Loot Box Lull
Activision Blizzard is not releasing Diablo Immortal in Belgium and the Netherlands
Both countries have banned loot boxes in games via gambling laws
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Awards And Achievements
Mobile wins big at the Finnish Game Awards 2021
Pako 3, Kitka Games, and HypeHype celebrated for Small Screen Game of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Creative Achievement, respectively
The Lion's Share
Mobile gaming to exceed 60% of entire games market in 2022
More than $1.6 billion spent weekly on mobile games in Q1 2022 alone
Plans For Pride
Zynga donating $50,000 for Pride Month
Employee resource group zPride donating to Brave Space Alliance, LGBT Foundation, and Gay Gaming Professionals
Double Digit Development
Huuuge announces Q1 2022 results with $84 million in revenue
Adjusted EBITDA percentage increase reaches double digits
Roblox Role
Roblox hires former Zynga and Twitter exec Nick Tornow
Former Zynga CTO joins Roblox as vice president of technology
Community Currency
Former Gameforge CEO launches Web3 publisher Eleet Games
Carsten van Husen to lead
Under A Union
Employees from Activision Blizzard's Raven Software form the first gaming union
Accepted by the National Labor Relations Board with 19 votes to 3
Big Fish Focus
Former Amazon gaming manager Larry Plotnick appointed president at Big Fish Games
Supporting innovation and development of casual games
Acquisition Interest
Ubisoft holders want €60+ per share for potential sale
At the time of writing, Ubisoft’s share price is €48.29 (roughly $51)
Alleged Acquisition Aspirations
Electronic Arts sought acquisition from Disney, Apple, Amazon, NBC
NBCUniversal came closest to deal thus far
Play Store Policy
Google to permit third-party payment systems for Match Group
Following lawsuit from Match regarding payment systems and revenue share
Pinpointing Popularity
Deliver It 3D, Angry Birds Classic, and Football Manager are the fastest-growing iOS games in 2022
Mozillion reports on data for fastest-growing App Store mobile games
Collaborate And Cooperate
Developing the metaverse must prevent harm, Meta's Nick Clegg states
Former UK deputy prime minister shares outlook from virtual glasses to practising surgeries
Tiktok Testing
TikTok wants to release in-app games this year
Testing may be in progress in Vietnam
Directors And Developers
Dr Jakin Vela appointed new IGDA executive director
Founder of Games For Me, CEO of Astral Interactive, and more
Gearing Up For Germany
Microids opens a new office in Germany in expansion plan
Opening in its "second most important" European market
Hypercasual Heights
Pangle and Newzoo’s hypercasual report explores the eastern and western market divide
Audience variation between US, UK, Japan and South Korea highlighted
Alternative App Store Agreement
Flexion to publish FunPlus’ King of Avalon on alternative app stores
Releasing on Huawei App Gallery and Samsung Galaxy App Store Q2 2022
Gameloft Grows
Gameloft’s newest studio opens near headquarters in Paris
Developing free-to-play elements in console and PC games
Coasts And Climates
Unity founder David Helgason launches climate initiative Transition Labs
Partnering with oceans solution platform Running Tide
Spanish Studio
Product Madness opening a new studio in Spain
Its fifth international studio after expansion in UK, Ukraine, Israel and Poland
Meeting Milestones
57% of PUBG Mobile player spend comes from China
Worldwide revenue reaches beyond $8 billion
China's Climb
Chinese mobile games revenue surpassed $9 billion during Q1 2022
Revenue up 2.72% year-over-year
Foreshadowing Fableborne
Pixion Games announces "Lunchtime Esports" game Fableborne
Featuring "play-to-own" NFTs
Ip Integration
Curve Games acquires Hue developer Fiddlesticks Games
Acquiring all IP and assets relating to the Hue franchise
Crypto Curves
Axie Infinity’s utility currency devalued to $0.004
Value has fluctuated since reaching $0.004 on May 12
Growing In Germany
exmox acquires Testerheld to develop new portfolio features and content
Developing platforms and generating new features
Rolling In Revenue
Apple made more games revenue than Google in 2020 and 2021, Newzoo finds
Top 10 companies saw conbined revenue totalling $126 billion last year
Rocky Roblox Report
Roblox sees 54.1 million DAUs, despite sharp declines in engagement
Per daily average user, average bookings were at $11.67 in Q1
Revenue Report
Mobile game revenue decreased for first time ever in Q1 2022
Sensor Tower's State of Mobile Gaming 2022 report shows revenue and install variation by country
Meta Collections
Facebook and Instagram to start NFT integration
Meta and Etherium, Solana, Polygon, and Flow networks partner to build NFT platform
Revenue Results
Higher revenue and lower costs for Zynga in Q1 2022
$691 million revenue marks a 2% increase over Q1 2021
Joining And Growing
Blackstone hires former Zynga COO Matthew Bromberg
Focusing on Blackstone Growth
Tools And Tokens
Has Ready Games done the impossible: brought NFT gaming to iOS and Android?
Developer tools to convert mobile Web 2.0 games into Web3 games and meet the store rules of Google and Apple
Liverpool Launch
Tencent Games’ new UK studio is based in Liverpool
Supporting development of titles for partner studios
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Download Deluge
Voodoo becomes the third-largest global company in app installs
The sole European member of the top six
Industry Insight
Newzoo: a "breakthrough" in mobile game reach as revenue to surpass $100 billion in 2022
Latin America and Southeast Asia could be biggest contributors to mobile growth
The Gamekit Cometh
AWS Gamekit support is coming to Android and iOS games developed with Unreal
Features include cloud saves and achievements
Pac-man Packs A Punch
98% of Pac-Man Community players are choosing mobile
Revamp of classic arcade game surpasses 6 million players in first four months
Rooms And Rebrands
Piepacker rebrands as Jam.gg as its library spreads onto mobile
Platform reaches 2 million users
Genshin Growing
Genshin Impact surpasses $3 billion mobile revenue milestone
The top-grossing mobile gacha averages $1 billion every six months
Stats From Sweden
More than three-quarters of Stillfront’s Q1 revenue came from mobile games
Q1 2022 interim report reveals net revenue of $172 million
Role Recruitment
Social First’s new advisors aim to reach the next generation of Web3 gaming
Koh Kim and Andy Chambers join the Finnish studio after funding round
Moving To Santa Monica
Kong Studios moves HQ to Santa Monica following unicorn status
The home of Naughty Dog, Respawn Entertainment and Infinity Ward
Hiring Hall-of-famer
EA founder Trip Hawkins joins 110 Industries
Bringing experience from mobile games and esports platforms
Apple Altercation
EU Digital Markets Act could force Apple to open its payment system to competitors
This second EU charge against the company could cost Apple up to $36.6 billion
Acquiring Axesinmotion
Media and Games Invest acquires AxesInMotion in entirety for $58 million
Up to $116 million additional earn-out payment
Apple Admonishes Apps
As many as 7,000 apps could soon be purged from the App Store
Sensor Tower finds between 3,000-7,000 apps at risk, with mobile games expected to see biggest impact