Building The Anthill
Sumo Group snaps up indie outfit PixelAnt Games for £250k
The studio is Sumo's first mainland Europe acquisition
Be Social
Developers can integrate a social games platform into their apps through Goama
The platform currently has 2.5 million users
Money Money Money
Nintendo generated $13.4 billion between April 1st and December 31st
Mobile generated around $400 million
Editor's Picks
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Making Bank
Australian games studios generated $140.4 million in revenue in 2020
That's a 29 per cent increase year-on-year
Bestseller
The Nintendo Switch is closing in on 80 million sales
24.1 million were sold in the nine months ending December 31st 2020
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer joins Skillz, Rovio appoints new SVP future of gaming, and Gamestop CFO resigns
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Job Royale
Supercell potentially set to overhaul Clash Royale as studio seeks new game lead
New year, new lead
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile Games Jobs Weekly: PlayStation mobile push, Apple engineering head moves to mysterious project, and Jagex gets acquired again
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
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Bebo
Social network Bebo is making a comeback - but it's now owned by Amazon
The site is set to relaunch in Feb 2021
Popping Off
PopScreen Games has ambitions to develop the CCG-RPG genre and expand studio, supported by strategic investment by Garena
French studio hopes to expand significantly with help from the Free Fire publisher
Inclusivity
Activision Blizzard claims it is "committed to inclusive hiring" after describing practice as "unworkable"
Publisher was reportedly trying to get out of putting diverse hiring proposal to shareholders
Data Protection
Apple rolling out privacy changes in "early spring"
"Privacy means peace of mind, it means security, and it means you are in the driver's seat when it comes to your own data"
Investment
Tencent backs Life is Strange maker Dontnod
French firm issuing $60.6 million in new shares to fund self-publishing dreams
Fringe Events
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Money Money Money
Brawl Stars shoots past $1 billion in lifetime revenue
Aided by its launch in China last year
Wanna Play
Slay the Spire hits Android devices on February 3rd
It came to iOS devices last June
A Good Deed
Moon Studios, iam8bit and Skybound Games raise $58k to protect rainforests
Through sales of the Ori games on Nintendo Switch
Treasure Hunting
Tomb Raider becomes the latest games IP to come to Netflix as anime
Will follow the rebooted trilogy
New Partnership
AdInMo partners with globle mobile ads firm InMobi
"It's fantastic to be collaborating with the team at InMobi to grow demand for InGamePlay brand advertising"
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Money Money Money
Apple experiences record-breaking quarter as it generates $111.4 billion
“Our December quarter business performance was fueled by double-digit growth in each product category"
Impressive
Mobile users generated 143 billion app installs last year
A 23.8 per cent increase year-on-year
Farewell
Rovio shuts down streaming platform Hatch, but Hatch Kids is still going
Operations ceased on December 31st 2020
Greatness Recognised
Legends of Runeterra up for Mobile Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
Animal Crossing: New Horizons recieved multiple monimations
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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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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"
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"
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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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
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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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"