And The Winner Is
GDC 2019: International Mobile Gaming Awards winners revealed
Florence takes Grand Prix award plus two other
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Matthew Forde
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Investment
GDC 2019: Games for Change launches accelerator program aimed at games and XR industry
Partnering with i(x) investments and Quake Capital to establish program
Welcome Explorers
GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform
Mini Games program boasts 400 million monthly active users
Developer Tools
GDC 2019: ARM launches Android analysis tools via ARM Mobile Studio
Studio’s starter edition is available to download for free now
Another Zelda
GDC 2019: Nindies Showcase reveals Cuphead, Blaster Master sequel and Zelda spinoff
New Double Fine game Rad given spotlight too
Speed
GDC 2019: Google advises a 25 megabit internet connection for Stadia
Phil Harrison also revealed that the Stadia system will adjust its output based on your bandwidth.
Three Colours
GDC 2019: Google’s new Stadia controller connects directly over wifi
“The data centre is your platform”
Influential
GDC 2019: YouTube head of gaming Ryan Wyatt and YouTuber MatPat discusses Google Stadia creator experience
YouTube's Ryan Wyatt and YouTuber MatPat took to the stage during Google's GDC reveal
Big And Small
GDC 2019: Google launches new first-party studio Stadia Games and Entertainment
Headed up by former Ubisoft and EA executive Jade Raymond
Gather Around
GDC 2019: Google reveals cloud streaming platform Stadia
Ubisoft, ID Software and Unity all partner with the firm.
Education
GDC 2019: Danny Bilson named new director of USC Games program
Succeeds award-winning game designer Tracy Fullerton who oversaw the program from 2014 to 2018
Grab Your Ray Gun
GDC 2019: Magic Leap teams with Weta on new AR multiplayer experience
Grordbattle was revealed during Unity’s keynote
Cloud Tech
GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China
The service will become accessible later this year.
Layoffs
5th Planet Games shuts down Nottingham studio
14 employees laid off in studio closure
We Hungry
Limited time Fast and Furious event cruising to CSR Racing 2
Iconic cars from the series debut this month
Communication
GDC 2019: Cross-platform social app Evasyst offering early access
20 people can stream simultaneously
Indies Time To Shine
Nintendo streaming Nindies Showcase this Wednesday
30 minutes of content
Interactive Media
GDC 2019: Genvid partners with developers to introduce new interactive games for streaming
Pipeworks, Katapult and more studios are first to sign-up
Expanding
GDC 2019: InnoGames looking to acquire new mobile IP
First purchase was made in 2017 with Warlords of Aternum
Camera Play
Report: Snapchat launching games platform in April
Unveiling to take place at company’s first summit on April 4th
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Tencent's Perfect World debuts top in China while Dragon Ball Z falls
Charts from March 4th to March 10th
Specific Sharing
Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media
70 per cent iOS users share through messaging apps
Rich As A King
Honor of Kings has made $4.5 billion since launch
295 million installs to date
Gdc 2019
How can indie games developers make the most out of GDC?
The world's biggest industry conference is just around the corner - we speak to our Indie Mavens on how to best utilise the event
Firing Line
PUBG Mobile banned in several Indian cities
Ban will be in place until March 30th, 2019.
Cause And Action
Jump Holdings raises $1 million to launch interactive choice-driven game Inventure
Backing was led by A3 Education as firm looks to empower students
For The Tech
Fyber partners with Game of Whales to predict user lifetime value based on IAPs and ads
Solution designed to help optimise user acquisition campaigns
Quarter Mile At A Time
Indie Spotlight: SMG Studio on going from Flash to Fast and Furious
"Know if you want to make games or run a business because sometimes the business side can get in the way of making games."
Pedal To The Metal
Tag Games partners with NaturalMotion to support CSR Racing 2
Company is also looking to double its workers by end of 2019
Global Branding
WeQ launches influencer marketing agency for campaigns on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok
Led by former Live.me senior director Elena Kutsopal and Playcom chief sales officer Olga Wese
To Gringotts
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery conjures up $110 million in less than a year
45 million wizards have downloaded the title worldwide
Live And Kicking
Six years on: Wooga on the evolution of hidden object game Pearl's Peril
Pearl’s Peril lead product manager Annelie Biernat speaks to us about the games' success
Birds Of Prey
Here’s how much money Rovio’s mobile games are making
Angry Birds 2 up 49 per cent in gross bookings
Accio Phone
Niantic magic’s up first look at Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Could it be as big as Pokemon Go?
Brawling In It
Supercell’s Brawl Stars hits up $150 million in first three months
75 million global downloads since release
Expansion
Animoca Brands agrees $8.9m deal to resell iClick advertising inventory
“This deal with Vigame is an important first step in our broader partnership with iClick”
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Florence composer Kevin Penkin on how to get a job creating music for games
"Music isn’t black magic! It’s just like any other craft where it takes hours and hours of (sometimes) pain-staking work to get what you want to say just right"
Puzzler
Small Giant Games soft-launches Empires & Puzzles follow-up Puzzle Combat
First follow-up since Zynga purchased studio in December
Jackpot
Glu Mobile steps into the social casino game with Real Celebrity Slots
Title has been in soft launch since December 4th, 2018
Oscar Winner
Award-winning Pixar producer joins Glu’s board of directors
Darla Anderson previously worked on 2017 film Coco
Look Out Thanos
Marvel Strike Force adds Captain Marvel as game makes $150 million in first year
New Alliance War mode rolled out too
Ads Equals Rewards
Google Play begins open beta for rewarded video ads powered by AdMob
Feature can be applied to any app
Music To My Ears
Music games developer Gismart launches new investment initiative for mobile
Looking to invest $1 million on a case-by-case basis
Niantic Used Happy Hour
Pokemon Go trainers have spent $2.45 billion in less than three years
Franchise as a whole on mobile reaches $2.5 billion
Nintendo Cardboard
Nintendo steps into the world of VR with new Labo kit for Switch
Blaster, camera, elephant and more included in new bundle
Ubi-free
Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end
Media conglomerate was in position for hostile takeover in 2018
Studio Expansion
Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round
Venture firm Grishin Robotics led funding
Keep Your Money
Nintendo urges mobile partners to not focus on player spending
Mario maker does not want to be seen as greedy
Scaling Up
N3twork launches new user acquisition platform for third-party mobile games
Tool was previously used on Legendary: Game of Heroes for iOS and Andorid
Giant Enemy Crab
Indie Spotlight: Knife-wielding crabs star in Robot Squid's new mobile battle royale game King of Crabs
"It's a great achievement for the team but launching is just the start. We know the challenges will keep coming"