Making Of
Making Of: Madfinger Games CEO Marek Rabas on why Shadowgun War Games is just getting started
"The community reaction has been phenomenal"
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Matthew Forde
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All Chill, No Sweat
Update: Fortnite launches weaponless Party Royale mode
"Experimental and evolving space"
$10 Million Set Aside
My.Games launches publishing programme aimed at hypercasual developers
"More than 13 years' experience developing and publishing games"
Manors Maketh Man
Playrix releases Manor Matters globally after six months in soft launch
First hidden object game for the publisher
Beta Booming
Microsoft's Project xCloud accumulates "hundreds of thousands" of active users
"Commercial cloud revenue generating $13.3 billion"
"leap Of Faith"
Indie Spotlight: Steet Lamp Games co-founder on the difficulties of breaking into games in India
Mahesh Athirala details how he started the award-winning studio.
Covid-19 Impact
AppsFlyer: Mobile game revenue has risen 35% since February
Casual and social games have seen an identical jump
Emergency Appeal Ongoing
National Videogame Museum continues fight for survival as it raises £130,000
"Every donation gets us closer to securing our future"
Quest Unlocked
UK initiative SideQuest looks to encourage games careers for 3.3 million teenagers under lockdown
Target of 100,000 to get into games
More Games In 2021
Google and EA partner to bring Star Wars, FIFA and Madden NFL to Stadia
Set to launch later this year
Launch Exclusive
Interview: Why Moonshine Studios is proud to launch Get Packed first on Google Stadia
"Stadia has been a natural fit for our development pipeline"
Remote Working
Remote Working: How an all-day "Zoom room" is helping Tag Games to communicate
"It's certainly an unusual situation, but we're already discovering ways to improve how we work that will come in handy"
Remote Working
Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic
We reach out to our Indie Mavens to discuss life under lockdown
All Aboard
Sybo Games soft-launches new endless runner Train Riders
Available in Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and the Philippines
Pastures New
Interview: Why Jens Begemann thinks now is the right time to leave Wooga
"Wooga is strategically set in the right direction and I miss the early days"
Bananas For Everyone
Update: Gameloft's Minion Rush dashes closer to one billion downloads worldwide
"It's insane when you think about it."
"more Successful Than Ever"
Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann departs after 11 years
Former Google head of games Nai Chang will takeover position in June
20 Years Of Gameloft
Staying agile in an ever-changing industry: Gameloft chiefs look back on the company's 20 years in games
CFO Alexandre de Rochefort and COO Baudouin Corman speak to us about adapting to shifts in technology and monetisation
Everyone Loves A Comeback
Google Stadia mobile app surpasses one million installs in five months
50 per cent increase over launch week
Record Sales Smashed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells more digitally in one month than any other console game ever
SuperData states that New Horizons is the best selling game in history digitally
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
Android Only
Educational game streaming service Hatch Kids launches in UK and Ireland
Also available in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway
Investment
Finnish studio Reworks raises $4.3 million led by EQT Ventures
Launches home design game Redecor
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: From Xbox Live Vision to Apple Arcade, how Zen Studios have survived for nearly two decades
COO Mel Kirk shares his thoughts on the history of Hungarian studio
Doubled Revenue
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads have risen by nearly 800% since New Horizons' launch
An estimated 42.3 million downloads to date
Bellionaires
Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game
Best-selling entry in series to date
Under The Sea
NASA launches ocean research game dedicated to mapping coral reefs globally
Aiming to help preserve these environments and better understand threatened ecosystems
18 Months After Launch
Epic Games begrudgingly rolls out Fortnite on Google Play
"We hope that Google will revise its policies"
Remote Working
Remote Working: How NaturalMotion’s Tobi Fink is marketing CSR Racing from home
In the first weeks of Covid-19 most of the team has experienced greater productivity than in the office.
Adjust Report
Mobile game downloads have shot up by 75% in Q1 2020 due to Covid-19 impact
132% rise in installs over the last week in March 2020
Astronomical Event
Epic Games partners with US rapper Travis Scott for Fortnite virtual tour
Scott will debut his new song in-game
Fist Bump
Sonic Forces boosts through 50 million downloads globally
Surpasses $4.2 million in lifetime revenue
My Nintendo
Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan
Offers services across Switch, Wii U and 3DS
Big Moves
Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more
Apple Music similarly being expanded to same countries
Let's Get Ready To
Supercell-owned Frogmind soft-launches animal sports game Rumble Hockey
Available across both iOS and Android in Finland, Canada, Australia, and more.
Making Of
Making Of: How Ubisoft shrunk down Rayman for Apple Arcade
"Ubisoft is always present on new platforms right from launch"
Interview
Why Tencent thinks now is the right time to launch Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA
Arena of Valor executive producer Ray Ning and TiMi Studios director Vincent Gao discuss the move
Global Expansion
Tencent launches hugely popular MOBA Arena of Valor in Russia and MENA
200 million players worldwide to date
Four Of A Kind
Indie Spotlight: How Foursaken Media upped the ante for War Tortoise 2
"Knowing where to draw the line between polished enough to be great and over-polished is one of the most important things"
Bad Liar
Pop star Selena Gomez files lawsuit against Clothes Forever developer LoveCrunch
Suing for damages, profits, and for the game to stop using her likeness.
Hypercasual Help
Supersonic Studios partners with ITI to help publish Japanese games internationally
"We are excited to help other Japanese developers see their games achieve international success"
Subject To Approval
Nordisk Film Games becomes largest shareholder in Nitro Games following $4.5 million investment
Funds will go towards more shooter games
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How Dan Sturman went from researcher to Roblox CTO
"The biggest challenge for me has been being new to the team and not yet knowing who is who"
Collaboration Spree
Kabam soft-launches action-RPG Disney Mirrorverse in the Philippines
Set to feature familiar faces from the world of Disney and Pixar
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: How China convinced Yodo1 business manager Marina Espin to join the industry
"When I was little, I never even thought about the existence of a whole industry, not to mention actual jobs there"
Making Of
Making Of: How Shantae and the Seven Sirens found its way to being an Apple Arcade launch title
"This was our shortest dev cycle for a Shantae game"
Sky Soaring
Indie Spotlight: How thatgamecompany transitioned from console to mobile with Sky: Children of Light
"We wanted to make the essence of Journey accessible to a broader audience"
Soft Launch Benefits
PGC Digital: "Platform featuring is not as strong as it used to be," says former Disney and Zynga PM
As part of a panel on 'Learning from Mistakes – What Should we Have Done Before we Launched?'
Remote Working Month
Remote Working: How Wooga's Marco Rizzotti is developing character designs from home
"The quiet environment at home helps me to focus"
Words Of Caution
PGC Digital: META Games COO believes KPIs are the "best way to align teams and people towards a goal"
META Games co-founder Philipp Karstaedt shared tips on metrics