Network For Gamers
Former Pixonic CEO raises $500,000 for new games social network
The new platform will allow people to share information about the games they are playing
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Court Case
Activision Blizzard lawsuit alleges workplace sexual harassment and bullying
The lawsuit follows a two year investigation alleging a "pervasive frat boy workplace culture"
Call To Action
Genshin Impact spurs mobile action games to $435 million in US for H1 2021
The figure shows a 104 per cent rise for the genre year-over-year
A New Verse
Mixi’s Langer Lee joins ByteDance game's division Nuverse
Lee will take over as head of corporate development
Raising The Stakes
Zoom partners with social casino dev FlowPlay to launch in-app games
Starting with Live Game Night Poker
Mission Failed
Ubisoft to shut down Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad less than 12 months after launch
The game will receive one more update before the servers shut down in October
Pes Is Dead
Konami rebrands PES to eFootball, moving to free-to-play
The game will roll out across multiple platforms
Xcom Goes Mobile
Update: XCOM Legends soft-launched in Malaysia and the Philippines
Being developed by Iridium Starfish
Toss A Coin
The Witcher: Monster Slayer has now launched
The location-based augmented reality game brings the series’ monsters to life
Home Sweet Home
GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event
First in-person conference for two years
What’s Next(ers)
Nexters' Q2 2021 bookings up 40% to $154 million
Will float via SPAC in Q3 2021
Scoped Out
Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games
The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland
Beyond A Billion
Tencent buying UK studio Sumo Group for $1.3 billion
Chinese giant continues global rollup
"correct Understanding"
Nintendo denies Switch OLED profit margin increase
The company also debunked ongoing Switch Pro claims
Largest Event Yet
Women in Games Global Festival taking place this September
Virtual event includes awards ceremony, games jam and esports tournament
Making Of
How Inkle Studios created a hit in 100 days
"Let’s make something really fast, and really fun..."
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PGC Digital: Gina Jackson describes practical steps to stop burnout
"We are obsessed about presentees, about sitting here and working all the hours, we are not obsessed with outcomes."
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Sega, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix and Bandai Namco
Firing By
Garena Free Fire surpasses one billion downloads on Google Play
The game is only the third to reach this milestone
Cook Cracks Down
Apple phasing out remote working, say employees
Employees will have to spend three days in the office a week from September
Ready To Unite
Pokémon Unite set to launch on Switch next week, mobile to follow
The game is due to be released on Wednesday 21st July
Brave
Square Enix commits to mobile with Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights
The game will be released on iOS and Android in Japan
Stadia Splits
Google Stadia to give revenue share based on how often games are played
Developers who add their games to the service will receive 70 per cent cut of overall revenue
Netflix Of Games
Netflix sets sights on video games, hires EA Mobile and CCO Mike Verdu
First set of games expected to arrive in next 12 months
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PGC Digital: 1Up Capital's Maximilian Seeburg on why you need to "know your numbers"
Seeburg discusses different options available to game developers seeking funding
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PGC Digital: Industry pros discuss what defines a hypercasual game
Four industry pros explain their studio’s stance on developing hypercasual hits
Blitzing
Disney Emoji Blitz strikes 40 million downloads
The milestone has been hit as the game reaches its fifth anniversary
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PGC Digital: Sunday Games on making hypercasual profitable
Developers of hit hypercasual games Cat Escape and Plug Head
A New Resolution
Resolution Games closes $25 million round of funding to expand IP
"We see vast potential in VR and that the market is maturing"
Rolling The Dice
Australian MP to put forward bill proscribing loot boxes in video games
The bill proposes games containing loot boxes are rated R18+
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PGC Digital: Belka Games' Pavel Sudakov on how to make R&D rock
Head of R&D at Belka Games Pavel Sudakov gave advice on how to make your R&D rock
It’s A Battleground
Battlegrounds Mobile India fires to 34 million users and 16 million DAUs
The title is exclusively available in India via the Google Play store
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PGC Digital: Touchten Games’ Rokimas Seoharyo talks top talent acquisition
"Game teams are like sports teams, not like a family"
Playing Monopoly
Google faces lawsuit from 37 US States over alleged Play Store monopoly
The tech titan is accused of "harming small businesses and consumers"
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PGC Digital: Voodoo head of publishing Alexander Shea discusses 'the science of publishing'
Shea provides insight into how Voodoo has reached 5 billion hypercasual downloads
Loads Of Coins
Sealed copy of Super Mario 64 fetches $1.5 million at auction
The sale sets the record for the most expensive video game ever
Honourable
Mobile games spending reached $7.3 billion in June 2021
Honor of Kings, PUBG mobile and Ni No Kuni Cross Worlds lead the show
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PGC Digital: How unceasing QA testing increases mobile game profitability
WeTest’s Connie Fu and Gunther Gong explain the importance of continued QA testing
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from King, Zynga, Niantic and Playrix
Epic Win
Epic Games wins appeal against Apple in Australia
"This is a positive step forward for Australian consumers and developers”
Crazy
CrazyLabs partners with Huawei to bring four new games to AppGallery
The move follows the success of previous titles added to the marketplace
Pretty Nifty
Nifty Games brings on new executives from EA, Zynga and LucasArts
“This is an incredible time of growth..."
"hooked"
Mario maker Shigeru Miyamoto obsessed with Pokémon GO
"The average person playing Pokémon GO in Japan is probably around 60 years old"
Social Expansion
SciPlay acquires Om Nom: Run developer Koukoi Games
"Together, we can build impactful evergreen games..."
Let Them Mine
Minecraft becomes adults-only in South Korea
Restrictions will see those under 19 unable to access the game
Move Over Spotify
Roblox strikes deal with Sony Music to bring more artists to the gaming platform
"We look forward to expanding our successful partnership…"
Go On Son
Tencent partners with Tottenham Hotspur to bring Son Heung-Min to PUBG
The partnership will see Heung-Min as a playable character in the game
Face The Consequences
Tencent rolls out facial recognition to restrict children gaming at night
The system will lock young users out of games late in the evening
Reshuffle
Codemasters CEO Frank Sagnier will step down, four months after EA acquisition
Rashid Varachia will step down at the end of July as well
Bagon In Bagram
Pokémon GO spotted at former US military base in Afghanistan
"We can’t have no IED Pokémon on the FOB"