I See You
Epic Games brings video chat to Fortnite through Houseparty
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Kayleigh Partleton
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Articles by Kayleigh Partleton
Helping Hand
Apple to aid small businesses by reducing its App Store commission
"Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy and the beating heart of innovation and opportunity in communities around the world"
Down Under
Epic Games is taking Apple to court in Australia
"It's another set of laws under which Apple's practices are clearly in violation. And another chance to get this issue really thoroughly examined"
Drive By
Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US
Japan is the most lucrative market for the category
It's The Law
Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners
"We are very excited to welcome Jas Purewal and his team to our digital entertainment practice"
Capture That
Amazon launches mobile games capture app for Android
To come to iOS devices at a later date
Under Attack
Capcom hit with a ransomware attack
Past and present employee data is at risk
It's Mario
Nintendo to launch new LEGO Mario sets
Character and power packs will be available too
In The Clouds
My.Games launches a new cloud gaming service
My.Games Cloud is in beta in Russia
Get Hyped
Voodoo selects six winners for its hypercasual competition
They won a publishing contract and $100,000
Money Money Money
Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020
"We continue to see strong results at the end of our third quarter with significant overseas sales coming from our line-up of existing games"
Switch It Up
Nintendo experiences its best October sales since 2008
"Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite continue to provide one-of-a-kind gaming experiences on the TV or on the go"
Going Virtual
Resolution Games secures publishing deal with Odd Raven Studios
“Resolution Games has proven to be a leader in the VR space by providing top titles and being the most proficient studio at multiplayer and cross-platform games"
Shoot Em Up
Mobile studio Lila Games secures $2.8 million in seed funding
"Lila Games is made up of an outstanding founder team, and they are focused on a very sizable genre that has room for innovation on mobile"
An Imposter!
Among Us picks up the most downloads in October 2020
Followed by Sybo Games' Subway Surfers
New Studio
Zynga opens new development studio in Austin
"We believe that the Austin talent market is highly compatible with our mission of bringing triple-A console visuals and deep, compelling gameplay to mobile platforms"
Growing Industry
Nearly 80% of UK developers work outside London
"The video games industry can play an important role in levelling up the economy"
Money Money Money
Mobile games saw $58.7 billion in player spending between Q1 and Q3 2020
An increase of 26 per cent year-on-year
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Bringing creative media and social media together to create the metaverse
"The metaverse is best defined as a future iteration of the internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Forming music and gaming partnerships
"Travis Scott and Fortnite have set the bar quite high for what partnerships can look like"
Make An Impact
Genshin Impact reigns supreme as the top grossing game in October
Tencent had three entries
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The importance of diversity and inclusivity in teams
"Protect the culture. Get rid of the bad and grow the good"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Working with charities
"The best partnerships are the ones that start with the why. Why should we have this partnership?"
Pgc Digital
Tencent generates $18.4 billion in Q3 2020
Online games revenue grew 45 per cent year-on-year
Sorry
Twitch apologises to streamers over how it dealt with copyright claims
"We are actively speaking with the major record labels about potential approaches to additional licenses that would be appropriate for the Twitch service"
Out The Window
US Judge dismisses Apple's claim that Epic Games is a thief
It "is a high-stakes breach of contract case and an antitrust case, and that's all in my view"
Embrace Diversity
Players in the US and UK would like to see more diversity in games
"The protagonists of the game tend to be dominated by males, and the online gaming community of this franchise tends to follow suit"
So Popular
The demand for mobile games rose by 45 per cent this year
“It’s not a surprise that we saw a massive increase in new players trying games for the first time"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: WildWorks on publishing games for kids
"There is a lot of room for growth in the kids' category"
Listen Up
Kwalee to use Audiomob's audio ads platform for its titles
"We're always interested in developing new ways to engage players on mobile with our hypercasual games"
It's War
PUBG Corp is bringing PUBG Mobile back to India
Changes have been made to create PUBG Mobile India
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Adapting Animal Farm from a book to game
"I can not encourage you enough to take risks"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: How going mobile brought more players to EVE Online
"EVE recently broke a world record for a PVP battle with 8,825 players participating"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding laws in esports
"It is quite surprising how many players and fans will get in trouble on social media"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Is the influencer market maturing?
"You are dealing with people that really know what they are doing"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Building your brand as a streamer
"Your brand is the way that the outside world sees you"
Money Money Money
Mobile games consumer spending will hit $120 billion in 2021
There will be an increase of hybrid titles next year
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Attracting more gamers to esports
"Non-gamers don't exist in this day and age"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: A look at esports in Asia
"There is a high-level investment in Asia in esports"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding the commercial opportunities in esports
"Betting on esports has never been bigger"
Financials
Nexon experiences its best Q3 ever with $754 million in revenue
"Despite a delay in the year's biggest launch – Mobile Dungeon&Fighter – Nexon delivered our best Third Quarter ever"
Sign Up
Fortnite could be getting a monthly subscription
A survey has been sent out to players
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: How to effectively monetise your games
"Value to the player is key and is so influenced by a bunch of different things, some of which you will have no control over"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What it means to be an indie developer
"For the longest time big publishers were not interested in indie titles"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding how to pitch to a publisher
"You need to know what your game is and what your production is like"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Why indie devs should go hypercasual
"Working on hypercasual games is like doing a game jam every day"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Working on a non-IP-based game as a publisher
"I find it more interesting to work on a non IP based game"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: iOS games have better D7 retention than Android
"The lockdowns have had a significant impact on the industry"
Welcome Aboard
Nexon nominates former TikTok CEO Mayer to join its board of directors
"We are thrilled to have Kevin join Nexon's Board of Directors"
An Imposter!
Among Us surpasses 200 million downloads
It has generrated $39 million in player spending