Helping Veterans
Activision Blizzard donates $2 million to help veterans find employment during the COVID-19 pandemic
"We've seen a huge increase in veterans asking our partners for assistance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic"
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Articles by Kayleigh Partleton
Worthy Cause
Roblox is donating up to $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Limited-edition items are on sale until June 30th
Series A Funding
Guilded raises $7 million for gaming chat platform
"We're building the world's best platform for connecting communities"
Summer Party
Games companies band together to create the Summer Game Fest
Featuring news, announcements, interviews and more
Battle Ready
World of Tanks Blitz introduces new battle pass
There are free and premium versions
Get That Data
Newzoo teams with Reddit for games engagment data
"Gaming communities on Reddit are incredibly engaged"
Cancelled Cup
Epic cancels Fortnite World Cup 2020
"We're hopeful to be able to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021"
Round The Track
Sperasoft teams up with Codemasters to work on racing titles
"We are proud to be a partner of Codemasters and to share in their cultural principles"
Farewell
Founders of Global Game Jam depart after 12 years
"I think that GGJ is the best of me as an educator and game designer"
New Studio
AuthorDigital launches new IP development studio Adept Games
Funded through $5.5 investment partnership
Consuming Content
Twitch streamers have created 89 per cent more sponsored content since the start of 2020
Content consumed has risen by 79 per cent
What A Surprise
Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without Lab Zero's knowledge
"This launch does not represent the quality standards of Lab Zero"
Thank You Nhs
Ukie launches new initiative for NHS workers, Games for Carers
Over 85,000 games will be made available
Drop In
Epic Games's $2 million Fortnite Champion Series Invitational announced for May 9th
Mobile, PC and console players will be invited
New Partnership
Tencent partners up with Gameye for new digital conference
Takes place on May 6th
Creative Support
Rumble Hockey is offering content creators a 100% revenue share for players they bring to the game
It launches May 19th
Acquisition
Asset firm Macarthur Fortune Holding acquires Jagex for $530 million
"The combined strength of Macarthur Fortune and Jagex will both support and enhance our strategic plan"
A Little Help
Bethesda donates $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Shared between Direct Relief, UNICEF, and local communities
Charity Work
War Child UK appoints David Miller as its new head of gaming partnerships
He has over 20 years expereince in games
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
Team Up
Zynga teams up with Amazon for free in-game content for Prime members
Starting with Words with Friends
Money Money Money
European mobile app market revenues will reach $20.8 billion in 2022
Drop of $3 billion from previous expectations
Round The Track
Nexon's KartRider Rush+ races through three million pre-registrations in one week
Due to launch in Q2 2020
Helping Hand
Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress
“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"
Money Money Money
My.Games revenues rose 13.4 per cent in Q1 2020
Mobile made up 66 per cent of games revenue
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Lay Offs
AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level"
"I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"
Good Start
Hello Neighbor TV pilot has nearly 11 million views
"An animated series was the next logical step after books and games"
Experience The Magic
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery players conjure up 35 billion minutes of gameplay
An outfit design contest begins April 25th
Breaking Records
Nintendo Switch doubled its Q1 sales year-on-year in March 2020
Best Q1 hardware sales for 10 years
All In The Wrist
Sony is developing a live action One Punch Man movie
It will be penned by Venom writers
Strong Team
Jagex hires three new executive producers to grow RuneScape and other unannounced games
Jesse America, Mario Rizzo and Jendrik Posche
Party Bullet
Spike Chunsoft celebrating Danganronpa's 10th anniversary with mobile ports and Identity V crossover
New site launched for the celebrations
New Feature
GameRefinery adds new ad monetisation tracking feature
Users can see in-app monetisation trends
Rise Of The Bots
The shortage in Switch consoles can partly be blamed on bots
Nintendo wants to increase production by 10 per cent
Sharp Drop
Kickstarter experiences a 35% drop in live projects
"We must look more broadly at ways to restructure the business including potential layoffs"
A Good Deed
Playtika's Bingo Blitz is donating meals to Feeding America
10 meals for every virtual meal made by players
Welcome Aboard
Bigpoint appoints Qin Liu as its new managing director
Effective immediately
Streaming Competition
Facebook is launching a mobile gaming app to compete with Twitch and YouTube
Coming to Android devices first
Brawling Abroad
Supercell's Brawl Stars arrives in China this June
Multiplayer mobile shooter was approved in March by Chinese game regulator
Milestone
Devolver Digital confirms Gris has exceeded one million sales
Originally launched on mobile in August 2019
Welcome Aboard
Niantic hires Megan Quinn as its new COO
She has a background in leadership and investment
Ride Or Die
Monster Hunter Riders surpasses five million downloads
It launched in February
Kick Your Bot
Adjust's new survey finds that 41 per cent of mobile gamers have used bots
Bot spending is $65 on average
A Big Plus
Superplus raises $4.7 in funding for causal PVP games
Hills of Steel 2 and Brawls of Steel launch this year
Heating Up
Planet Entertainments hits back amongst Cooking Mama drama
"By contract Planet is fully within its rights to publish Cooking Mama: Cookstar"
Farewell
Indie Megabooth shuts down for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic
Will still be running a Steam sale in May
Slapping Downloads
Slap Kings racked up the most mobile downloads in March 2020
Voodoo had three entries
Cook Out
Office Create is "evaluating all legal action" against Planet Entertainment over unauthorised Cooking Mama title
"The quality of the game builds failed to meet the standards that our customers expect and deserve"
Independence
Demiurge becomes an independent studio after its co-founder buys it back from Sega
It will continue to run Marvel Puzzle Quest and Sega Heroes