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Raising Round
Griffin Gaming Partners raises $750 million for its second fund
Biggest games-based VC fund to date will focus on Web3 and social platforms
Eyes On Activision
Bobby Kotick stepping down from Coca-Cola to focus attention on Activision Blizzard
Following acquisition by Microsoft
Microsoft Manoeuvres
Microsoft announces suspension of new sales in Russia
Protecting Ukraine’s cybersecurity
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Hot Five: new Netflix Games releases, Free Fire K-pop collaboration with BTS, and MiHoYo’s nuclear fusion investment
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Expanding In Europe
Mobile Premier League expands in Europe with GameDuell acquisition
First move in free-to-play space
Addressing Alterations
Samsung admits to throttling games on S22 smartphone
Plans to resolve the issue
No Homers Club
Updated: TheXPlace early access offered to studios and talent looking to network
CEO Maya Rand speaks to PocketGamer.biz, as Tencent, Playtika, Activision Blizzard, and Zynga among others get involved
Nft Nod
Tribe Gaming to launch limited edition NFTs with unique perks
All money raised will go to Quest to Conquer Cancer initiative
Partnership Pact
Infinity Games and Nerd Monkeys partner to port more games
From mobile to Xbox and Switch
Character Collaboration
Truz characters join Play Together metaverse in IP collaboration
Aiming towards a Millennial and Gen Z audience
Calling On Developers
Ukraine appeals to games industry to close Russian studios
Apple, Google, Riot, Wargaming, and Gameloft among mobile entities approached
Appointment Announced
Lockwood Publishing appoints Jon Goddard to senior management team
Prior roles at EA, Jagex, and more
Intended Investment
Global Top Round launces year-long seed investment programme
Supporting smaller studios
Scaling Studios
SciPlay acquires Alictus in $100 million all-cash transaction
Initial acquisition of 80 per cent
Offering Condolences
Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju passes away at 54
Cause currently undisclosed
Funding Fusion
MiHoYo invests $65 million towards nuclear fusion devices
Contributing to Energy Singularity’s Tokamak research to lower carbon emissions
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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Hot Five: Bandai Namco shuts down Digimon ReArise, Apple privacy update causes IAP decline, and NFT and blockchain gaming to the mass market
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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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Hot Five: Supercell's 45% revenue increase, Garena Free Fire banned in India, and FIFA Mobile pulled from Vietnamese app stores
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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