Hypercasual Domination
Hypercasual titles accounted for 78 per cent of downloads in 2019
16 of the top 20 most-installed titles were hypercasual
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Jumping Ship
TT Games welcomes new president and studio head
Micheal Denny was a senior vice president for Sony
Play Inside
Minecraft Earth receives gameplay tweaks to encourage indoor play
Adventures Crystals that can be played at home have been added, along with increased Tappables
Summer Madness
Angry Birds is coming to Netflix in 2021
40 episodes have been ordered
Esports Partnership
ESL partners up with PUBG Mobile to host competitions for the game
It is also a commercial partner
Esports Funding
Tribe Gaming raises $1 million in funding for mobile esports growth
Investors include an NBA player and WWE star
Cancelled Event
The Taipei Game Show 2020 cancelled due to the coronavirus
Some of it will be put online
Revenue Spike
Pokemon Go sees huge increase in revenue during coronavirus outbreak
An increase of 66.7 per cent week-on-week
A Legendary Deed
Riot Games gives $1.5 million to help coronavirus relief efforts
$400,000 will go to the Los Angeles food bank
Oh Dear
Keywords Studios accused of insisting its staff still come to work despite the coronavirus outbreak
It has since began to practice social distancing
Money Money Money
PixelFederation brought in €31 million in revenue last year
A drop of five per cent year-on-year
A Good Deed
Facebook and Nintendo donate masks to aid against the coronavirus
720,000 and 9,500 respectively
Hypercasual Boom
BoomBit shifts its focus to hypercasual games after success with Ramp Car Jumping
It has several games ready for Q2
Teamwork
Crytek teams up with Google to bring the Cryengine to Android
It's expected to launch later this year
Escape Reality
Update: Animal Crossing: New Horizons breaks Switch sales records in Japan and UK
The game's producer hopes it is an "escape" for people
Ninja Generosity
Ninja has donated $150,000 to help those affected by the coronavirus outbreak
Money goes to Feeding America to ensure school kids can still eat
Play Cards!
Gwent conjures on to Android devices
It was released on iOS last year
App Annie Top Publishers
Tencent reigns supreme as the top-grossing mobile publisher for 2020
NetEase and Activision Blizzard finish the top three
Bloxy Awards
Roblox's Bloxy Awards brings in 600,000 spectators
At is peak there were four million concurrent players
Ukiepedia
Ukie launches its own online wiki for the games industry
It has a specific section for the coronavirus
A Good Deed
Plague Inc. creator Ndemic Creations donates $250,000 to coronavirus relief efforts
New anti-virus game mode added too
Heading West
SINoALICE to be self-published by Pokelabo in the West in July 2020
Nexon reverts publishing rights outside of Asia to the developer
Money Money Money
Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020
Mobile revenue for February 2020 was up 16 per cent year-on-year
New Hire
Adjust hires Ville Mikkola to head up the Coalition Against Ad Fraud
The initiative has 30 members
A Good Deed
Playtika is donating its catered meals to local communities to help against the coronavirus
It's giving resources to its staff working from home
To The Top
Only one-third of CEOs in games started their working lives in the industry
Tim Sweeney mowed lawns before becoming a developer
Going Ahead
Evo 2020 is still happening
It is schedueled for July 31st-to-August 2nd
Scopely Series D
Scopely secures an additional $200 million in Series D funding for a total of $400 million
The first $200 million was invested in October 2019
Postponed Event
The New Zealand Games Festival is postponed till 2021
Due to the coronavirus
Broken Link
Samsung discontinues its streaming service PlayGalaxy Link
Service ends on March 27th
Become A Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pro from $799
Launches March 25th
Helping Hand
Ukie and Sheridans team up for coronavirus hotline
Free to use between March 17th and 20th
Bring It Home
Pokemon Home generated $2.6 million in user spending worldwide in its first month
The US accounted for 38.5 per cent of spending
Funding
Genvid Technologies raises $33 million in Series B funding round
Will be used to develop interactive streaming features for new markets
Going Digital
The London Games Festival 2020 will be online-only
Refunds will be issued for ticket holders
Acquisition
Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment
Sniper Strike: Special Ops has cleared 35 million downloads since launch
Stack The Deck
NetEase and Marvel Games are launching a closed beta for Marvel Duel
A superhero-themed free-to-play card game
Milestone
Asphalt 9: Legends breaks four million downloads on Switch
A new update is being released
Containment
Update: Rockstar, EA and Maysalward are the latest companies to enforce remote working due to the coronavirus
Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Google also request staff to work remotely
Virus Containment
Apple closes all its retails stores outside China
It has around 500 stores
Strong Team
Adjust strengthens its partnerships and enterprise sales with two new hires
Kelly Mullins and Bill Gerber join the team
Worldwide Digital Conference
Apple's WWDC 2020 will use an online-only format
Scheduled for some time in June
Back Of The Net
Nexon signs deal with EA for a new FIFA mobile game in South Korea
Beta testing begins in April
Going Ahead
Devcom 2020 is still taking place despite Covid-19 concerns
The organisers exepect the virus to "ease considerably"
Get Your Rewards
Game of Thrones Beyond The Wall welcomes one million pre-registrations to the Nights Watch
It launches on March 26th for iOS
Event Down
BitSummit cancelled over coronavirus concerns
Due to run in May
Rising Up
ByteDance's Combat of Hero secures the most iOS downloads in Japan for four consecutive days
Was originally released in December 2019
Crossover
Roblox partners with BBC Studios on Doctor Who in-game items
Available for a limited time
Digital Age
GDC to stream cancelled sessions via Twitch
Due to take place next week
Play Games!
More than 50% of gamers would rather play games than watch TV
Mobile is the favoured platform