Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Bandai Namco's Jihoon Kim on marketing a mobile game for the US
"The trailer that our team created outperformed in every placement we put into the market at the time"
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Matthew Forde
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Articles by Matthew Forde
Monopoly?
Apple could purchase Disney during stock drop, says analyst
Stock fell below $100 per share
"odds Are Stacked"
Update: Apple removes Plague Inc. from China App Store due to licensing issues
"Content that is illegal in China"
A Homerun?
Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch
Partnership continues with Major League Baseball
Super Evil Mega-opening
New studio Bazooka Tango launched by Vainglory creators
$2.5 million raised to create multiplayer mobile games
Price Fixing Allegations
Apple fined record $1.23 billion by French antitrust regulator
Tech Data and Ingram Micro both fined €76 million ($84.4 million) and €63 million (69.9 million) respectively
Brighton-based
MAG Interactive hires BAFTA award-winning art director Jules Langran
"Very impressed with the ethos at MAG"
3 Vs 3 Online
Lava Skull's third car-based football game Soccer Rally: Arena soft-launches in US
But does it play on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?
"irresponsible To Carry On"
Gamesweek Berlin and EGX Rezzed delayed surrounding coronavirus threat
March and April events moved to prevent the spread
This Is The Way
Making Of: How Illusion Labs' Way of the Turtle found its way to Apple Arcade
CEO Marcus Dawson shares all
Pride, Gluttony, The Rest
Netmarble heralds Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross a "great success" as game surpasses 3 million downloads
Adventure RPG launched on mobile on March 3rd, 2020
Abra Used Teleport
Niantic postpones Pokemon GO community day and rolls out update to help self-isolation
One-time in-game purchase of 30 Incense available for one PokeCoin
"unpatentable"
Nintendo claims victory over mobile accessories firm Gamevice in patent dispute
Lawsuit began in May 2018
$10 Billion Valuation
Report: Magic Leap looking to sell off its business
Medical firm Johnson & Johnson reportedly interest
First Approvals Of 2020
China approves 27 games including Brawl Stars, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
16 mobile games, six PC games and five console games
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: How Radiangames’ Luke Schneider worked 80 hour plus weeks to complete Speed Demon
Finding the right amount of focus and work-life balance is by far the biggest issue.
"minimise The Risk"
Glu Mobile restricts travel for employees and embraces remote working amidst coronavirus
Disney Sorcerer's Arena and MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 on schedule
End Of An Era?
Update: ESA officially cancels E3 2020 as coronavirus looms
E3 2021 to return as a "reimagined event"
Youtube And Bilibili
Cocos Game Developers Connect online conference unveiled for March 18th
Speakers include Google, iDreamSky, Fundamentally Games and more
Limited Promotion
Starbucks' new AR game Starlands will give away 2.5 million real-world different prizes
Promotion only available in the US and Canada
Go West
Fallout Shelter Online potentially revealed for the West, pre-registrations open
Philippines App Store points to April launch
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Niantic head of developer relations Kellee Santiago on empowering others to make unique games
"I know how to empower developers to make games no one has seen before"
Mar10 Day
Mario Kart Tour topped mobile downloads for Nintendo in 2019
App Annie data provided to celebrate Mario day
"back In Business"
2K Games and NFL announce multi-year partnership to develop "non-simulation football experiences"
Partnership renewed for the first time since 2004
Back Of The Net
Google and Adidas partner for smart insoles that track performance in FIFA Mobile
Utilising the software goes towards FIFA Ultimate Team.
Disrupted
Star Trek Timelines developer Disruptor Beam suffers layoffs
Estimated 10 employees let go
"expand Even Further"
Kwalee CEO David Darling CBE talks fighting toxicity in the workplace and his soft spot for cryptocurrency
UK studio set to launch more games than ever in 2020
Kick Ass, Take Names
Reggie Fils-Aimé appointed to Gamestop board of directors
William Simon and James Symancyk join too
Slingshots Return
Rovio soft-launches Angry Birds Casual in the US for "early market testing"
Finland, Poland and Sweden too
Fundraising 101
Update: PlatinumGames' The Wonderful 101: Remastered smashes initial goal, fights its way to $2.2 million
Former Wii U title now making its way to Switch
Start Your Engines
Update: Mario Kart Tour multiplayer mode rolls out worldwide
Compete against seven other racers
"i Like Apple"
Shigeru Miyamoto talks working with Apple, Pokemon GO and why the Switch was helped by smartphones
Quotes taken from Japanese magazine Famitsu
International Women’s Week
Women in Gaming: Freelance presenter and BBC host Julia Hardy on convincing mainstream media to take gaming seriously
"It's very frustrating when you know how popular gaming is"
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: How Dragon Mania Legends has thrived for five years with "close to zero crunch"
DML game manager Botond Szalacsi tells us about the game's biggest achievements
International Women’s Week
Women in Gaming: Girls' Games Lab director Caoimhe Roddy on why "companies need to start being more flexible and proactive"
"We need to focus a lot more on equity rather than equality"
Finger Lickin' What
Update: Tencent's Arena of Valor lets players unlock KFC's Colonel Sanders via meal loot drop in Taiwan
40 per cent chance to unlock with $10 meal
International Women's Week
Women in Gaming: Why Kwalee's Verónica Miñano believes awareness needs to start at schools
"When I joined Kwalee, I was one of only two women in what was approximately a 20-person office."
Words With Lawyers
Zynga struck with lawsuit regarding Words with Friends data breach
Estimated 173 million usernames and passwords hacked
Growing And Growing
Playrix acquires Armenian casual games studio Plexonic
Studio has been renamed Playrix Armenia
Match-three Puzzler
Zynga partners with Portkey Games and Warner Bros. for Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
Soft-launched in the Philippines
Beach View
Google Stadia recruits former Sony Santa Monica studio head Shannon Studstill to lead new Playa Vista studio
"So excited to build and support a new team of creatives"
New Behaviour
Behaviour Interactive names former Microsoft director David Reid as chief marketing officer
"The company has a tremendous pedigree built on decades of success"
International Women's Week
Women in Gaming: Sumo Digital's Lucy Smith discusses the allure of games design
"Anyone who has a strong work ethic and attitude can achieve anything"
"first Of Its Kind"
Indie Spotlight: How an unsolicited email led Frosty Pop founder Faisal Sethi to The Pinball Wizard
"Success would be equal to having the freedom to choose what to do with your time."
International Women’s Week
Women in Gaming: Kitfox Games' Victoria Tran on shifting from healthcare PR to the games industry
"I decided to just Google and email random people in fields I was interested in joining"
Give It Up
Zordix acquires Hungarian mobile developer Invictus Games
100 per cent of shares purchased by Sweden studio
International Women's Week
Big Fish Games to feature influential women from history via Gummy Drop
Inspired by Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls book
Neo Cab Nod
Sayonara Wild Hearts nabs two BAFTA 2020 nominations
Awards take place on April 2nd at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London
International Women’s Week
Women in Gaming: Rooster Teeth’s Alanah Pearce on making the leap from Australian to US games media
"I wrote a paragraph in this old diary saying I was going to move to San Francisco and work for IGN"
Backing Out
Update: Wooga and IronSource become latest companies to skip GDC due to coronavirus
"Ultimately our highest priority is the health"