Mind The Gap
EA's mobile Q2 2019 revenue falls 20% to $177 million
No new games to boost sales
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Matthew Forde
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Articles by Matthew Forde
Lumos
Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Pre-registration now open in China
Jobs In Games
Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture
Outplay HR head Emma Turner shares details of how she obtained her role
Cash Up
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Financing led by NewView Capital
Thanks For Playing
Shigeru Miyamoto to be awarded “Person of Cultural Merit” by Japanese government
Recognition will take place on at the Imperial Palace on November 3rd, 2019
Banhammer
PUBG Mobile rolls out real-time anti-cheat system
Also has hundreds of staff working on it
Tour De Force
Mario Kart Tour drives 124 million downloads in first month
Generates $37 million
Loose Change
Coin Master cashes in over $500 million in global revenue at $6.20 per download
Moon Active’s title has surpassed 81 million downloads
Gotta Buy’em All
London pop-up Pokemon Centre seeing “four to five hours” queue time
Unprecedented demand
New Hires
Jagex adds Epic Games and Bungie veterans to senior leadership team
Ryan Ward, Rob Hendry and Gavin Irby have all took up new positions within the firm
Not Jaded
Google Stadia launches first game studio in Montreal
Location will concentrate on making “exclusive, original content”
Acquisition
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
"We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family"
Growth
Dutch Games Association strengthens ties with Australian games industry
Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte visited Melbourne International Games Week 2019
A New Chapter
Fortnite’s “The End” event viewed by seven million concurrents
New records set across Twitch and Twitter
Money Strike
Monster Strike and Fate/Grand Order generated over $500 million in Q3 2019
Fate/Grand Order followed in second place
Jobs In Games
How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig
From film to games
Indie Spotlight
Indie Michal Pawlowski on finding a fresh, happy mind to come up with OXXO
"There are weeks that I don't code at all. There are also weeks that I code for 12 hours a day."
Honk Honk
Success of Untitled Goose Game shows devs can find their own 'sustainable bubbles'
House House developer spoke to PocketGamer.biz at this year’s Australian Game Developer Awards
Gcap Recap
Mighty Kingdom wins Studio of the Year at Australian Game Developer Awards 2019
Untitled Goose Game is Game of the Year
Escapism
Games like Pokemon Go can be therapeutic tools, according to Child’s Play program director
Child’s Play charity looks to improve the lives of children through games
Crosshair Rivals
Madfinger Games CEO on why he's happy to compete with Call of Duty: Mobile
Marek Rabas on his vision's validation
Strewth
While Canada's game industry has boomed, Australia has flatlined
Mighty Kingdom CEO Philip Mayes wants more
Jobs In Games
Technical artist Arran Langmead on being offered a role at Epic Games on the spot
"My first job in the industry was a hodgepodge of lecturing on games art, indie development and contract work"
Gcap Day One
Yodo1 published games have been played by more than one billion users
$45 million in revenue made from library of titles
Mental Health
"Play games that make you feel good," says CheckPoint community manager
Pritika Sachdev shared advice for what employers in the industry could be doing to combat the issue
Lighting The Way
With over 150 studios, Melbourne accounts for half of Australia’s games industry revenue
State’s minister for mental health Martin Foley opens GCAP with Keynote and commitment to growth
Out With A Bang
Call of Duty: Mobile hits 3 million downloads on launch day
Title topped the free iOS app charts in 32 separate markets
From Idle To Active
How Futureplay Games successfully made battle royale snack-sized for mobile
“It’s not that healthy of a genre if you wanted to enter it now as a new developer..."
Levelling Up
Nintendo’s Dragalia Lost generates $106 million in first year
Third highest-grossing mobile title for the company
Quick Fix
Subway Surfers Airtime launches exclusively for Snap Games
First franchise extension
The Future Is Not Set
Skydance and Firefly Games partner for Terminator: Dark Fate mobile game
Chinese studio Camel Games co-developing
Good Start
Pokemon Masters generates $33 million from first month
Free-to-play title catches 12 million installs
Fourth Year Running
Rovio, Seriously, Supercell and more unite for SpecialEffect's One Special Day 2019
Games developers far and wide will donate all UK revenue made on October 4th to the charity
Expansion
Ubisoft opens new mobile studio in Vietnam
Recruiting over 100 new employees
Level Up
App Annie acquires mobile analytics firm Libring alongside rebrand
“The most successful companies find a way to capitalise on mobile”
Beta Max
A beta for Madfinger's Shadowgun War Games is on the way
Players can sign up for now though spaces are limited
Bit Of A Gamble
KamaGames is now letting users bet on esports events
Slots revenue has increased by 69 per cent in the first half of 2019
Mad Numbers
Madfinger Games has accumulated over 250 million downloads
Czech Republic studio formed in 2010 and is best known for its Shadowgun series
Like Witchcraft
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game has 100 people development team
‘Scaling Up’ session hosted by CD Projekt Red at Unite 2019
Value For Money
Company valuations in North America and Nordics are crazy, says Phoenix Games' M&A chief Mickael Bougis
Gearing up for one or two more purchases in 2019
Microinteractions
Ubisoft's Renaud Forestié on why the small UX things build big
‘Shake it ‘till you make it session kicks off day two of Unite Copenhagen
Idle Farming Empire
GameTune research shows that the length of game tutorial helped Futureplay find the best performance
"Big numbers are not always the best results"
Paid >< Organic
Paid traffic is just as valuable as organic, says Unity senior marketing manager
Tracy Joseph made the statement during her talk on Busting Mobile User Acquisition Myths
Vulkan Technology
Thanks to Vulkan, Call of Duty: Mobile will aim for 60 fps on Android
Breakdown from Unite Copenhagen 2019
Cut It Up
Player segmentation the best way to get “most bang for your buck” when monetising
So says Unity Ads' Ilya Kuznetsov at Unite Copenhagen 2019
Acquisition And Scale
The Chinese Room's Dan Pinchbeck on why the timing was right to move to mobile
I think it’s worth the risk
Constant Craving
Live ops and scaling are key to Stillfront’s growth, says CEO Jörgen Larsson
"We believe the winners are the ones that have the best content"
Early Promise
Stadia Founder’s Edition bundle sells out in Europe, nearly sold out in US
Now for something new
Doing A Disney
NBCUniversal shutting down game publishing division to focus on licensing
VP of games and digital platforms Chris Heatherly set to step down
Wheelie Good Time
Sayonara Wild Hearts set to sparkle as Apple Arcade launch title
Also coming to PS4 and Switch