No Slowing Down
Honor of Kings tops global revenue for third consecutive month
$264.5 million from player spending
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600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
Star Power
Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success
"We hit our all-time daily active user record just a few months ago!"
Not So Sweet
Update: King investigated by PayPal for holding back funds via Royal Games portal
"The issue has proven more complicated than first anticipated…"
3,600 New Hires
Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue
46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars
Presumably Late 2022
75% of mobile games activity growth under the pandemic is expected to stay
63% began playing more as a result
$447 Million
Sina Corp is looking at acquiring an 18% stake in Yoozoo Games
Encouraged by games growth under COVID-19 pandemic
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Most Read
Hot Five: Honor of Kings lawsuit, Jurassic World Alive generates $100 million and Take-Two takes home Nordeus
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Warzone Mobile?
Activision building internal mobile games studio for "triple-A experiences"
New studio is based in Santa Monica, California
Industry Veterans
Jagex goes on hiring spree with experience from PlayStation, Bethesda and Insomniac Games
"Each of these new hires brings a wealth of industry experience…"
Move Over, Glastonbury
Niantic confirms Pokémon GO Fest 2021 will be music-themed
Taking place on July 17th and July 18th
Poc In Mobile
"It shouldn’t take a tragedy to make meaningful change in this industry"
Zynga's Keisha Krainer on the issue of diversity
Like Clockwork
Estonian developer Clickwork Games raises $1.2 million to "rejuvenate" idle genre
Headed up by former Hypestar games co-founder Marko Mänd
All That Potassium
Minion Rush races to one billion downloads and 90 trillion bananas collected
The runner was launched in June 2013
One-year Anniversary
Riot Games is bringing hero shooter Valorant to mobile
14 million active players
Transfer Market
Take-Two scores Top Eleven developer Nordeus for $378 million
$225 million paid upfront
425 Characters
Dark Horse Comics launches gaming division, Dark Horse Games
Hellboy, The Umbrella Academy, 300 and more
Honor At Stake
Tencent facing lawsuit over 'inappropriate content' in Honor of Kings
"The game characters have tampered with the image of historical figures…"
Indie Spotlight
From filing for bankruptcy to Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game to the future of Mad About Pandas
"We never saw a penny from it..."
"nintendo Gallery"
Nintendo to convert Hanafuda card factory to museum in Japan
Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969
Deal To Die For
Dead Cells mobile publisher Playdigious acquired by Fragbite Group
100 per cent of shares purchased
New Era
Outfit7 looks to grow 430 million MAU with new IP expansion
Mythic Legends and Swamp Attack 2 unveiled
Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive roars to $100 million-plus revenue and 25 million downloads in three years
Over 300 million dinosaurs unlocked
Sonic Rangers?
Sonic Central debuts Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Sonic 2022 and mobile partnerships
Sonic Dash, Sonic Forces and Sonic Racing all receive new content
It's Happening
Nintendo Switch Pro unveiling imminent
Reportedly launching in September or October
Jobs In Games
The intersection of psychology and games with PeopleFun director Matt Streit
"I think psychology gets misunderstood a lot"
Promoting Within
Rovio appoints VP of marketing Kieran O'Leary to COO
CTO Petri Hyökyranta also moves to leadership team
Barry Is Back
Update: Halfbrick Studios soft-launches Jetpack Joyride 2: Bullet Rush
Available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Spain
Codename Steampal
Valve to announce portable PC based on Nintendo Switch?
Expected to run Steam games via Linux
Job News
Facebook's global director of games Leo Olebe joins Google
Departs after more than five and half years
For The Players
Sony confirms it's exploring "mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises"
CEO Jim Ryan spoke about the move in a corporate strategy meeting
Switching It Up
Why the Subnautica series has turned to Switch to make a big splash
Project lead David Kalina explains the technical challenges
Unstoppable
Sega unveils Sonic 30th anniversary event and celebratory video
Sonic Central will take place on May 27th, 2021
Recruiting Now
Gamigo hires Simon Prytherch as new head of mobile development
Two games set to launch in the near future.
Give Me A Break
Italian government looks to approve up to $1 million tax credits for local game devs
Approval needed from European Union
Making Of
$340 million and counting: How MLB Tap Sports Baseball is still growing strong
Every baseball season offers new opportunities
Espansione
Italian game industry headcount up 45% since 2018 to 1,600
Maturity of companies also rising
Voodoo X Snapchat
Snapchat gaming is different: it's curated; it's hypersocial
Snap Games and Voodoo explain their partnership
All You Can Play
Netflix rumoured to be considering a game subscription service
Expansion into non-linear content?
Court Case Continues
Tim Cook set to testify at Epic vs Apple trial
CEO said to have prepared for numerous hours
No Slowing Down
Embracer is looking to spend $2 billion on another 20 deals
Raised another $890 million in March
Snap Partner Summit 2021
Voodoo extends partnership with Snapchat, five more games coming to platform
Unity deal also in place regarding Bitmojis
New Funding
Focus Home Interactive raises $86 million for further acquisitions
Company will look to "upgrade the range of games" produced
Spac Action
Update: Ludia confirms Jam City acquisition
Estimated offer of $175 million, Jam City merging with DPCM Capital
Ti(c)k Tok
ByteDance CEO and co-founder Zhang Yiming announces departure
Fellow co-founder Liang Rubo to step up
They Drew First Blood
Rambo and Die Hard coming to Call of Duty: Mobile in '80s Action Heroes event
Available from May 20th to June 18th
Indie Spotlight
Why Apple Arcade brought Spry Fox CEO David Edery back to mobile
"I'm glad Apple is making a major effort"
Alliance
Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios
Exclusively working together going forward