August 15, 2018 Finance Tencent reports a quarterly drop in mobile revenue, but across the board business is booming Mobile games revenue took a blow from “transient factors”
August 15, 2018 Boss It Former Paradox CFO Andras Vajlok joins Like A Boss board Six-year grand strategy veteran joins mobile sports maker
August 15, 2018 Investment Animoca Brands receives $1.08m investment from Lympo and Sun Hung Kai Publisher and developer to use the funding to open up opportunities in AI and blockchain
August 14, 2018 India Alibaba-owned gaming firm AGTech puts $16m into Gamepind Entertainment Mobile gaming venture will use the fund to release a separate app within the next six months
August 14, 2018 Invested Metropolitan Partners Group invests in Tilting Point Media user acquisition fund Marketing and publishing platform aims to deploy $132m annually to finance user acquisition
August 14, 2018 Touchdown Lifetime mobile sales of Madden NFL exceed 73 million Combined with PC and mobile, the franchise has sold over 200 million copies
August 13, 2018 Fort-not Google Play now warning Fortnite fans that the game isn’t on its Android store Despite best efforts, clones are likely to flood the Google Play store
August 13, 2018 Unity 67% of Unity developers are choosing to publish independently Unity reports on the development habits of 1,445 small to medium Indies
August 10, 2018 Get Online Nintendo Switch Online will arrive in the second half of September Long-delayed online subscription services pegged for the end of next month
August 10, 2018 Field Trip Indian learning platform Quizizz raises over $3 million in funding Homework gamification app has amassed over 10 million active users
August 9, 2018 Financials Square Enix profits drop after three months with no new games and new mobile titles fail to perform Three-month financial results show a slow quarter for the Japanese publisher
August 9, 2018 Write In Interactive fiction specialist Dr Emily Short joins the Spirit AI board Two-year Character Engine product manager takes on the role of executive director at Spirit
August 9, 2018 Child-friendly Industry veterans seek to structure children's screen time with Ava The new take on parental controls ditches restrictions and blocklists to take a more positive spin
August 6, 2018 Blocked Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
August 3, 2018 Quite Possible PUBG Mobile is bringing Mission Impossible: Fallout to its pocket-sized battlegrounds The month-long campaign to bring tie-in content and challenges to PUBG is already underway
August 3, 2018 Report Keywords half-year pre-tax profits up 66% to $18.43m All 7 acquisitions made in 2018 so far are performing "in line with expectations"
August 3, 2018 Take Three Kakao Games makes a third $16.8 million investment in esports developer Neptune The South Korean company now holds an 11 per cent stake in Neptune
August 3, 2018 Lucky Draw Mobile users account for 71% of the $1.5 billion digital card games market Hearthstone leads the charge on a market expected to grow to $2 billion by 2020
August 2, 2018 Well Made Games Workshop's yearly profits nearly double to $97m “Our business and our hobby are in great shape, the best shape either has been for some time”
August 2, 2018 Punch Up Mobile brawler Shadow Fight 3 strikes over 40 million downloads Third entry in Nekki’s punch-up franchise looks set to follow in the shadowy, successful footsteps of its predecessor
August 2, 2018 Duty Calls Activision working with Tencent on new Call of Duty mobile game for China Collaboration confirms a free-to-play mobile entry in the long-running first-person-shooter franchise
August 2, 2018 Dead Good Dead Trigger 2 lands a direct hit on 100 million downloads The milestone marks the zombie blaster as developer Madfinger’s most successful title to date
August 1, 2018 New Horizons Shop Heroes dev Cloudcade opens games studio in Pakistan Shop Heroes developer plans to invest in Pakistan as a new technology hub through the new location
August 1, 2018 Surf’s Up Subway Surfers' iOS revenue sprints past $80 million from in-app purchases Six years after launch Kiloo’s runner is still a runaway success
August 1, 2018 New Management Sega of America names Ian Curran as new COO and president Industry veteran steps into the new role effective today alongside serving position on Atlus USA’s board
August 1, 2018 Watch Out Sony's multi-billion dollar mobile hit Fate/Grand Order snags two films and a spin-off anime series Type-moon’s mobile RPG is getting tie-ins to explore its Babylonia and Camelot storylines
July 31, 2018 Learning Tools Epic includes a nifty tutorial for creating high-end mobile games with the latest build of Unreal Engine 'Action RPG' sample project aims to help get developers to grips with high-quality mobile production
July 31, 2018 Report Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales Earnings report for the Japanese publisher shows a strong start to the year, with $1.5b in overall revenue so far
July 31, 2018 Galactic Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes generated nearly $55m during Q2 2018 Galaxy of Heroes spearheads Electronic Arts’ mobile business, accounting for 29 per cent of total revenue
July 30, 2018 Milestone Vainglory brings in over $50m in lifetime revenue Super Evil Megacorp’s 2014 MOBA secures a spot as the third most popular genre entry on mobile
July 30, 2018 Code Kids Microsoft puts $500k behind tech training for students of colour Publisher enters partnership with Black Girls Code to improve STEM education
July 30, 2018 Takeover FoxNext among assets purchased in Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox Games division one of the “key assets” acquired by the big mouse
July 30, 2018 Funding Round Japanese studio Bank of Innovation floats on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mobile RPG developer ends first day with $77 million market cap
July 27, 2018 Report FIFA success dominates EA’s financial report for Q1 FY2019 Publishing giant brings in a net revenue of $1.14 billion this quarter
July 27, 2018 Report Revenue at hidden object specialist G5 Games jumps to $44.7m in Q2 2018 Swedish publisher is placing a priority on building up development teams for future success
July 27, 2018 Deal Beijing Bosi Interactive secures exclusive $740k deal with Animoca Brands to distribute Crazy Kings in China BBI wins rights to distribute Android and HTML5 ports of the iOS strategy title, due next year
July 26, 2018 Swift Action SwiftLife swiftly sues Taylor Swift over Taylor Swift: The Swift Life New York computer consulting service isn't happy with a new app from the singer holding the same name as its business
July 26, 2018 Glorious Apple flaunts iPhone X gaming capabilities with Vainglory demonstration Bionic chip commercial provides a marketing platform for Super Evil Megacorp’s MOBA
July 26, 2018 Punch Up Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle amasses over $1 billion in revenue over two years Bandai Namco continue to find success with the Dragon Ball license
July 26, 2018 Downloads Swedish publisher MAG Interactive has passed 250 million downloads Milestone follows a successful IPO for the Ruzzle and Paint Hit creator
July 25, 2018 Drop Together PUBG Mobile introduces a new 'Clans' community feature Update also brings achievements and deathmatch-inspired War Mode to the mobile port
July 25, 2018 Tree Time Side-scrolling MMORPG MapleStory M launches worldwide Nexon celebrates the mobile edition’s launch with a fortnight of in-game rewards
July 25, 2018 Lights, Camera Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds partners with Peak Games for Toon Blast performance marketing campaign Deadpool actor recorded 30 versions of a commercial for the iterative advertising project
July 24, 2018 Slow And Steady Next Games revenue nearly halves in H1 2018 as The Walking Dead: Our World dev buckles down on game launches Development costs and fall in DAUS hurts sales
July 24, 2018 Right Track Public transport puzzler Mini Metro has sold over a million units Minimalist metro manager will also be added to Boston Children’s Hospital’s Mightier program
July 23, 2018 Weekly Charts Weekly UK App Store charts: Fortnite a top grosser on iPhone and iPad Rankings from July 9th to 15th
July 17, 2018 No Biggie Nintendo’s lawsuit against Japanese publisher Colopl won’t stall White Cat Project Switch release Console giant says these are "completely separate matters"
July 17, 2018 Crunch Facebook Instant Games match-3 title Cookie Crush surpasses one billion level starts Developer Softgames thanks a ‘mainly female’ and ‘surprisingly younger’ audience for game’s success
July 17, 2018 Invested Equity firm KKR & Co purchases $400m minority stake in mobile marketing platform Applovin Deal increases the marketing platform’s value to $2 billion
July 16, 2018 On Tap Huuuge Games launches hyper-casual publishing label Tap Tap Games Social casino company makes a move into publishing one-finger casual titles