December 1, 2022 Pinball-esque Play Infinity Games’ Flipper Island could be the start of a new idle genre New iOS title made within 48 hours
December 1, 2022 Cross Worlds Celebration Celebrations and content galore as Netmarble’s Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds reaches 200 days 200 days on from Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds’ global launch
November 30, 2022 Dragalia's Final Day Nintendo’s first mobile IP Dragalia Lost closed down this morning A retrospective of Dragalia Lost’s four-year journey
November 30, 2022 End Of An Era How Apple’s ATT could end the current free-to-play gaming era Privacy changes continue to have significant consequences for many devs
November 23, 2022 Business Casual X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch Company founded by veterans of Peak Games
November 23, 2022 Mobile Monopoly Apple and Google investigated by UK regulator over suspected cloud gaming and mobile duopoly In the UK, 97 percent of mobile web browsing took place on Apple and Google browsers last year
November 23, 2022 Adtech Approach New advertising platform immersiion uses new "hybrid" approach to reach gamers Launched by adtech firm iion for mobile, PC, console and more
November 16, 2022 Making It In Ar Mobile Pokémon Go to Minecraft Earth: the successes and failures of AR mobile games Can anyone compete with Pokémon Go’s success in the AR genre?
November 16, 2022 Sprouting Seedlings Can a push from Nintendo help Pikmin Bloom recapture the magic of Pokémon Go? Pikmin Bloom’s first anniversary features a Nintendo Switch crossover event
November 10, 2022 Data On Diversity A mere 1.87% of venture capital is allocated to minority-owned startups, Diversity VC finds Survey carried out between 28 June 2022 and 20 September 2022
November 10, 2022 Appgallery Achievements Huawei AppGallery surpasses 220,000 HMS apps and 580 million user milestones Achieved since the initial launch in 2018
November 10, 2022 Financial Findings Unity’s latest financial report reveals $322.9 million in Q3 2022 revenue and predict Q4 earnings Up by 13% from Q3 2021
November 10, 2022 Workforce Adjustments Approximately 7% of employees laid off from Kabam after reviewing "strategic priorities" Around 35 of company’s 500+ employees have been let go
November 9, 2022 Nintendo Numbers Nintendo mobile downloads "equivalent to the cumulative unit sales total of all Nintendo hardware" The milestone of 800 million downloads since 2016 was achieved in October
November 9, 2022 Growing Globally Gismart opens new office in Warsaw with compensated language courses offered The company’s latest European centre currently employs 40 staff members
November 3, 2022 Lacking Licences October saw the return of no new game licences in China for the first time in six months But concerns of another licence freeze may be overly hasty
November 3, 2022 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
November 3, 2022 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
November 3, 2022 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
November 3, 2022 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
November 2, 2022 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
November 2, 2022 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
October 26, 2022 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
October 26, 2022 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
October 26, 2022 Series A Success Odyssey Interactive raises $19 million ahead of Omega Strikers mobile launch Series A round led by venture capital fund Makers Fund
October 20, 2022 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
October 20, 2022 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
October 20, 2022 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.
October 20, 2022 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
October 20, 2022 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
October 19, 2022 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
October 19, 2022 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
October 19, 2022 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
October 13, 2022 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"
October 13, 2022 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
October 13, 2022 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
October 13, 2022 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
October 12, 2022 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
October 12, 2022 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
October 12, 2022 Series B Secured Homa raises $100 million in Series B to expand its platform Funding round led by Quadrille Capital and Headline
September 29, 2022 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
September 29, 2022 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
September 29, 2022 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
September 28, 2022 Layoffs Likely Mighty Kingdom announces cost reduction plans including staff layoffs Strategy would reduce FTE within developer and administration teams
September 28, 2022 Dragalia Descending Dragalia Lost celebrates fourth anniversary two months before servers shut down Celebrations include in-game bonuses, artwork on Twitter and more
September 23, 2022 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
September 23, 2022 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
September 22, 2022 Mobile Momentum GlobalData: Games industry to be worth $470 billion by 2030 More than half of that sum will come from mobile games
September 22, 2022 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
September 22, 2022 Game Audio 4Players reveals audio SDK Odin, compatible with Unreal, Unity and more SDK is said to be low latency and "crystal clear"