December 12, 2018 Soulful Netmarble’s Blade and Soul Revolution tops iOS grossing charts in South Korea one day after launch The MMORPG will launch globally in 2019
December 12, 2018 Hatched Hatch set to bring games streaming service to Android TV as part of premium membership scheme Premium scheme pencilled in for a Q1 2019 launch
December 11, 2018 Funded Analytics platform AppOnboard eyes up London and Seoul offices following $30m funding drive Los Angeles-based company claim $15m will come in off the bat from Breakaway Growth
December 11, 2018 Charts Weekly global mobile games charts: Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions enjoys Western surge in player spending This week's charts cover the period from November 26th to December 2nd
December 10, 2018 Hot Five Playtika snaps up Wooga, who is buying Zynga, and Jam City layoffs The past weeks hottest articles
December 7, 2018 Zoned MZ picks up Wells Fargo exec for chief financial officer role Has experience with IPOs and M&A activity
December 7, 2018 Winner Winner Mountains takes home Best Mobile Game prize from The Game Awards 2018 Matt Makes Games’ Celeste also took home prizes for Best Indie Game and Games for Impact Award
December 7, 2018 Indie Mavens Where do indies and innovative ideas fit in the current mobile games market? Our indie Mavens weigh in
December 6, 2018 Jobs In Games From RuneScape to Love Island: Fusebox's Sarah Longthorne on how to land a job as a narrative designer "Writing in a group opens you up to constructive criticism, which is kind of like a ‘frenemy’ for most writers. It hurts, but it’s good for you."
December 6, 2018 Epic Sensor Tower: Epic Games’ Fortnite makes $1.2m a day for November on iOS alone The battle royale has now made $385 million from iOS
December 5, 2018 Indie Spotlight How Super Entertainment's Spin Rhythm is designed to combine flow with flare “Spin Rhythm makes use of all the available inputs and gestures of a touch screen to make players feel like they are inside the music, almost composing as they play like some interdimensional DJ”
December 5, 2018 Solid Roblox builds up revenues of $25m for October The revenue haul represents a 67 per cent increase year-on-year
December 5, 2018 Lost And Found Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost hatches over $50m in just over two months The RPG is still only available in the US, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau
December 4, 2018 Charts Weekly global mobile game charts: Ironhides’ Kingdom Rush Vengeance off to strong start in UK, US and China Covers the period from November 19th to 25th.
December 4, 2018 Nice Soomla snags $2.6m in funding to boost mobile monetization measurement platform The funding was led by JAL Ventures with further investment from existing partners
December 4, 2018 Winner Winner Tencent’s PUBG Mobile crowned best game of the year on Android by Google King’s Candy Crush Friends Saga and Team Alto’s Odyssey also given nods
December 4, 2018 Indie Delight Donut County and Gorogoa named iPhone and iPad game of the year by Apple Alto’s Odyssey and battle royale games also given the nod
November 30, 2018 Charts Weekly global mobile game charts: Tencent’s Naruto Online makes a splash in the East Charts for the week of November 12th
November 30, 2018 Hard Turn Nintendo shoots down Elon Musk's request to license Mario Kart to Tesla’s range of electric cars The Tesla CEO seems open to the possibility of adding PC games marketplace Steam though
November 30, 2018 Stocked Mobvista hopes to snag $173.9m from IPO to boost mobile advertising and analytics platform The Hong Kong-based company also intends
November 30, 2018 Masterclass “Games are for everyone:” Space Ape on breaking misconceptions and helping people find their way into the industry “Our studio is overflowing with knowledge, I think it would be selfish not to share it”
November 30, 2018 Joining The Flock Angry Birds creator Rovio snaps up Finnish dev PlayRaven Rovio claims the move will help them strengthen their presence in strategy games
November 29, 2018 Woah British consumers to rack up $1.2 billion in spending on mobile games this year The figure is set to rise to $2 billion in 2023
November 29, 2018 Jamming Jam City wraps up Bingo Pop IP acquisition with new Toronto Studio The Bingo Pop team will join Jam City as part of the move
November 29, 2018 Speak Up Tencent, Zynga and Natural Motion set to speak at India Games Developer Conference 2018 Activision, Ubisoft and Avalanche Studios also to feature
November 28, 2018 Caught Nintendo catches $250m from the US between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday Total US hardware sales for the period jumped up 45 per cent over the same period in 2017
November 28, 2018 Hammered Games Workshop taps up Tilting Point and Hunted Cow for Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest The fantasy strategy game is currently in Beta in the Philippines and could be globally launched next year
November 28, 2018 Indie Spotlight Alex Johansson on combining vertical platformer and shooter inspirations in Shump and diversifying income "Other areas gave me those extra streams of income to sustain development when getting started and also serve as a breath of fresh air from the apps I was working on daily"
November 27, 2018 Wales Wales Region Focus: “We've got a way to go but we're already punching above our weight” Toxic Games' Dan De Rocha, Wales Interactive’s David Banner MBE and Richard Pring, Talespinners' Ian Thomas and Quantum Soup’s Chris Payne weigh in
November 23, 2018 Black Friday From Unity assets to Udemy courses: some of the best Black Friday deals for games developers Deals also involve discounts on GameMaker Studio 2 and RPG Maker MV
November 23, 2018 Game On Discord experiments with games detection on Android The feature shows others what a user is playing or listening to on Spotify
November 22, 2018 All Go Blizzard reportedly working on a Pokemon Go-styled World of Warcraft spin-off for mobile The game reportedly has single-player mechanics
November 22, 2018 Gone Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee shifts three million copies on Nintendo Switch in first week The haul is the highest first-week sales figure for a Switch title
November 22, 2018 Tough Times “It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times": IGDA exec Jen MacLean on being a games developer in 2018 "We also know that the games industry is cyclical, and I suspect that some of the things that we see with studio closures are only the beginning"
November 22, 2018 Vroom NaturalMotion’s CSR Racing 2 speeds past 73 million installs The drag racing title has also hit the top spot for grossing in over 120 countries
November 21, 2018 Job Klaxon Animoca Brands brings in former Mozilla exec to head up strategic partnerships As part of his role Gen Kanai will help to advance the company’s blockchain strategy
November 21, 2018 A Magneton Of Bad Reviews Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee struck by review-bombing for deviating from main-series formula Amazon Japan appears to have purged its review section in response
November 21, 2018 Charted Weekly global mobile game charts: Pokemon Go enjoys grossing spike in the West following Pokemon Let's Go launch The charts from November 5th to 11th
November 20, 2018 Sweet Candy Crush games have made King a sweet $1.3 billion in 2018 so far $128m of that came in October
November 20, 2018 Decked Out Indie Spotlight: Stefan Åhlin on leaving King and creating a roguelike deck-builder "The single biggest challenge has been to simply finish such a big game"
November 20, 2018 Resurrected Development on Telltale’s The Walking Dead starts up again Former developers to return to complete the project
November 19, 2018 Jobs In Games From Crackdown to mobile: Outplay's Phil Wilson on how to snag a job as vice president of operations "We have successful games that are several years old and we’re continuing to build our portfolio. That excites me more than any triple-A pre-launch hype ever could"
November 16, 2018 Not Quite Noble Tencent’s Arena of Valor takes $5m from the US as year anniversary approaches The Chinese version, Honor of Kings, has made $3.7 billion in comparison since late-2015
November 16, 2018 Falling Into Place Changyou snags licence to bring Tetris mobile games to China Its first effort, Tetris Journey, is set to land next year on Android and iOS
November 16, 2018 Joining The Flock New dev strategy for Angry Birds developer Rovio as it gets to work on 12 new games Targeting at least two releases next year
November 15, 2018 Super Supercell's Brawl Stars rumbles up over five million pre-registrations in one day Players were promised a skin should 2m installs be cleared
November 15, 2018 Keys To The Kingdom “We can’t wait to bring Disney stories and characters to life on mobile”: Jam City on its big new partnership We caught up with Jam City president and COO Josh Yguado following yesterday’s partnership reveal
November 15, 2018 Lukewarm Tencent’s mobile revenues remain steady in Q3 despite China’s freeze on games licenses Mobile revenues grew seven per cent year-on-year to $2.8 billion
November 15, 2018 Super Supercell’s Brawl Stars pulls in $6.5m from soft launch ahead of global launch The arena shooter is set to go global next month
November 14, 2018 Is That Safe? Voice-based games developer Drivetime raises $4m in funds to make games for drivers Funding includes Zynga co-founders Mark Pincus, Eric Schiermeyer and Justin Waldron along with Applovin founder Adam Foroughi