of game developers considering using blockchain
New survey shows speed of change
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: How to make a top performing ad creative for any game
Adside VP of data and growth Sergei Riabov talks scaling ad creatives
Block On
Mobile game devs part of blockchain gaming platform Forte's $725 million raise
Sea Capital co-led the round
Pgc Digital Next
PGC Digital: How to monetise your virtual real estate using in-play ads
Admix's Samuel Huber talks maximising viewability and the importance of virtual real estate
Get The Loot
Payday Crime War to enter limited beta on Android in early December
Scheduled for global launch on iOS and Android in 2022
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