Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Just how big can the MENA market get?
"[MENA] is far away from being mature. We still have not scraped the surface on how much money this market can make"
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Kayleigh Partleton
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Money Money Money
Square Enix generates net sales of $1.6 billion for H1 FY21
Digital entertainment generated $326 million
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PGC Digital: How to get your game ready for the MENA region
"The better you adapt to different cultures, the better chance you have of attracting more users"
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PGC Digital: The state of play in the MENA market
"The market is going to grow more. Because people here like to play games"
Endangered
On The Edge Conservation wants to raise awareness for endangered species with Kakapo Run
"EDGE species, such as the kakapo, represent entire branches of the tree of life – if we lose them, there will be nothing like them left in the world"
Money Money Money
Electronic Arts brings in $1.1 billion in Q2 FY21
"Our business has grown significantly this year, and we are projecting continued expansion into FY22 and beyond"
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What A Goal!
Electronic Arts is pushing its mobile division forward with FIFA at the helm
It has "six new soccer mobile games in development for new genres and new markets"
Money Money Money
Take-Two generates net revenues of $841.1 million Q2 FY21
"Our positive momentum continued in the fiscal second quarter with operating results that significantly exceeded our expectations"
Apocalypse Now
Post-Apocalyptic games brought in $384 million in the first nine months of 2020
An increase of 106 per cent year-on-year
It's A Goal
Tappx forms partnership with pro football league LaLiga
“Team Tappx is thrilled to have LaLiga onboard. LaLiga enlisted the support of Tappx to plan, execute and manage a comprehensive monetisation strategy"
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An Imposter!
Among Us clone storms to the top of the charts in China
Werewolf Among us was released on October 28th
Switched
The Nintendo Switch closes in on 70 million sales worldwide
Software sales have reached 456.49 million
Money Money Money
Nintendo sees net sales of $7.4 billion in first six months of fiscal year
Mobile games generated $256 million
Unbelievable Support
SpecialEffect raises more than $651,000 through One Special Day
"All of us at SpecialEffect are delighted and humbled at the outcome of our fifth and most successful One Special Day 2020 ever
Investment
Aptoide receives $1.5 million investment from 200M
In partnership with Faurecia
Money Money Money
Newzoo now projects the games industry to generate $174.9 billion this year
Mobile games revenue has increased to $86.3 billion
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Money Money Money
Lockwood Publishing secures $25 million in Series A funding round
The investment was led by Tencent
Welcome Aboard
Kwalee hits 100 members of staff as the company continues to grow
"We're extremely proud to have expanded the Kwalee team to more than 100 people – particularly in such a challenging year"
Court Date
Judge denies Google's move to have its Epic Games case start in 2022
Epic has suggested a date of February 2021
Mental Health
Hutch teams with Movember for special F1 Manager event
"Movember is a wonderful cause, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to support them on their drive to help men around the world"
Partnered Up
Lab Cave forms marketing partnership with Invictus Games
"We have decided to stay with the development and will partner with Lab Cave on how our games appear in the marketplace"
Four Years In
Pokémon GO soars past $4 billion in player spending as it hits $1 billion in 2020
The majority was earned in the US
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Some M&a
Acquisitions are changing up the mobile games landscape
Zynga, Scopely and AppLoving have made acquisitions this year
So Sweet
Sugar raises $1.9 million in pre-seed funding
"With this round of funding, we can focus on developing our platform, growing the team and ultimately giving studios quick and easy finance to scale up"
What Thing?
Apple to hold "one more thing" event on November 10th
Rumoured to feature Apple Silicon Macs
Gaining Independence
Light Brick Studio splits from Lego following an investment from the company
"We're very excited to be able to expand and continue our journey to create new and interesting experiences"
Outta Here
Tencent pulls PUBG Mobile from India after government ban
"We deeply regret this outcome, and sincerely thank you for your support and love for PUBG Mobile in India"
Going Mobile
Activision Blizzard will bring more franchises to mobile
"We need to make sure that we're enabling our franchises on the billions of mobile devices that are available right now"
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Welcome Aboard
Retro Studios hires Marisa Palumbo as it looks to remodel Texas HQ
She has worked for Rockstar and Blizzard
For Honour!
Honor of Kings hits 100 million daily active users
"Honor of Kings is only available in China, yet it is one of the most successful mobile games in the world"
Financials
Sony generates $20 billion in its second quarter
"Expected strong performance of game applications for mobile devices"
Growing Market
Scottish games industry experiences 17 per cent growth across 18 months
"Scotland represents the fourth largest games cluster in the UK"
Financials
Rovio sees a drop in revenue as it generates $79.3 million in Q3 2020
"As a result of the moderate level of UA investment and stable games revenues, the profitability continued to be at a high level and improved significantly year-on-year"
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Popping Off
Microsoft is shutting down Gears Pop in April 2021
Refunds will be offered for purchased made in the last 90 days
Financials
Activision Blizzard had a great third quarter with $1.95 billion in net revenues
"Our teams continue to execute our growth plans with excellence during incredibly challenging circumstances"
Going Mobile
Mobile gaming on the rise as 70 per cent of gamers are playing more than before
People aged 18-to-34 are the most likely to play games
Set Up Shop
Annapurna Interactive opens new internal dev studio in Los Angeles
"Many of us came from an internal development background and are excited to make this a part of Annapurna Interactive moving forward"
Handy App
The new PlayStation app rolls out today
A range of features to enhance user experience
Thumbs Up
Ogury releases a non-fullscreen ad option known as thumbnail ad for mobile devices
“We’re passionate about this new ad format for its non-intrusive, user-friendly nature and ability to increase user retention"
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New Acquisition
Stillfront acquires indie dev Everguild Limited
In a deal worth $1.37 million
Tag!
GameRefinery rolls out automatic tagging for over 100,000 iOS games
"This latest automated tagging feature ensures that GameRefinery can provide its customers with even richer insight and data on a scale yet to be seen in the mobile games industry"
High Impact
Genshin Impact has hit $245 million in player spending on mobile
The biggest launch of a mobile RPG in the US
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