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Born To Be Wild
League of Legends: Wild Rift does 3 million installs on Americas debut
It generated $285,000 that day
Going Digital
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2021 runs 7-11 June
New tools and technologies
New Reality
Niantic launches 5G-optimised demo Codename: Urban Legends
Working with telecoms
Pgc Digital
Be in the know with Global Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6
One of 17 featured tracks
Super Flow
NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs secures $305 million in funding
Backed by NBA stars
Save The Day
Kuato Studios overhauls Marvel Hero Tales
To tackle child literacy issues
Moving Up
Activision Blizzard promotes Armin Zerfa to CFO
Effective from Q2
Ninten-yay
Super Mario All-Stars UK sales surge 276% in final week
It will be removed from the market on March 31st
Welcome Aboard
Christoffer Wernberger joins King
New senior manager of internal and corporate communications
Listen Good
Niantic teases image of gaming headset
Hardware features speakers
Growth Mindset
Learning how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6
One of 17 featured tracks
Protect The Earth
Ukie releases Green Games Guide to help companies fight climate change
Partnered with the Playing for the Planet Alliance
Reality Check
AR outfit Blippar secures $5 million in pre-Series A funding
To grow across Asia, Europe and the US
Cloud Nine
Blacknut now offers 500 games via cloud platform
Latest additions include Asphalt 9: Legends
Splash The Cash
Nexon invested $874 million in Sega Sammy, Konami, Bandai Namco and Hasbro
Best use of spare money
Getting Competitive
Ryu Games secures $2.3 million in funding
To help the competitive games platform grow
Welcome Aboard
The IGDA makes changes to its board of directors
“We’re fortunate to have talented individuals with such diverse experiences aid the IGDA"
Winner, Winner
PUBG Mobile shoots through $5 billion in lifetime revenue
Three years after it was released
Cloud Nine
Cloud gaming to generate $1.4 billion this year
Companies such as Microsoft and Amazon have joined the market
Welcome Aboard
Nexon brings Kevin Mayer to its board of directors
"Kevin is an outstanding addition to our board"
Making Bank
Tencent had profits of $19.5 billion in 2020
Helped by Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile
So Long
Reggie Fils-Aime to leave GameStop's board of directors
One of eight to step down later this year
Money Bags
Keywords Studios had revenues of $441 million in 2020
"As we enter 2021, we are very confident in the Group's opportunity for growth"
Unrivalled
Rival Peak hit 100m hours of viewership in its first season
Across more than 70 countries
Round The Track
Rocket League is racing onto mobile
Rocket League Sideswipe will be relased later this year
Making Bank
Ten Square Games saw $153 million in revenue last year
Fishing Clash was the driving force
Oh Snap
Gismart signs multi-game agreement with Snapchat
"Our relationship with Snap has quickly extended to multi-game partnership"
Shoot Em Up
PUBG Mobile shoots through one billion downloads
Just over three years after its release
Not A Fantasy
Nexon ceases development on Final Fantasy XI's mobile reboot
Two new Final Fantasy games will be released later this year
Welcome Aboard
Anzu welcomes Josh Schmiesing as new strategic advisor
“I am thrilled to join such a dynamic team"
Money Bags
Rec Room raises $100 million at $1.25 billion valuation
"We think that Rec Room can become an enduring large business that fuses games and social"
High Impact
Genshin Impact rushes through $1 billion in mobile player spending
The milestone has been hit within six months of launch
Farewell
Activision Blizzard to make cuts throughout Europe
Only the publishing offices will be affected
Look The Part
Honor of Kings collaborates with Burberry
Two new skins have been designed for heroine Yao
Welcome To The Family
Digital Turbine to acquire Fyber for $600 million
"Fyber has delivered impressive growth over the last quarters"
Around The World
Tapjoy launches new Country Multipliers tool
"To increase offer wall conversions by awarding virtual currency for rewarded advertising offers"
Switched On
Nintendo using Nvidia chips for its latest Switch hardware
The console will be released later this year
Ninten-yay
A Pikmin AR title is in the works
As part of an agreement between Niantic and Nintendo
Run-con
Hutch launches Puzzle Heist on iOS and Android
"Puzzle Heist is an experience that will continue to evolve over time"
Show Me The Money
Incredibuild secures $140 million investment for US expansion
“With the new funding, Incredibuild is poised to expand the market opportunity"
Welcome To The Family
ByteDance snaps up Shanghai-based studio Moonton Technology
Best known for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
A Good Deed
Ten Square Games to donate $50k to Healthy Seas
Through an in-game Fishing Clash event
Back Of The Net
Football titles shot through $600 million on mobile last year
The category grew 20% year-on-year
Magic Carpet Ride
Kuato Studios adds free Aladdin book to Disney Story Realms
To ensure all children have access to books
Better Together
GameAnalytics becomes Huawei Ecosystem partner
“Extensive and growing every day"
Born To Be Wild
Wild Rift tournament is a mobile first for the UK ESL Premiership
The ESL Wild Rift Premiership will have a £5k prize pool
Exciting!
Square Enix presents Space Invaders, Hitman Sniper Assassins and Just Cause: Mobile
All presented as part of last night's showcase
Hey Big Spender
UK consumers spent £7bn on the games market last year
Mobile was responsible for £1.5 million
Game On
Gamescom 2021 to be both physical and digital
"Because one thing is clear: Hybrid events will shape the future"