Serious Stock
Devolver Digital gearing up for $1.4 billion IPO
Studio publishes Fall Guys, Reigns and Serious Sam
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Matthew Forde
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Articles by Matthew Forde
Growing
'Alive and well' Google Stadia breaks through three million app downloads
Big boost came in December 2020
Jobs In Games
Aspyr Media's Mallie Rust on the "happy accident" that lead to games
Marketing is a broad umbrella
The Game Is Afoot
Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game
Now soft-launched in Canada, Netherlands and Sweden
Return Of The King
ESA launches E3 2021 dedicated app for "first-ever virtual experience"
Exhibitor Booths, Lounges, Forums, Leaderboards and more
Quiz Questions
Pokémon, Call of Duty, PUBG and which other 2 IP-based games generated $1.4 billion in the US during 2020?
Pokémon GO earned close to $480 million
Poc In Mobile
Roblox's VP of engineering Julian Walshaw-Vaughan on diversity in games
For real change, we need more inclusion
Doubling Down
Nexon's 2021 Q1 revenue grows 7% to $806 million
Generating $420 million profit
Risky Business
Apple App Store rejected 1 million apps in 2020
The walled garden remains high
Tricky Times
EA's 2021 mobile revenue was $781 million
Total revenue rises to $5.6 billion
Not For Sale
Why Life is Strange dev Dontod rejected several M&A proposals
But did sell a minority stake to Tencent
Mansion Life
Word Mansion surpasses one million installs
Word puzzle game launched in September 2020
Private Beta
Niantic renames Real World Platform to Lightship, offering more access
Access to suite of tools that power Niantic games
Dark Horse
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby storms mobile revenue chart for April 2021, Honor of Kings still top
CyberAgent developed title launched in February 2021
Making Of
How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail
"We had always envisioned this as an Apple Arcade exclusive"
Blox Party
Roblox revenue up 140% to $387 million in Q1 2021
Looking to hire more engineering talent
Au Revoir
Simon Prytherch exits Kwalee to return to "deeper games"
But enjoyed his 18 months in hypercasual
Beyond Games
Roblox: In the metaverse, we can improve on reality
Roblox's Morgan Tucker on that Lil Nas X concert
Voluntary Organisation
UK video games charity GamesAid raises $85,000
Multiple small charities to benefit
Delight
Turkish-developed mobile games accounted for 20% of US top 100
10th largest country for angel and VC investments
"financial Stability"
Nintendo willing to utilise $9 billion war chest for acquisitions - when needed
Next Level Games purchase was first in a decade
Big Brain Time
BigBrain raises $4.5 million in funding to launch real-money trivia game
Going live later in 2021
Watching
Twitch mobile app hits 22 million installs in Q1 2021, up 62%
81 million total installs made in 2021
Division Multiplied
Tom Clancy's The Division coming to mobile
New free-to-play title and movie still in works
Mobile First
Mobile to drive Brazil games market to $2.3 billion in 2021
Largest market by games revenue in Latin America
Done Deal
Why Ninja Kiwi co-founders Chris and Stephen Harris felt now was the right time to sell
"They understood our vision for the company"
Watch Out Wii
As Switch nears 85 million units sold, Nintendo FY21 revenue grows 37% to $16 billion
Set to overtake Wii in next financial year
More Cinematic
League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall
Prepare for a visually spectacular thrill ride
Not Idling
East Side Games partners with Game Masons to make sports-themed idle game
Expected to launch sometime in 2022
Shooting Up
Activision Blizzard's Q1 FY21 sales up 27% to $2.3 billion
King's revenue up 22 per cent YoY
Zelda When?
Nintendo looking to make more IP-based movies
Super Mario movie due 2022
Walled Garden Assault
Epic vs Apple trial begins, Tim Sweeney takes the stand
The trial will run for approximately three weeks
Sony Beast
Fortnite revenue dominated by PlayStation at 47%, iOS just 7%
Android, Switch and PC make up 19 per cent
Switching It Up
How Before I Forget is broadening its audience on Switch
3-Fold Games' Chella Ramanan and Claire Morwood talk about the narrative title dealing with dementia
Business Booming
Apple revenue up 54% year-over-year as iPhone sales soar
Almost $48 billion from iPhones in three months
Wizards Divide
As Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery crosses $300 million, Wizards Unite is moribund
92 million installs since launch
Live And Kicking
How Creative Mobile came close to shutting down Nitro Nation and starting again from scratch
"We nearly went out of business"
For The Players
PlayStation app closes in on 120 million installs
Originally launched on November 13th, 2013
High Octane Action
Apex Legends Mobile soft launch now live - first images and gameplay surface
Testing in India and Philippines
Hells Bells
Update: Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play
First Doom mobile game for over 10 years
Avoid The Noid
King partners with Dominos to bring The Noid to Crash Bandicoot: On the Run
"We're excited to launch our first in-game collaboration…"
Privacy Laws
As iOS 14.5 goes live, German businesses file antitrust complaint against Apple
"Apple is effectively shutting out all competitors"
Big Bang
Game M&A hit all-time high of $39 billion in Q1 2021
280 deals made during the quarter
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Nick Button-Brown on doing your due diligence when raising money
"People want to get involved with the next sexy thing"
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: The importance of telemetry in a soft launch
Fusebox Games' Daniel Saunders explains the process
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Worlds of Tanks Blitz fires to 1.5 million installs on Switch
Exclusive content on the way
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: Why storytelling is always king
Panel on 'The Influence of Comics, Films and Music on Games'
Indie Spotlight
Why Kaze and the Wild Masks (and every indie game) faces "huge uncertainty"
Talking to Brazilian dev PixelHive
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: When games meet music - insight from Studio Killers
Visible Realms CEO Eliza Jappinen explains
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: How Switch is breaking Nintendo's 'cyclical stock' performance
Further growth expected in 2021 and 2022