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Fortnite Chapter 4: Rebooting a smash hit to keep players playing UPDATES Dec 6th, 2022

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Homa’s Merge Master reaches 100m downloads MILESTONES Dec 6th, 2022

Homa’s Merge Master reaches 100m downloads

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Kick off the holiday season with the Pocket Gamer Xmas Mixer 2022 happening in London tomorrow! ‘TIS THE SEASON Dec 6th, 2022

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Saudi Arabia games report reveals a development community that's ripe for expansion REPORT Dec 5th, 2022

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FTC rift signals fresh hope for Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard in America AQUIVISION BLIZZARD Dec 5th, 2022

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Nintendo sees mobile gaming as a marketing strategy as opposed to a revenue generator MOBILE REVENUE Dec 5th, 2022

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Delve into the esports industry with what we learned at Discover:Esports THE ESPORTS SCENE Dec 5th, 2022

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Hypercasual game dev Gamejam Co. rebrands to Superfine and releases Web3 growth platform PIVOTS Nov 29th, 2022

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as Celebrations and content galore as Netmarble’s Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds reaches 200 days CROSS WORLDS CELEBRATION Dec 1st, 2022

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Three in-game monetisation myths that need to be left in 2021 MONETISATION MYTHS BUSTED Apr 14th, 2022

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How to prevent ‘purposefully neglectful’ UI/UX dark patterns in F2P mobile games

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Financing LTV in mobile gaming FUND GROWTH TO SCALE Mar 31st, 2022

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Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner UA OK Jan 14th, 2022

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Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round SUCCESSFUL FUNDING ROUND Nov 29th, 2022

Roboto Games raises $15 million in Series A funding round

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X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch BUSINESS CASUAL Nov 23rd, 2022

X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch

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Zynga subsidiary Rollic acquires hypercasual games studio Popcore ACQUISITIONS Nov 17th, 2022

Zynga subsidiary Rollic acquires hypercasual games studio Popcore

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Anything World raises $7.5 million to make 3D content creation more accessible than ever before ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE Nov 10th, 2022

Anything World raises $7.5 million to make 3D content creation more accessible than ever before

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Everybuddy Games raises $15 million in Series A Funding Round and is on a mission to build mobile games SUCCESS IN ISRAEL Nov 8th, 2022

Everybuddy Games raises $15 million in Series A Funding Round and is on a mission to build mobile games

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Nintendo and DeNA's new joint venture Nintendo Systems aims to strengthen mobile business NEW PARTNERSHIP Nov 8th, 2022

Nintendo and DeNA's new joint venture Nintendo Systems aims to strengthen mobile business

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Is Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard in trouble? A CALL OF DUTY TO COMPETITORS? Nov 7th, 2022

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Unity and ironSource finalise the merger, despite early attempts by AppLovin to scupper the deal TWO BECOME ONE Nov 7th, 2022

Unity and ironSource finalise the merger, despite early attempts by AppLovin to scupper the deal

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The top ten gaming industry deals of 2022 (so far) DRAKE STAR REPORT Dec 2nd, 2022

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Bucking the downturn: Q3 Daily Active Users and Downloads are both on the up SOCIALPETA REPORT Nov 23rd, 2022

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Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue NEWZOO REPORT Nov 21st, 2022

Asia Pacific to generate 48 percent of 2022's global gaming revenue

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Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022 NEWS Nov 21st, 2022

Upstream: the mobile games streaming and esports digest – November 21 2022

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What is the world’s top mobile game franchise? TOP CAT Nov 21st, 2022

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Subscription-based gaming to reach $24.1 billion by 2030 - mobile is the fastest growing segment SUBSCRIPTION-BASED GAMING Nov 18th, 2022

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New forecasts suggest the mobile gaming market will shrink 6.4% year-on-year TROUBLE IN THE MARKET? Nov 16th, 2022

New forecasts suggest the mobile gaming market will shrink 6.4% year-on-year

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Pocket Gamer Connects Advent Calendar: Day 6: Industry secrets: How to propel your mobile game to success [FREE VIDEO] TIME TO CELEBRATE Dec 2nd, 2022

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2022 BEST OF 2022 Aug 23rd, 2022

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PocketGamer.biz's 22 most anticipated mobile games of 2022 MOST ANTICIPATED 2022 Dec 30th, 2021

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The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2021 BEST OF 2021 Sep 6th, 2021

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Count of active applications in the App Store

Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,822,653

Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,765

Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 5,036,418

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David Darling

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Warwickshire College and University Centre awards Kwalee founder David Darling with a Fellowship FOUNDERS AND FELLOWSHIPS Nov 2nd, 2022

Warwickshire College and University Centre awards Kwalee founder David Darling with a Fellowship

Kwalee’s catalogue of mobile games has more than 900 million installs

  • University
  • Award
  • Fellowship
Kwalee’s Draw It surpasses 100 million downloads DRAWING AN AUDIENCE Mar 8th, 2022

Kwalee’s Draw It surpasses 100 million downloads

The company’s most downloaded and lucrative game to date

  • Milestone
  • Downloads
  • United Kingdom
  • Draw It
Kwalee acquires French narrative developer Tictales FIRST ONE Jan 24th, 2022

Kwalee acquires French narrative developer Tictales

Marks the studio’s first acquisition

  • Acquisition
  • France
  • Narrative
  • Hypercasual
Kwalee appoints Sega and Ubisoft veteran William Cox as head of mobile publishing PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE Nov 18th, 2021

Kwalee appoints Sega and Ubisoft veteran William Cox as head of mobile publishing

Bringing over a decade of industry experience

  • Jobs
  • Hypercasual
  • United Kingdom
as UK hypercasual firm Kwalee expands Bangalore operations INCREASING INDIAN OPERATIONS Nov 16th, 2021

UK hypercasual firm Kwalee expands Bangalore operations

Follows recent expansion of Leamington Spa HQ

  • India
  • Bangalore
  • Hypercasual
Kwalee’s Traffic Cop 3D tops App Store charts in USA, UK, and Canada PULL OVER Nov 5th, 2021

Kwalee’s Traffic Cop 3D tops App Store charts in USA, UK, and Canada

Top 10 casual game in 41 countries

  • Charts
  • App Store
  • Hypercasual
  • United Kingdom
Kwalee plans to invest $30 million into India over the next five years MORE JOBS May 5th, 2021

Kwalee plans to invest $30 million into India over the next five years

Hypercasual co continues to grow

  • India
  • Bangalore
  • Hypercasual
as Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers GET CONNECTED Apr 1st, 2021

Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers

Offering one-to-one mentorship

  • India
  • Hypercasual
Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency "EXPAND EVEN FURTHER" Mar 10th, 2020

Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency

UK studio set to launch more games than ever in 2020

  • Leamington Spa
  • Hypercasual
  • Toxicity
  • Addiction
Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme A BIGGER SHARE Feb 19th, 2020

Kwalee pays out $1.3 million in staff bonuses through profit share scheme

Launched in October 2018

  • Shares
  • Leamington Spa
From Commodore 64 to hyper-casual: David Darling on the resurgence of simple games based on elegant ideas HYPER-CASUAL Sep 12th, 2017

From Commodore 64 to hyper-casual: David Darling on the resurgence of simple games based on elegant ideas

The Codemasters Co-founder and Kwalee CEO on how design and development in the mobile space brings back memories and lessons from his days coding in the 80s

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  • Game Design
  • Hypercasual
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