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Kayleigh Partleton
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Articles by Kayleigh Partleton
Have A Brawl
Supercell's Brawl Stars shoots through $17.5 million revenue in China
It launched in China on June 9th
Make New Friends
Update: Outfit7 reveals My Talking Tom Friends hit 22 million downloads six days after launch
It was released on June 12th
Breathe A Word
Zynga launches voice-based game Word Pop exclusively for Alexa
"We're dedicated to experimenting with services such as Alexa"
Going To War
World of Tanks Blitz celebrates its sixth birthday with 137 million downloads
Update 7.0 gives graphical enhancements
In This Together
The UK games industry is fighting loneliness with its Play and Talk weekend
"Video games have given many of us a form of escapism in lockdown and brought many people together"
Making Money
Facebook Gaming adds fan subscriptions and live ads for its content creators
Creators need at least 250 weekly viewers
Team Work
Kwalee teams up with no-code development platform Buildbox
"Our number one goal is to empower anyone who has an idea for a video game"
Time To Upgrade
Update: Niantic holds off on dropping Pokemon GO support for 32-bit Android phones
Originally expected to start dropping support in August
Big Money
The App Store generated $458 billion through physical sales and advertising in 2019
$63 billion was generated through digital sales
Heading To China
Evoland developer Shiro Games teams up with Tencent Cloud for technical solutions when launching in China
11 per cent of Northgard's playerbase are Chinese
Popularity Contest
ASMR Slicing cut through the most downloads in May 2020
It got 36.5 million installs
Loot Boxes
Apple is being sued for having games with loot boxes on the App Store
"A large percentage of Apple's revenues from App Store games come from the in-game purchases"
Investment
SockMonkey Studios secures a £250,000 investment to launch its first game
It's expected to have 50 employees by 2021
Gotta Help 'em All
Niantic is looking to support 1000 business through Pokemon GO advertisements
Nominations can be made in the US, UK, Japan, Canada and Mexico
The Precious
NetEase teams up with Warner Bros for The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War
A mobile strategy game set in J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy world
Rock And Troll
Huuuge Games teams up with Universal Games for a Trolls game
DreamWorks Tolls Pop is available on the App Store and Google Play
Game On!
PUBG Mobile announces $850,000 esports competition known as Season Zero
40 teams to compete for a share of the prize money
Still Streaming
Stadia exceeds one million downloads on Android devices
The platform has been made available to more phones
Welcome To Mena
Tamatem forms strategic partnership with Tilting Point to bring its games to the MENA region
Languinis and Food Truck Chef to be localised
Oh Snap
Voodoo signs a new deal with Snapchat
Will bring one game to Snap Games and Bitmoji
#blacklivesmatter
The Black Girl Gamers online summit is taking place on June 13th
It features keynote speeches and panels
Social Games
Zynga signs multi-game deal with Snapchat
"Snap Games is such a unique and exciting platform"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: How the industry can become greener
"The global spread of gaming makes it not just a North American opportunity but a global one"
Penalty!
FIFA Mobile scored 1.2 million downloads a day after launching in South Korea
Nexon signed an agreement with EA to launch the game
Impressive Numbers
Google had the most downloads of all mobile publishers in May
Voodoo and Crazy Labs cracked the top five
Game On!
My.Games is hosting its own Hypercasual Game Jam
A chance to win $2,000 and a contract worth $50,000
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Cooperative Innovations on launching Spaceteam VR
"A lot of people mentioned that they enjoyed the social VR angle"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Sega Europe's Bobby Wertheim wants to know if you are Sega's next big hit
"Our absolute focus is on building new and original IP"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Lessons to learn for working with independent developers
"It is business and nothing personal"
Hypercasual Domination
Hypercasual app installs more than doubled between December 2019 and March 2020
China saw a 300 per cent rise in downloads
Money Money Money
PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing mobile title in May 2020
It generated $226 million
On The Rise
Installs by mobile players have increased by 84 per cent according to Unity
Ad impressions have increased by 50 per cent
Got A Clue?
Rovio launches its new murder mystery puzzle game Small Town Murders
"A fantasy world featuring a cast of unique and quirky characters"
Mental Health
Jagex and its players are donating $250,000 to mental health charities
CPSL Mind, The Prince's Trust and Rise Above the Disorder
An Old Friend
Rovio hires Jakob Longer as its new head of corporate development
He worked for the company from 2012 to 2016
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Kwalee's Prytherch reveals what lessons the company has learned as a publisher
Publisher's "evolve over time"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Crazy Labs explains why ASMR Slicing is so successful two months after launch
It's been downloaded 42 million times since April
Mental Health
The majority of gamers believe playing games is good for mental health
"Gaming has the power to provide a rich experience that embraces diversity and limitless self-expression"
Found A Clue
Wooga is bringing its players together to solve a new murder mystery in June's Journey
To create new friendships as lockdown lifts
Cybersecurity
Nintendo claims that a further 140,000 accounts may have been breached earlier this year
160,000 accounts were hacked in March
Heading To China
Supercell's Brawl Stars officially launches in China
"China could potentially be a huge market for the game"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Caracal Games' Ricchiuti explains why motivation is important for monetisation
"Motivation has lots of meanings and lots of ways of being translated"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: A look at free-to-play monetisation with Multiscription's Teis Anker Mikkelsen
"As a game developer you trust the player to continue to be a subscriber"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Unity's Slava Taraskin makes some bold predicitions for H2 2020
Q3 will see an increase in use of all game types
Loot Boxes
The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling
Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction
Stay Healthy
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
"Suicide is a leading cause of death for people under 35 around the world"
Claim A Freebie
Goodgame Studios teams up with Amazon for exclusive Big Farm: Mobile Harvest content for Prime users
Expected to run for six months
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Lockwood Publishing on promoting growth even during lockdown
The Lisbon team worked together for three days before lockdown
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Fueling growth through user-centric UA design
"If you want someone to see something, make it stand out"