Angry Birds Of A Feather
Rovio has 10 new games in the pipeline, and a cross-platform Angry Birds is one of them
Angry Birds Next will feature multiplayer and cross-platform play
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PokÉmon Prize
The winners of upcoming Pokémon Unite tournament will receive one of biggest prize pools in the game’s history in India
Pokémon Unite India Open 2022 is taking place across India in partnership with The Pokémon Company
Presenting Plans
Square Enix’s latest financial report reinforces company focus on blockchain gaming
President and representative director Yosuke Matsuda outlines plans for blockchain, HD games, and international growth
Results Revealed
EA’s Q2 financial results reveal $1.44 billion gross profit, with full games only contributing a fraction
Live services represent large share of company revenue
An Ever-changing Industry
Victoria Trofimova: "The years of rapid growth in the mobile gaming industry are over"
Family-owned games developer Nordcurrent celebrates its 20th anniversary
Founders And Fellowships
Warwickshire College and University Centre awards Kwalee founder David Darling with a Fellowship
Kwalee’s catalogue of mobile games has more than 900 million installs
Hypercasual On The Move
Azur Games: How hypercasual games development has changed through the pandemic
In Azur Games’ latest blog post they describe how the last three years of hypercasual has gone from popping bubbles to intricate level design
Sega In Singapore
Sega announces Singapore-based subsidiary as it seeks to expand in the Southeast Asia market
Established as a "key base" for future activity
Series A Success
Odyssey Interactive raises $19 million ahead of Omega Strikers mobile launch
Series A round led by venture capital fund Makers Fund
Stumble Guys Success
Battle royale game Stumble Guys is making almost half a million dollars every day
Scopely-owned game has a total of 265 million downloads
Bytebrew Boom
ByteBrew raises $4 million in a Seed Round to provide game developers with more tools and aid growth
Seed Round participants include Konvoy, Valhalla Ventures, Node Ventures and more
Announcing The Atom
Turtle Beach’s new Atom Controller magnetically fuses with phones to offer console-like experience
Compatible with Android 8.0 and up, and several streaming services, the controller will fit in your pocket.
Investment Incline
AppQuantum’s new Business Acceleration Program offers casual and midcore developers up to $1 million investment
From a total pot of $10 million, with potential to expand
Advert Averse
FTC plans to regulate "deceptive" ads that target children’s insecurities
Young people aged 13 to 18 now spend 8.5 hours per day on their devices
New York, New York
New York Game Awards plans in-person event for early 2023
Ticket revenue will help to fund ongoing projects and paid internships
Ceremonies And Celebrations
AviaGames CEO and founder Vickie Chen celebrated as an Industry Leader and Female Executive of the Year by Forbes China and Stevie Awards
Forbes China ceremony has now taken place; Stevie Awards ceremony is coming in November
Making The Most Of Mobile Moments
Digital Turbine’s Mobile App Habit Report highlights what gamers want to see before installing an app
Positive reviews, a good brand image and maintaining attention are all especially significant
Allegations Against Activision Blizzard
Latest lawsuit against Activision Blizzard alleges sexual harassment, sexual battery and blackmail
Plaintiff calls Activision Blizzard "a massive video game company with a massive sexual harassment problem"
Subscription Spending
Xbox Game Pass earned almost $3 billion revenue on consoles in 2021
Service more than doubled Nintendo’s subscription earnings for the same period
Competition Incoming
Kwalee’s VS Game Jam winner will receive a $500,000 bonus
Online event focusing on versus games running October 24 to November 13
A Strong September
GameRefinery’s September 2022 report highlights the power of a strong update
Exploring successes of Candy Crush, State of Survival, League of Legends: Wild Rift and more
Raising A Seed Round
Muus Collective raises $5 million in Seed Round to increase diversity in gaming and fashion
Seed Round led by venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners
Affiliates Expanding
BlueStacks affiliate programme expands to 57 countries and over 500 mobile game offers
More than 2 million games in total available on the Android platform via computer
Series B Secured
Homa raises $100 million in Series B to expand its platform
Funding round led by Quadrille Capital and Headline
User Acquisition Advice
Matej Lancaric offers tips to improve ad campaigns and find more users
His blog suggests the ideal length of a creative is 20 to 25 seconds
Bringing The Blockchain
Sega’s first blockchain game is coming from partnership with double jump.tokyo
A blockchain game using the Sangokushi Taisen IP is on the horizon
Revenue Results
Nexters makes a comeback from net loss in H1 2021 to record-high net income for H1 2022
$56 million in H1 and $33 from Q2
Layoffs Likely
Mighty Kingdom announces cost reduction plans including staff layoffs
Strategy would reduce FTE within developer and administration teams
Dragalia Descending
Dragalia Lost celebrates fourth anniversary two months before servers shut down
Celebrations include in-game bonuses, artwork on Twitter and more
Revving And Racing
Mario Kart Tour steers towards $300 million revenue as it celebrates third anniversary
Celebrations include Mii Racing Suits and several cities to drive around
Genshin's Growing Giant
Genshin Impact surpasses $3.6 billion revenue ahead of second anniversary
The game made $12 million revenue on day of Version 3.0 release
Mobile Momentum
GlobalData: Games industry to be worth $470 billion by 2030
More than half of that sum will come from mobile games
Ascension In Asia
Niko Partners: Games with metaverse elements will be most profitable short term
Cloud gaming predicted to reach 500 million in Asia by 2025
Game Audio
4Players reveals audio SDK Odin, compatible with Unreal, Unity and more
SDK is said to be low latency and "crystal clear"
Aiming To Acquire
Keywords Studios announces conditional acquisition of Smoking Gun
Founders of Canadian studio to continue managing the company
Arcade Idle Analysis
"Is arcade idle really dying?" – Homa Games’ Victor Vielliard shares his answer and advice
Aquarium Land used as a case study
Acquisition Achieved
Voodoo acquires Tarboosh Games after partnering on past projects
Value of the acquisition has not been disclosed
Honing In On Hybrid-casual
GameAnalytics offers tips for developers to succeed in new hybrid-casual genre
The new genre has emerged from the hugely competitive hypercasual
Language Localisation
Blend considers localisation "non-negotiable" in current gaming market
Study explores localisation’s value in-game and on gaming sites
Mobile Monetisation
Appodeal’s new ad monetisation index highlights USA’s increased ARPU on mobile
Analysis comes from 12 months of data up to June 2022
Arcade Idle Accelerates
Infographic by Sensor Tower and Homa Games reveals 2050% growth of arcade idle genre
Dramatic growth between Q4 2020 and Q1 2022
Permission To Play
Playing games doesn't make you mad or bad
Gaming does no harm to mental health according to recent study by the University of Oxford
Snapchat Spookery
Snap releases AR game Ghost Phone within the Snapchat app
Augmented Reality horror game stylised as found footage for a modern twist on those Blair Witch Project vibes
Trial On Tiktok
TikTok launches HTML5 games with Voodoo, Nitro and more
Influencer Run, Tap the Difference and Basketball FRVR among mini games included
Predicting Revenue
Mobile games industry to enjoy exponential growth up to 2029
Increasing global demand on smartphones and tablets forecast by Verified Market Reports
The Power Of A Pitch
Come forth, indie devs! The Big Indie Pitch is heading to Gamescom
A chance for indie games developers to get expert feedback in Koln
Getting Musical
"Players really appreciate having constant access to what they’ve paid for"
Indie dev lowiro's Anton Prydatko discusses development, monetisation models, and weathering changes in the mobile games industry over the last five years
A Handful Of Hires
Hyper Hippo hires new executive producer and SVP
Jonathan Warner promoted to SVP, portfolio
Funds For Founders
Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities
Unity Users
Consumer Acquisition: Unity games have seen 32% IAP revenue growth in 2022
Rewarded video ads engagement also escalated, with 62% of players engaging daily