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Renovation
GameRefinery: renovation features in every top 100 US casual mobile game
Players are motivated by a drive to "clean up space" and redecorate
Drest To Impress
Fashion game dev DREST appoints Lisa Bridgett as CEO
Will oversee operation across its games, media, data and e-commerce
Birds Boost
Rovio 2021 revenues increase 5.1% to $326.6 million, boosted by Angry Birds titles
Record high fourth quarter results
Run By Rollic
Zynga acquires German hypercasual dev NanoTribe
Will be managed by Zynga subsidiary Rollic
The Might Of Mobile
PUBG Mobile boosts Krafton’s 2021 revenues to record-highs of $1.57 billion
Release of Battlegrounds Mobile India and PUBG New State boosted Q4 sales
New Directors
Amuzo appoints new Head of Studio and Head of Production
Two key players move up the ladder
Worldwide Wizardry
NetEase to launch Harry Potter: Magic Awakened worldwide
Pre-registrations have opened in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania
Best Year Ever
Zynga reports record-high sales and bookings for Q4 and FY21
Company posts record highs despite greater losses
Animals Arise
Sensor Tower: US mobile gamers spent $4.4 billion on money-themed games in 2021
Consumer spending on animal-themed games rose 904 per cent
Bwah
The Sandbox and Ubisoft partner to bring Rabbids to the metaverse
Ubisoft will host interactive experiences and integrate voxel characters and items in The Sandbox metaverse
Mobile Goat
Goat Simulator dev Coffee Stain launches mobile-first studio in Malmö
Spearheaded by mobile games veteran Daniel Persson
Innovate To Create
FunPlus appoints Jeremy Horn as VP and head of innovation
Bringing over a decade of free-to-play expertise
Snapping Up Staff
Shortround Games staff and tech acquired by blockchain outfit Mythical Games
Will begin working on an unannounced sports game
Grand Launch
Horizon Blockchain Games launches NFT trading card game Skyweaver
Available on iOS, Android and PC
Making Of
How Skyrim, Slay the Spire, and Hearthstone influenced ARCANIUM: Rise of Akhan
Supercombo CEO Remi Marchand talks keeping an indie studio financially afloat and making a mobile game for Netflix
Crypto Consultant
SuperGaming appoints crypto specialist Siddarth Menon as blockchain advisor
Will help the company build its crypto platform and design in-game economies
Fallen Fiscally
Nexon mobile revenue falls 20% following a year of "building and investment"
Looking ahead at upcoming games pipeline in 2022 to boost revenue
Sharing The Storm
iCandy Interactive acquires 51% stake in hypercasual games startup Storms
Storms' management will join the existing iCandy management team
Appointment At Axie
Sky Mavis appoints former Pokémon Go product manager as Axie Infinity game product lead
Phillip La brings over 10 years of product management experience
Fighting On
Nexon to bring Dungeon & Fighter to mobile on March 24
Will feature iconic "arcade-style" RPG action
Returning To Roots
Outplay Entertainment returns to Facebook Instant Gaming with Solitaire Together
Will launch more social games on the platform throughout 2022
Supersonic
IronSource launches 3rd Supersonic Superstars hypercasual contest
$2 million for developers that cross 8 million downloads on US App Store
Oh Thank Heaven
Haegin brings 7-Eleven to casual mobile metaverse Play Together
Will bring 7-Eleven Korea mascots and products into the game
Mobile-centric
Sensor Tower: Mobile games account for almost 20% of all Metaverse-related apps
Early metaverse projects are centred around crypotcurrencies and NFTs
Foundations Of A Future Forest
Gamigo Group plants over 110,000 trees
Via continued partnership with Eden Reforestation Project
Acquiring Astrokings
Tilting Point acquires majority stake in AstroKings developer AN Games
Will scale the studio's games in both Eastern and Western markets
To Be Expected
Nintendo’s mobile revenue falls 5.2% to $347 million
Nintendo Switch sells over 100 million units, overtakes Nintendo Wii
Eastern European Expansion
Amber launches new studio in Kyiv
Plans to hire over 60 new staff by the end of 2022
Win For Wordzee
Wordzee surpasses 5 million downloads worldwide
Further improvements planned to increase long-term user engagement in 2022
Cultivating Culture
Xsolla CTO Konstantin Golubitsky appointed as CEO
Will focus on growth and strengthening company culture
Adtech Adept
Mollie Spilman joins Digital Turbine board of directors
Bringing an 'accomplished track record' of adtech experience
Boosted By Mobile
EA's mobile earnings jump 78% to $277 million
Overall revenues reached $1.79 billion for "largest quarter" in company history
Metaworms
Update: Team17 U-turns on NFT MetaWorms collections
Follows backlash from fans and partnered development studios
Milk And Honey
Newzoo: NFT companies will transform into luxury and lifestyle brands
Fashion brands will be "early winners" in the metaverse
Enter The Guetta-verse
David Guetta to perform DJ set on Roblox
Intergalactic-themed set will last 45 minutes
Muscles, Brain, And Determination
Rovio partners with Popeye and The SeaCleaners to clean the sea
Hosting a week-long event in Angry Birds Friends to promote awareness
A Win For Wardle
The New York Times purchases Wordle
Creator Josh Wardle given a "low seven figure" sum
Testing The Waters
Gardenscapes dev Playrix invests in mobile games publisher AppQuantum
Marks the company’s first investment in an independent publisher
Marbleverse
Netmarble unveils upcoming Metaverse and NFT projects
70% of upcoming games with utilise blockchain tech
Under The Influence
Flexion invests in influencer marketing startup Liteup Media
Acquiring an initial 20% to boost revenue for partnered developers
Accessibility
UK games charity SpecialEffect launches new DevKit
Aimed at improving motor accessibility in games
Take A Crack
CrazyLabs and Carry1st partner for hypercasual game jam
Open to developers and novices in South Africa and Finland
Casual Mmo
Rocky Road raises $2.5 million to create first casual MMO for mobile
Led by QuizUp creators
Growing Games
RocketRide partners with Netflix to bring more games
Two games brought to the service so far
Three's Company
Nexters acquires 3 mobile studios for $100 million
Aiming to amplifying its midcore games offerings
Inter-industry Shift
Mobile games industry veteran Vlad Ceraldi moves to indie PC dev Offworld Industries
Brings decades of live ops experience
Precision Targeting
Anzu partners with mobile-first data marketplace Kochava Collective
Will offer precision targeting for advertisers to reach new audiences
Mobile Metaverse
Now.gg launches Now.gg Fungible Games to create a mobile games metaverse
Allows different people to own different parts of games
Racing Rivalry
Supremacy Games to bring real car NFTs to upcoming P2E mobile racing game
Number of car NFTs will equal real world production figure