Ubisoft Financials Q2 Fy18
Ubisoft's Ketchapp and Growtopia catalogue boost mobile DAUs by 234%
Very little else to mention in its financials
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Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
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Zynga buys Peak Games' card titles for $100 million, a look at how Glu transformed, and Bon Games closes a $1.4 million seed round
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Straight Fire
Amazon's Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament returns on December 2nd
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Beach Buggy Racing, Minion Rush and more will be represented
Com2us Financials Q3 Fy17
61% of Com2uS' $98.9 million Q3 overseas revenues came from North America and Europe
Summoners War continues to be the biggest performer
Nintendo In China
Nintendo still considering launching mobile games in China if it can find a partner
But it needs a partner if it's going to move into the region
Uniting People
Unity hires two ex-Insomniac Games lead engineers to head up new Los Angeles studio
Mike Action and Andres Fredriksson take on new jobs as Principal Engineers
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue
Apple Ar Headset
Report: Apple preparing to launch an AR headset in 2020
Ready for use internally by 2019
Indie Publishing
Competing with the big boys: Tilting Point on what publishers should be offering indie developers in 2017
Chief Operating Officer Samir El Agili discusses the realities of the mobile game market
Diamond In The Rough
King soft-launches Royal Boulevard Saga again under new name Diamond Diaries Saga
Still not out of soft launch
Sounds Good
Finnish startup Bon Games closes $1.4 million seed round to launch first game Transit King
Fingersoft handling publishing duties
Get It Right
Appodeal launches guide on monetising and launching apps and games for kids
Launching Kids Apps The Right Way makes sure your app is COPPA compliant
Honey, I'm Home
Supersolid partners with Universal Music Group to bring Shania Twain to Home Street
Social game has now surpassed four million downloads
Tram Wobbler
Experimental one-dimensional dungeon crawler Line Wobbler comes to a tram in Helsinki on November 14th
Tickets for the event are already sold out
Tiga Games Industry Awards 2017
Playdemic's Golf Clash scores Game of the Year award at TIGA Games Industry Awards
Space Ape also gets a nod
Toon Army
Niantic acquires animation platform Evertoon to add new social features to Pokemon GO
Evertoon's community services to shut down at the end of November
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Hunter Explore and IP licensing boost Capcom's mobile revenues to $21.9 million
Overall revenues hit $295.4 million
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Facebook's strategy for Instant Games, Ilkka Paananen on Supercell's success, and EA's mobile revenues take a hit
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Super Tax
Supercell generated €881 million in tax revenue in 2016
CEO Ilkka Paananen earned €46.6 million in taxable income
Next Games Financials Q3 Fy17
Next Games plans further expansion with new office in Los Angeles and bigger HQ in Helsinki
Shooting for 200 staff in 2018
Apple Financials Q4 Fy17
Apple's iPhone 8 and 8 Plus launch push revenues to $52.6 billion
Yearly revenues come in at $229.2 billion
Activision Financials Q3 Fy17
King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3
Candy Crush franchise has its strongest quarter yet
Man Of The People
Zynga hires former GoPro SVP of People Jeff Ryan as new Chief People Officer
Starts on November 27th
What A Relief
UK government's Video Games Tax Relief extended into 2023
TIGA rejoices, then tells government it needs to step up
In The Hole
Playdemic launches UK TV ad for casual golfing game Golf Clash
It's rather silly
Leaps And Bounds
Super Mario Odyssey sells two million units in its first three days of release
Fastest-selling Super Mario game ever in the US and Europe
Come Together
Kakao Games merger brings total registered users to 550 million
Begins operations with Kakao's games division as of November 1st
Sega Financials Q2 Fy18
Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA continue to keep Sega's mobile revenues afloat
Revenues grow to $1.7 billion
Glu Financials Q3 Fy17
Glu Mobile's revenues grow to $81.8 million as Design Home scores another 8.7 million downloads in Q3
Now gearing up to launch The Swift Life
Mag Investment
MAG Interactive secures $9.7 million investment to close FEO Media acquistion
Swedbank Robur's Microcap fund steps in to help
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy17
GungHo revenues drop to $613.9 million as Puzzle & Dragons continues to face decline
Gearing up to launch new titles to stem the decline
Looking Sharp
Razer Phone specification leak suggests 8GB RAM and 5.72 inch screen for new device
64GB memory, dual-camera set-up, and all the other good stuff
Konami Financials Q2 Fy18
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links hits 55 million downloads as Konami clears $1 billion in revenues
Plenty of other games contributing to overall success
Sony Financials Q2 Fy18
Fate/Grand Order boosts Sony Music's revenues to $1.81 billion
Sony ForwardWorks goes unmentioned
Ea Financials Q2 Fy18
EA mobile revenues dip to $158 million as FIFA Mobile scores 113 million downloads
Madden NFL Mobile and Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes lead growth
Gree Financials Q1 Fy18
Another Eden and SINoALICE promotions push GREE revenues up to $190.6 million
Profits fall drastically to just $16.8 million
Cyberagent Financials Q4 Fy17
CyberAgent revenues reach $3.28 billion thanks to continued strong performances of Shadowverse and BanG Dream!
Investing in the future of eSports and Bitcoin
Draconious Go
Ukranian developer Elyland reportedly in trouble with Niantic over similarities between Draconius Go and Pokemon GO
Elyland reckon's it's in the clear
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Ketchapp reasserts its dominance on the top download charts
Rankings from October 16th to October 22nd
Roostr Booster
Chartboost rebrands influencer marketing platform Roostr as Chartboost Influence
Adds new functionality to the platform
Cash Royale
Supercell wraps up latest $200,000 Clash Royale tournament in Atlanta
Winning team takes home $60,000 between them
Sea Ipo
Garena parent company Sea raises $884 million from IPO on NYSE
Share price dips to $14 in the first week
Arppu Up
Top grossing games on mobile have seen ARPPU increase by over 60% since January 2016
GameAnalytics digs into the data
Nintendo Financials Q2 Fy17
Nintendo's mobile revenues grow 426% to $157.8 million thanks to Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes
Switch clears 7.63 million units sold
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Kongregate shakes up its management, King partners with Snapchat, and Adam Telfer talks deconstructing games
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Fore Million
Sony ForwardWorks' Mingol hits four million downloads in under four months
Celebrates with in-game rewards and coin discounts
A New Dimension
New volumetric and 3D video capture studio Dimension sets up home in London
Hammerhead VR, Digital Catapult, and Microsoft all pitch in
Paladins Strike
Hi-Rez Studios soft-launches mobile MOBA take on PC shooter Paladins Strike
Showing better signs of life then SMITE Rivals
Iphone X
Apple opens pre-orders for iPhone X a week ahead of its release
Already sold out of its initial run