Platform Boost
Wemade and RedFox Games partner to bring Kingdom Hunter to WEMIX blockchain platform
Targeting the play and earn mobile community in South America
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Gameloft Gets Greener
Gameloft joins Playing for the Planet Alliance
Commits to decarbonation across operations
Advancing On Apac
Riot Games to expand publishing efforts in APAC
To focus in on a region with a "strong appetite" for mobile gaming
Limited Launch
Apex Legends Mobile to come to 10 countries next week
Will allow the studio to continue working on in-game systems, features, and more
Casual Control
Playtika revenue grew 8.9% to $2.58 billion in 2021
Board of directors considering the sale of the company
Saved By Q4
Netmarble scraped 0.8% revenue growth in 2021 to $2.12 billion
Q4 revenue climbed 20.4% to $656.6 million
Top Charts
Uptodown: The platform's most popular mobile games from the past 10 years
From Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies to PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile
Privacy Problems
AppsFlyer: Apple’s privacy update caused 35% in-app purchase revenue decline
iOS user acquisition spend fell 13%, Android jumped 35%
New State X Nier
Krafton and Square Enix partner for PUBG New State and NieR collab
Will bring Nier Automata event back to Nier Reincanation
Going Green
Tencent vows carbon neutrality by 2030
Will switch to 100% green energy with the next 8 years
Bye Bye Barriers
Coda launches Infinite Arcade to bring mass blockchain gaming to casual mobile games
Blending NFTs and cryptocurrency to turn F2P to P2E
Strong Growth
NetEase revenue jumps 19% to $13.75 billion, mobile games do $9.6 billion
Boosted by new titles such as Harry Potter: Magic Awakened and Revelation
3 Million Gameplays
Ethlas raises $2.7 million for F2P P2E mobile and PC metaverse
Will "aggressively" hire talent in the Web3 space
#mechswerehere
Plarium donates $100,000 to games accessibility charity AbleGamers
Following successful fundraising campaign in Mech Arena
Negligible Decline
Over 228 million active mobile gamers in the US and Canada in 2021
Down 4% over 2020
Prime Eternals
Jam City to launch Champions: Ascension NFTs on February 24
Private sale to be followed by public sale 24 hours later
$1.5 Billion
Call of Duty: Mobile fires past $1.5 billion in consumer spending
US is highest spender at $647 million, or 43%
Mobile Mods
Bluestacks launches Creator Studio and Creator Hub for modding mobile games
Gives users varying levels of modding abilities, from basic to advanced
Dynamic Segmentation
IronSource launches new feature to change ad strategy in real-time
Claims will improve user engagement and maximise revenues
Gouge To Jones
EA appoints Gareth Jones as vice president and head of Playdemic Studios
Following departure of studio head Paul Gouge
Garena Going Strong
Free Fire was the most downloaded game for January 2022
Subway Surfers comes in close second
Anime Collab
PUBG Mobile Japan to collaborate with Black Lagoon
Bringing exclusive skins to match the anime's noir action theme
Digital Entertainment Domination
Research and Markets: Asian mobile games market to reach $86.6 billion by 2027
Tablets top smartphones for user experience, but overall users are significantly lower
Premium Brand Ads
Bidstack partners with Game Tap Studios to bring in-game and in-menu ads
Will be included in 3 Game Tap titles, including Flying Car Real Driving
Fifth Time's A Charm
Dutch antirust regulator serves Apple fifth $5.7 million fine
ACM claims Apple's suggestions are "unnecessary and unreasonable"
Digimon Discontinued
Bandai Namco to shut down Digimon ReArise from April 21 2022
In-game currency sales discontinued from today
Starting To Slow
PUBG Mobile hits $237 million for January 2022
Global mobile games market generated $7.4 billion, a 7% fall
Welcome Back
Riot Games appoints co-founder Marc Merrill as president of games
Former co-CEO will oversee current and future projects, as well as R&D
It's A Secret
Secret Society Games appoints Andreea Enache as chief business officer
Formerly of Sony, Konami, Namco, Marvel, and more
Vamoosed
FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores
"Local regulations issues" lead to complete service shutdown
Revving Up
Animoca Brands acquires Torque Burnout dev Grease Monkey Games
Indie dev will align focus with P2E, NFT, and blockchain operations
Triumvirate Hires
Lockwood Publishing expands leadership with three strategic hires
Brings on industry veterans James Cox, Rob Hendry, and Chris Tilston
Avia Expands
AviaGames brings in Scott Leichtner and Weiming Lu
Hires industry veterans to aide in global expansion
Goods Of Growth
Embracer Group's Q3 net sales increased 135% to almost $600 million
Nine month performance increase of 78.3% to over $1.2 billion
Blending Ads
Anzu to bring in-game ads to Dakar Desert Rally
Will integrate in-game ads onto vehicles, roadside signs, and more
Won't Melt In Hands
Tilting Point to launch M&M’s Adventure on iOS and Android in Spring 2022
Developed by Vietnam-based mobile studio Gear Inc.
Adios Achievements
Microsoft to switch off Xbox Live services on Windows Phones in May
Achievements and cloud saves will discontinue from May 16 2022
For The Future
FunPlus and Creative Art Works launch second character design apprenticeship
Targeting "underserved" NYC teenagers and young adults
Well Sourced
IronSource revenue rises 67% to $553 million
Projects up to $820 million in revenue for 2022 fiscal year
Still Growing
Stillfront revenues rise 37% to over $586 million
Planning to soft launch 15 titles in the first half of 2022
Entertainment Veteran
Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors
Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
Ar Audio
Niantic and Sony partner for bring hi-fidelity audio AR
Starting with AR mobile game Ingress
Annie Goes Ai
App Annie rebrands to data.ai with focus on unified data AI
Partnered with Similarweb to provide unified mobile and web market dataset
Invested Growth
Gameloft Toronto appoints Michael Stolls as studio head
Will lead the studio's "aggressive expansion" over the next few years
Salem At Stillfront
Stillfront appoints Alexandre Salem as SVP operations & platforms
Previously held positions at Huawei, Google, and King
Playing God
PG Connects London: how Genvid aims to bridge into the Metaverse
Genvid director of developer relations Chris Hamilton talks MILEs and accessibility
Under Observation
PG Connects London: The regulations surrounding free-to-play
Wiggin associate Isabel Davies talks the changes in regulation that affect the monetisation and marketing of F2P
Innovation
PG Connects London: The new frontier of entertainment
Terra Virtua chariman Gary Bracey discusses what NFTs and the metaverse means for the mobile games industry
Where Aso Aims
PG Connects London: the evolution of ASO in 2022
AppTweak head of ASO Simon Thillay talks the avenues ASO may take in 2022 and onwards
Pg Connects London
PG Connects London: How to monetise beyond the App Store and Google Play
Xsolla's Miika Luotio and Black Block's Robin Squire talk ways to take back financial control from app marketplaces