January 7, 2020 To Boldly Grow Digit Game Studios founder Richard Barnwell on life after Scopely acquisition "Our natural chemistry and shared vision made us feel like one powerful, international team from the outset and since the acquisition"
January 7, 2020 Age Of 5g Square Enix looking to "relaunch" and expand Indian business presence Cloud streaming and 5G also touched upon
January 7, 2020 Gunning For The Top PUBG Mobile fires to top of worldwide mobile revenue for December 2019 Honor of Kings settles for second spot
January 7, 2020 New Partnership Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames "We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business"
January 6, 2020 Port-astic Nintendo insider claims two further Wii U ports destined for Switch in 2020 Super Mario 3D Worlds? Star Fox Zero? Paper Mario: Color Splash?
January 6, 2020 Lucky Seven Sports developer Nifty Games recruits EA, Warner Bros. and Zynga veterans A roster of new hires join the LA and Bay Area-based company
January 6, 2020 Big Money Report: Tencent-owned Miniclip purchases Ilyon Games for $100 million The Israeli-based startup has accumulated over 370 million installs
January 3, 2020 Space Pirates Nintendo wins injunction against Californian man for modding and selling pirated games on Switch No fines and 10 unnamed defendants dismissed
January 3, 2020 Don't Forget To Subscribe Apple Arcade predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by end of 2020 "This will make it the biggest bundled games subscription service globally"
January 3, 2020 Superdata 2019 Summary Pokemon GO, Candy Crush Saga and Honor of Kings push mobile to $64.4 billion revenue in 2019 Free-to-play model continues to grow across all platforms
January 2, 2020 Friend Or Foe Apple agrees new multi-year deal with Imagination Technologies to utilise IP The new multi-use license agreement replaces the former, which was announced in February 2014
January 2, 2020 Christmas Cheer Mobile games spending reached $210 million this Christmas, increasing by 8% year-on-year 76 per cent of all revenue across the mobile platform
January 2, 2020 Cut Losses Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012
December 31, 2019 2020 Trends Future Games of London's Elizabeth Sampat wants everyone to to take mobile gamers seriously in 2020 "We’re doing better on this front than ever before"
December 27, 2019 2019 In Review Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones on why PC/console IP will keep going mobile Expect more from Sega
December 24, 2019 2019 In Review Exient CEO Dave Hawkins on what follows peak hypercasual UK company moved into publishing
December 24, 2019 Into The Unown Two new Pokemon games launch exclusively on Facebook Instant Games Pokemon Tower Battle and Pokemon Medallion Battle are available to play on the platform now
December 23, 2019 Loot Boxes Royal Society for Public Health urges new UK Government to legislate loot boxes as gambling "As with any public health issue, this is one that requires a combination of measures focusing on both education and regulation"
December 23, 2019 Rising And Rising Star Wars mobile games force their way to $1 billion in revenue Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from EA tops the group at $924 million
December 23, 2019 2019 In Review COO Alexis Bonte on why Stillfront will continue its M&A drive in 2020 Players prefer free-to-play on mobile
December 20, 2019 Fuelled For Success? Gameloft puts the pedal to the metal with new racer Overdrive City Asphalt with city-building?
December 20, 2019 Words With Hackers Over 170 million passwords stolen in Zynga breach "Cyber-attacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today"
December 20, 2019 Little Acquisition Embracer Group acquires Little Nightmares dev Tarsier Studios "Together with Tarsier, we want to invest in developing new projects, in the same manner they have done successfully in the past"
December 20, 2019 Money Grows On Trees Gardenscapes grows to $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue 213 million downloads accumulated since August 2016
December 20, 2019 2019 In Review Wooga CEO Jens Begemann on why personalisation will be key in 2020 What the players want
December 19, 2019 Kicked Out NetEase to remove Arsenal football star from PES 2020 in China Player made comments to social media regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country
December 19, 2019 Making Moves Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga for $78 million "We are continuing our work in cloud gaming, now with a new mission"
December 19, 2019 Acquisition N3twork picks up NBCUniversal's abandoned match-three puzzler Funko Pop Blitz "N3twork’s expertise in creating moments through events that excite fans is a perfect match with Funko"
December 19, 2019 2019 In Review 1,700 staff, 20 games in development, 8 acquisitions, 2 billion dollar games: Playrix's stellar 2019 Head of marketing Alexander Derkach drops some stats
December 18, 2019 Join The Monolith The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild developer looking to expand staff for sequel Monolith Soft has been ramping up since the year's start
December 18, 2019 Testing Testing Activision Blizzard unveils "King's Council" group to test mobile ads Specialist players sought out depending on their playtime and engagement factor
December 18, 2019 A Long Time Ago Disney Magic Kingdoms calls on the force with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker update "It is a dream to welcome Star Wars to Disney Magic Kingdoms"
December 18, 2019 Lining Them Up Shadowgun War Games hits half a million pre-registrations "We’re thrilled at the response we’ve had since pre-reg launched in mid-November"
December 18, 2019 Subscriptions Update: Apple Arcade annual subscription launched at $49.99 12 months for the price of 10
December 17, 2019 Three Of A Kind Keywords Studios makes $12 million triple acquisition of Ichi, Kantan and Syllabes "We are delighted to have made three high calibre acquisitions"
December 17, 2019 Oh My Stars Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
December 17, 2019 Kinda Mobile Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys on Apple Arcade and Google Stadia "Google Stadia failed on its first impression"
December 16, 2019 Surfin' Success App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
December 16, 2019 Caught Short Apple rejects PewDiePie's latest mobile game Poopdie citing "crude imagery" Developer Bulbware has launched an appeal to get the decision overturned
December 16, 2019 Jackpot Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat slashes its way to 500,000 pre-registrations Licensed mobile title delayed to 2020
December 16, 2019 It's Acquisition Time Animoca Brands snap ups Power Rangers: Legacy Wars developer nWay for $7.69 million Animoca "immensely excited about the nWayPlay platform"
December 16, 2019 Seeking Audience Mobile games shouldn’t be at The Game Awards - and that’s fine Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong audience
December 13, 2019 Accelerating Mario Kart Tour downloads slump but revenue shows reasons for optimism Player spending per download nearly doubled since first month
December 13, 2019 Expansion UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals “The success of Lemmings has borne this out”
December 13, 2019 Whole New World Update: Gameloft delays Disney Getaway Blast until 2020 Game set to launch "very soon"
December 12, 2019 Jobs In Games IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation "Whenever I recruit someone today, the first thing I do is give them a long list of top games to play"
December 11, 2019 Starting New Pole To Win opens new game studio - Orange Rock Studios The time to be disruptive is now
December 11, 2019 Happy Bird-day Angry Birds celebrates 10 years with PUBG crossover and K-Swiss footwear Now a phenomenon
December 11, 2019 Super Hero Five years on, Marvel Contest of Champions is still growing strongly Did $3 million on Black Friday
December 11, 2019 Nindies Sports Story, Dauntless and Axiom Verge 2 headline Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase 16 games shown off during the December direct