Funding Fusion
MiHoYo invests $65 million towards nuclear fusion devices
Contributing to Energy Singularity’s Tokamak research to lower carbon emissions
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Homa Hires
Homa Games hires former GameAnalytics CEO Ioana Hreninciuc as new CPO
Tasked with scaling the Homa Lab platform and providing data insights
Adding Adtech
NBCUniversal partners with Anzu to expand in games and esports
Gaining access to adtech integrations
Subscription Service Expands
Google Play Pass launches in India with more than 1,000 titles
Requiring Android 4.4 or above to run
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Love Island Launch
Love Island The Game 2 is now Fusebox Games’ most successful launch
Seeing high retention rates
Hiring Hundreds
Epic Games hiring hundreds as full employees with benefit plans
QA testers make up bulk of hires
Global Launch
Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant
Investments from Everblue Management, Play Ventures and more
Arcade Achievement
Antstream Arcade welcome pack surpasses 3 million downloads
After $3.5 million investment from The Atari Group
New Leadership
Tjodolf Sommestad becomes new president of King
Co-founder Sebastian Knutsson stepping down from CCO role
Get Generating
Ludo launches Image Generator to provide game devs with artwork inspiration
Free beta available to allow studios to experiment with new features
Backbone Backed
Backbone raises $40 million to bring console and PC games to mobile
Back by Kevin Hart, Post Malone, The Weeknd, and more
Presale Plans
Netmarble to sell Golden Bros NFT presale at 33% discount
Early access period coming in March
Upcoming Competition
Voodoo’s Spring Game Competition to reward studios with up to $1 million
Top prize for reaching five million downloads in four months
Pushed Back
CGC X postponed to March 3 and 4 due to unexpectedly high attendance
Extra time needed to address bandwidth issue
Get Golfing
Playlinks launches Kitty Golf on Facebook Instant Games
Latest game from the South Korean developer to join the platform
Pocket Metaverse
Chillchat raises $1.85 million for create-to-earn "pocket metaverse"
Led by blockchain platform Solana's VC arm, Solana Ventures
Titles And Trends
Kolibri Games hires Dzmitry Yudo as product director for new games
Leading the initiative to explore idle games
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Compiling Cards
Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week
The Pokémon Company keeps to its promise following delay
Investor Encouragement
Supercell highlights excitement for external developers and importance of young talent
The Level Up program begins
Angered Attorneys
Attorneys seeking $27 million for securing $100 million settlement against Apple
Fallout of the Apple antitrust class action suit
Mobile Merger
Netmarble US studio to join Kabam in merger
Simon Sim to become Kabam COO
Metaverse Music
Yahaha partners with Spitfire to bring The Dead Daisies into the metaverse
Making rock music more accessible through the metaverse
Equine Expansion
Star Stable Online launches worldwide on iOS
Following a year-and-a-half of soft launch
Brand-new Brand
MiHoYo launches new international HoYoverse brand
Keeping the MiHoYo name in China
Furthering Fashion
Drest appoints Saikala Sultanova to newly formed position: VP of growth
With experience at Ubisoft Mobile and more
Advert Veteran
Guy Ben-dov joins Anzu as EVP to drive blended ads
Co-founder of Double Fusion and Side-Kick Games
Building Blockchain
Animoca Brands opens new subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan
Expanding business
Studio Shares
Krafton acquires Smash Legends dev 5minlab for $19.9 million
100 per cent of shares acquired
Making Milestones
Voodoo surpasses 6 billion downloads across games and apps
One billion downloads achieved in the past 9 months
Making Of
Supercell talks breaking the mould of puzzle games with Clash Quest
Supercell's Touko Tahkokallio talks us through the journey of Clash Quest, from prototype to its current stage
Finnish Funding
Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million in funding to create cloud-native games
Funding led by Bitkraft Ventures
Free Fired
Garena Free Fire banned in India after 238 million downloads
Free Fire: Illuminate and Free Fire Max extinguished
Growing Guilds
Animoca Brands and Brinc launch the Guild Accelerator Program to boost P2E ecosystems
Seeking sustainable guilds
Raising Round
Tripledot Studios raises $116 million and receives $1.4 billion valuation
Series B Round led by 20VC
Racing In Roblox
McLaren MCL36 is first F1 car reveal in Roblox
Unveiled in the metaverse
Integrating Ecosystems
Pixelynx and Hiber partner to integrate HiberWorld with Pixelynx ecosystem
NFT cross-utility anticipated
Tentacle Zone
Payload Studios and Exient open applications for 2022 Tentacle Zone Incubator
Developer incubator returns for second year
Digital Dancing
The Sandbox and DanceFight partner to bring street dance battles to the metaverse
Featuring dance-move NFTs
Target Without Tracking
AdInMo and NumberEight partner to create targeted in-game ads
Will be done without the use of identifiers or cookies
Equity Investments
Krafton invests $6.6 million to create and sell NFT avatars
Partnering with South Korea auction platform Seoul Auction Blue
Adding Ads
Anzu partners with Top Down Games to integrate ads in All Star Tower Defense Roblox experience
In-game ads integrated as billboards, banners or on buildings
Wildlife Worldwide
Wildlife Studios launches new affiliate studio Playabit
Led by Toy Blast and Toon Blast devs
Gearbox Gameplay
Playable Factory launches Gearbox Video to streamline mobile video ad creation
A tool to generate gameplay videos
Virtual Vip Party
Roblox to host virtual VIP party for the Brit Awards
Will include live performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Pink Pantheress, and more
4 Million In 11 Days
Bravely Default Brilliant Lights reaches four million players in first 11 days
Featuring new and returning characters
Rpg Revenue
Fire Emblem Heroes approaches $1 billion
Nintendo's highest-earning mobile game
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Germanic Growth
Exmox has acquired Empfohlen.de, aiming to take German platform worldwide
Acquired for an undisclosed amount