Slash & Earn
Play Store subscription rev share lowered to 15% from January 1
On-demand music streaming and eBook services eligible for 10% service fee
News
The Battle of Polytopia IAPs have generated $185,000 for African solar power investment
Investments made through Swedish company Trine
Play & Learn
Language learning game Influent lands on iOS devices
Brings new features and language packs
Beyond Games
Tracks for November's Beyond Games conference have been revealed
10 exciting and innovating tracks are heading your way this November, from exploring the metaverse to discovering the latest transmedia trends
Meaty Milestone
SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off surpasses 50 million downloads
Coincides with launch of Halloween event
New Hire
Skillz appoints Vatsal Bhardwaj as chief product officer
Will aid in scaling the teams, operational practices, and systems
Buzzing
Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games
It's building midcore casual games
Mobile First
Going mobile-first, Facebook Gaming now has 45 cloud games available
Partnering with leading mobile game publishers, including Jam City, My.Games and Gameloft
Roblox Rave
Roblox announces World Party, its first metaverse music festival
Virtual performances from EDC Las Vegas 2021 roster starts 23 October
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Return To Source
Jagex Partners to publish RuneScape-inspired Melvor Idle
First game from Perth-based Games by Malcs
Packing The Pie
Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion
Backed by Lego Ventures
Record Revenue
MAG Interactive records strongest year in company history, reaching $33.3 million
Q4 net sales grew by 26%
Time For Giving
IronSource’s SuperXmas campaign offers hypercasual holiday cheer
Games will receive cash prizes based on release date and CPI
Huawei Global
Register now for the Huawei Developer Conference
The mobile giant offers three days of insight and learning into the tech, tools and techniques for achieving mobile gaming success
Boosting Blockchain
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Investors include Com2uS and Ubisoft
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It's Calling
Square Enix now actively recruiting for new London Mobile game studio
It's already working on Tomb Raider Reloaded and an Avatar: The Last Airbender title
Cutesy
Rovio and Billebeino launch limited-edition Angry Birds capsule collection
There’s even a dancing plushie
Wicket Replaces Wilson
Gameloft to launch Lego Star Wars: Castaways on Apple Arcade
Arrives exclusively on November 19th
Heading To The Frontlines
Space Ape Games launches Boom Beach: Frontlines in Canada
Will launch gradually worldwide on iOS and Android
Adjusting The View
Adjust implements connected TV ad to mobile measurement feature to platform
Will provide cross-device insight into marketing campaigns
Square Go
Poland's second-largest game developer Ten Square enters China on its tenth anniversary
In just one week, Poland's second-largest game developer bought an Italian development studio, was granted a license to trade in China AND celebrated its tenth anniversary
Good Games
MAG Interactive wants to save the ocean with mobile games
Via the UN's Playing For The Planet initiative
Mastering Monetisation
Get free insider tips on the future of mobile game monetisation
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Granularity Greatness
App Annie’s Game IQ gets smarter
New Game IQ update brings a whole new level of granularity for market sizing and growth strategies.
Full House
Scopely acquires social casino outfit GSN Games for $1 billion
Combined company is now worth over $5 billion
Mega Merge
PGbiz Podcast #6 - Original Games and the rise of merge
Meet the 'supergroup' founders behind the new studio aiming to 'merge' games the next match-three
Snappy Games
Gismart’s three Snapchat games attract nearly 90 million players
New release Friends Quest has been played by 4.8 million people
Seeded
Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures
Will release its first game in 2022
Magical Launch
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016
It's the biggest game of 2021 in China
Asia's Finest
Tickets for G-STAR conference available now
Korea's games event returns this November with b2b discounts available when you buy a Pocket Gamer Connects ticket
News
IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million
The intention is to increase IronSource’s SDK footprint
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Spread The Load
Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud
The service handles server management, infrastructure and scaling
Thinking Differently
Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers
Now hiring too
Card Sharp
Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe
Studio acquisition will diversify Murka's portfolio and provide the company with over one million daily average users
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Disputed
Kixeye shareholders file lawsuit against Stillfront over $30 million earnout
The allegation is breach of earn-out agreement
Monetise The Metaverse
Anzu partners with Roblox creators, bringing in-game ads to platform
Will provide an additional revenue stream for creators
Deep Dive
Analytics platform Dive integrates with Roblox
40 million DAUs to mine
Ad Insight
81% of media buyers plan in-game ad spending increase over next 12 months
Results of Admix survey of 400
Already Growing
Ragnarok Origin reaches 400,000 pre-registrations
Adds Genshin Impact’s Lilypichu and ProZD as voice talent
Ada Lovelace
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
We talk to some inspiring women in tech and find out their tips and advice for other women wanting to break into STEM fields
Now Live
Tilting Point and Carry1st publish SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off in Africa
One game, 54 countries
Rocket Fuel
Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups
Istanbul cluster is blooming
Switchcraft Sorceress
Wooga launches magical themed match-3 Switchcraft worldwide
Features wider diversity in narrative, such as sexuality and disability
New Head
My.Games appoints Philippe Sauze as Head of Europe operations
Sauze brings over 17 years of industry experience
Tangled Web
Apple files appeal against in-app links to alternative payments ruling
The federal judge has ruled in favour of Apple for nine of ten counts
Hypermoney
Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual
Series A was led by Northzone