Pinball-esque Play
Infinity Games’ Flipper Island could be the start of a new idle genre
New iOS title made within 48 hours
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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
Dragalia's Final Day
Nintendo’s first mobile IP Dragalia Lost closed down this morning
A retrospective of Dragalia Lost’s four-year journey
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
Business Casual
X-Flow invests $6 million in casual developer Plummy Games after Star Merge launch
Company founded by veterans of Peak Games
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
Adtech Approach
New advertising platform immersiion uses new "hybrid" approach to reach gamers
Launched by adtech firm iion for mobile, PC, console and more
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?
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
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
Appgallery Achievements
Huawei AppGallery surpasses 220,000 HMS apps and 580 million user milestones
Achieved since the initial launch in 2018
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
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
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
Growing Globally
Gismart opens new office in Warsaw with compensated language courses offered
The company’s latest European centre currently employs 40 staff members
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
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
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"