New Funds
European tech investor Balderton Capital raises $375 million fund for next round of investments
Has raised $2.6 billion across six funds
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Ric Cowley
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Articles by Ric Cowley
Walking Summoners
Com2uS partners with Skybound Entertainment on Summoners War comics, animation, and more
Robert Kirkman, Catherine Winder, and David Alpert on board as executive producers
Rawr I'm A Dragon
Ubisoft's Hungry Shark series swaps seas for skies in recently soft-launched Hungry Dragon
FGOL probably developing it, but no evidence to support this
Most Read
The making of Homescapes, why Mark Skaggs left Zynga, and how are mobile clones of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds performing?
The hottest articles of last week
Blitzing
Nexon soft-launches card-based PvP game MapleStory Blitz
Takes the themes of the MMO and uses them for another purpose
Infinity Stickers
Chair Entertainment partners with messaging app Pundit on a pack of Infinity Blade stickers
Now you can stab the God King with the Infinity Blade in cartoon form
Wordalicious
MAG Interactive's WordBrain scores over 40 million downloads
10 million downloads in the last 11 months
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday 2017: Savings for game developers on Unity assets, Udemy courses and more
The best game development savings out there
Critical Downloads
Mobile eSports shooter Critical Ops surpasses 30 million downloads worldwide
Former Kabam CEO Kevin Chou joins the board
Rovio Shares
Rovio's share price falls 20% as user acquisition spend increases and profits drop
UA spend went up by 308.7% in its July-September period
Less Lovin
AppLovin swaps $1.4 billion sale to Orient Hontai Capital for $841 million debt investment
Orient Hontai takes a 9.98% stake for $140 million as well
Zooming Off
PacketZoom closes $5 million series A funding round to grow its platform
Baseline Ventures leads the round
Xiaomi India Investment
Xiaomi plans to invest $1 billion in 100 Indian developers over the next five years
CEO Lei Jun outlines the company's plans for the future
Apple In Bloom
Report: Apple acquires mixed reality hardware firm Vrvana for $30 million
Could use the firm's VR/AR tech to design its own headset
Here There Be Loot
Belgian Gaming Commission claims loot boxes are a form of gambling
Belgium's Minister of Justice seeks to ban loot boxes across Europe, but it probably won't happen
Mad Skillz
Skillz brings cross-game, cross-platform chat system to 12 million users on its service
Revenues per player apparently increasing for apps using the chat
Outta Here
Outplay Entertainment has increased its revenues by 1,904% since 2013
Ranked fastest-growing tech company in Scotland by Deloitte
Heck Yeah
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launches a day early
Hasn't changed much since soft launch
Tencent Market Cap
Tencent becomes first company in China to break $500 billion market cap
Bigger than Alibaba, Baidu, EA, Activision Blizzard, and Ubisoft combined
Marvel At It
FoxNext partners with Marvel on upcoming mobile game Marvel Strike Force
Former Kabam staff at Aftershock working on the game
Fallout Shutter
Behaviour Interactive shutters Santiago studio behind Fallout Shelter
Some staff transferred up to Montreal
Mind Candy Money
Mind Candy secures additional $1 million from existing investors to stay afloat
Hoping to bring in more funding in the new year
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Dune! clings to the top spot
Rankings from November 6th to November 12th
Mag Ipo
Ruzzle developer MAG Interactive eyes $68 million IPO
$27 million of shares already put to one side for existing investors
Sega Hardlight Profile
From Sonic Jump to Speed Battle: The story of Sega Hardlight
Studio head Chris Southall on the path that led the developer to Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
Most Read
How will Peak Games use its $100 million warchest, The Game Awards reveals its nominees, and how to launch a game in China
The hottest articles of last week
Razer Phone Launch
Razer launches its gamer-focused Razer Phone for $699
Three threw a launch party with Vainglory and YouTubers
Gotta Go Fast
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle races past two million downloads a fortnight after launching
Now landing on Android
Sviper No Sviping
Wild City Rush developer Sviper receives investment from three industry veterans
Klaas Kersting, Shum Singh, and MJ Fahmi invest in the developer
Lasse Leaves
Clash of Clans co-designer Lasse Louhento leaves Supercell after six years
Unclear why or where he's going next
'tis The Season
57% of mobile gamers are more likely to watch a rewarded video ad during the holiday season
Tapjoy explores the modern mobile gamer and their views on marketing during the holidays
The State Of It
Non-organic mobile game installs have grown 3.4% since Q3 2016
AppsFlyer digs deep in its State of Gaming App Marketing report
Premium Partners
Bidalgo becomes Google's latest Premium Partner for Mobile Advertising
Working together on making Google's UACs accessible to all advertisers
Dragonflow
Social casino platform FlowPlay to bring Dragonchain's blockchain technology to its games
Invests in its ICO and plans on licensing the blockchain
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Lineage 2 Heads West
Netmarble's MMORPG Lineage 2 Revolution launches in the US and Europe
It's been a long time coming
Top Trivia
Trivia Crack clears 300 million downloads in time for its fourth birthday
Over 80 billion questions answered worldwide
Super Movie Bros
Report: Nintendo partnering with Illumination Entertainment for Super Mario animated movie
John Leguizamo to reprise his role as Luigi?
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Bull In An App Store
Rodeo Stampede races past 100 million downloads
Still holding onto one million DAUs
Animoca Game Sale
Animoca Brands sells entire portfolio of 318 casual games to iCandy Interactive for $3.8 million
Performance-based incentives and potential profit shares also thrown in
The Game Awards 2017
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes receive Best Mobile Game nominations at The Game Awards 2017
Honor of Kings is up for Best Chinese Game
Creator's Club
GameMaker Studio 2 launches $39 Creator tier for novice developers
Get access to the full kit for less - but you'll still need to shell out to develop on mobile
War Robots Vr
Pixonic turns to Kickstarter to fund upcoming multiplayer game War Robots VR
Aiming to launch on PC in early 2018
Happy Birthday Candy Crush
King's Candy Crush franchise has cleared 2.73 billion downloads five years since launching on mobile
Developer celebrates the fifth anniversary of Candy Crush Saga
Adcolony Job Cuts
AdColony cuts 125 jobs as it closes AdMarvel platform
Moving even further into automated ad sales
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Sonic Forces: Speed Battle races to the top three
Rankings from October 30th to November 5th
A Slow Hatching
Hatch expands its open beta to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland
Also in limited release elsewhere in Europe
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Razer Ipo
Razer raises $500 million from IPO on Hong Kong Exchange
Share prices briefly exploded by around 40%