Welcome To The Family
AdInMo welcomes new COO and VP of engineering
"We're delighted that Joanne and Kon have joined our team at this key growth period for AdInMo"
Staff
Kayleigh Partleton
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Articles by Kayleigh Partleton
A Good Deed
King teams with Battersea for charity campaign in Pet Rescue Saga
To support with organisation's work with animals
Check Those Ads
IronSource snaps up ad quality measurement platform SOOMLA
"SOOMLA is the ideal fit to continue delivering on ironSource's commitment to create the best business infrastructure for developers"
Money Money Money
European consumers spent $14.8 billion on mobile apps last year
$9.6 billion was generated through games
Switch It Up
Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to dominate the UK charts
Multiple Nintendo Switch games have stormed the charts
The Future Is Bright
Interactive Futures to discuss career opportunities with students and parents next month
"It is vital that we carry on and build on what has been achieved in creating the gaming cluster of businesses in Leamington Spa"
Banned
Twitch bans Trump following Capitol riots
"Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President's incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community"
Going Public
Playtika officially launches IPO
69.5 million shares to be sold for $22 to $24
One Of Us
Among Us tops worldwide download charts for 2020
PUBG Mobile was the most lucrative mobile title last year
Welcome To The Family
Epic Games snaps up RAD Game Tools
"RAD and Epic combining forces will allow even more developers access to tools that make their games load and download faster"
Entering China
Pixel Federation enters Chinese market with Diggy's Adventure
"We are very excited to bring our most popular game to Chinese players and we hope to steal their hearts"
Outta Here
Twitch removes PogChamp emote following Capitol Hill riots
"We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today"
I'm A Survivor
State of Survival surpasses 60 million downloads in one year
"2020 has been a remarkable year, and this is just the beginning."
Proving Popular
Over 28 million Americans became mobile gamers last year
"Our latest Facebook Gaming Marketing Report showed that the unpredictable nature of 2020 led to a significant increase in gaming audience and player engagement"
Ninten-yay
Take a tour around Super Nintendo World on its new website
Due to open on February 4th
Proving Popular
TikTok picks up the most non-gaming downloads in December 2020
It had nearly 56 million installs
Going Public
Roblox to go public via direct listing at a valuation of $29.5 billion
Following a $520 million Series H funding round
Money Money Money
Digital games spending hit $126.6 billion in 2020
The majority was generated via mobile
A Good Deed
Kwalee pledges profits from Teacher Simulator to charity
"We're huge admirers of Marcus Rashford's campaigning and strongly believe in the work done by FareShare"
Put 'em Up
Call of Duty: Mobile fires through $14 million in its Chinese launch week
The game has generated $644 million in lifetime revenue
Fashion Go
Niantic brings The North Face x Gucci collection to Pokemon Go
Available in 100 cities worldwide
Tick Tock
TikTok reigns supreme as the top-grossing app for December 2020
Followed by YouTube at No.2
Save The Planet
Apple to modify exec bonuses based on environmental values
"Beginning in 2021, an environmental, social, and governance modifier based on Apple Values and other key community initiatives will be incorporated into our annual cash incentive program"
Get Hyped
Hypercasual publisher Ducky is generating $1 million a month
Its games have been played 145 million times
Stand Up
Google employees rally together to form the Alphabet Workers Union
"Our goals go beyond the workplace questions of 'Are people getting paid enough?' Our issues are going much broader"
Welcome To The Family
Niantic snaps up games community platform Mayhem
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Proving Popular
Mobile gaming in the UK has been on the rise over the past year
"Mobile gaming has exploded in the last 12 months as people across the UK have spent more time at home"
Money Money Money
Ten Square Games hits nearly $50 million in Q4 2020
“This has been another great quarter for Ten Square Games"
Catch Em All
Niantic offers players chance to be a real trainer in Pokémon Go
"Try giving yourself a theme, like a cool and dynamic Electric-type Trainer or a fluid and powerful Water-type Trainer"
Green Thumb
Ustwo games is planting a new tree for each download of Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
So far 276,490 trees have been planted
Money Money Money
Mobile consumer spending hit $111 billion last year
An increase of 30.2 per cent year-on-year
Ninten-yay
Nintendo snaps up Luigi's Mansion 3 dev Next Level Games
The deal is expected to close on March 1st
Investment
Mobile Dev Memo's MDM Investment Syndicate has already made four deals
"The Mobile Dev Memo Syndicate closed its fourth deal just before Christmas, putting it at an investment cadence of one per month since its launch in September"
Homecoming
Epic Games purchases a shopping mall to be its new HQ
Construction will begin this year
Over The Horizon
Animal Crossing: New Horizons closes out 2020 at the top of the UK charts
It experienced a seven per cent increase in sales
Big Spender
European consumers spent $54.6 million on mobile apps on Christmas Day
Globally mobile spending hit $407 million that same day
Getting The Boot
Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store
As a result of apps not having a license
Welcome Back
Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront
Following removal due to a revenue share dispute
Rip
Yoozoo Games CEO and chairman Qi passes away at 39
Allegedly due to being poisoned
Getting The Boot
Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store
Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year
A Good Deed
The ESA Foundation raises $468k for various charities
It will also be used to fund its scholarship programme
A Dynasty
Yoozoo launches Dynasty Scrolls worldwide
The series has 200 million registered users in China
New Acquisition
Moon Active snaps up mobile games dev Melsoft
"We were searching for a company that has the right products and at the same time shares our culture and values that will allow us to grow together in synergy"
Loot Boxes
Report: 31% of young gamers don't know how much they spend on loot boxes
"We are calling for parents to be aware of the risks of loot boxes when buying presents this Christmas"
What A Year
Voodoo's portfolio saw over two billion downloads in 2020
It also had 300 million monthly active users
Winner!
Huawei names Free Fire as the best shooting and multiplayer game on AppGallery
Archero, AFK Arena and Asphalt 9 were also winners
Free Falling
Human: Fall Flat hits two million Chinese sales in six days
It shot to the top of the charts
Money Money Money
Mobile app marketing specialist Liftoff secures backing from Blackstone
“We’re excited to be partnering with Blackstone, one of the premier private equity firms in the world"
Independent
Digital Extremes will maintain creative independence after Tencent takeover
"We will continue to create great content for Warframe, and we will remain creatively independent"
Public Potential
Playtika IPO shows revenues and debts of $2.3 billion
It aims to raise over $1 billion