Magical Launch
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016
It's the biggest game of 2021 in China
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IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million
The intention is to increase IronSource’s SDK footprint
Spread The Load
Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud
The service handles server management, infrastructure and scaling
Thinking Differently
Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers
Now hiring too
Disputed
Kixeye shareholders file lawsuit against Stillfront over $30 million earnout
The allegation is breach of earn-out agreement
Deep Dive
Analytics platform Dive integrates with Roblox
40 million DAUs to mine
Already Growing
Ragnarok Origin reaches 400,000 pre-registrations
Adds Genshin Impact’s Lilypichu and ProZD as voice talent
Now Live
Tilting Point and Carry1st publish SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off in Africa
One game, 54 countries
Tangled Web
Apple files appeal against in-app links to alternative payments ruling
The federal judge has ruled in favour of Apple for nine of ten counts
Hypermoney
Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual
Series A was led by Northzone
Cracking
Trivia Crack Adventure does 10 million downloads
Launched in November 2020
Still Growing
MTG appoints Daniel Frechen as new Head of M&A and Strategy
Looking to continue its build-and-grow activity
New Entrant
MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round
Investment led by Play Ventures
News
Zynga closes $525 million StarLark acquisition, expands portfolio with Golf Rival
Zynga’s international footprint expands with a studio in China
News
FeoFun and Black Candy are first winners of IronSource's Supersonic Superstars contest
The second group of winners will be announced in November
Xxxx
Supercell is the only dev with a top 10 strategy game that isn't 4X
Clash of Clans is the outlier
Deal Or Deal?
Game M&A and funding volume hits $71 billion in 2021 to-date
Volume is already more than double 2020
More Play
64% of Millennials spent more time mobile gaming in past year
Results from Tapjoy's survey
Boom Times
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis raises $152 million on a $3 billion valuation
Andreessen Horowitz leads the round
Perfect Deal
Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort
Building from beta to global publishing
Nextgen
Next Games' second Game Developer Academy kicks off 4 October
Learning with hands-on experience
News
Supercell-backed Trailmix releases its debut game Love & Pies
A recipe of puzzles and personalisation with a dash of mystery
Top Table
Joakim Achrén appointed Fingersoft's board
Finnish entrepreneur adds status
Funding Boom
Startup conglomerate Kepler Interactive raises $120 million from NetEase
Another roll-up player rolls up
Speaker Spotlight
Roblox's Morgan Tucker on designing for the Metaverse
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Bigger Screen
Genvid and Intel combine for 5G Project Monarch livestream gaming test
Downloads and installs not required
Word Up
Word Crack celebrates its tenth anniversary
Has surpassed 100 million downloads
Speaker Spotlight
Miikka Luotio discusses the expansion of in-app payments
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Facebook's Antonio Ribeiro on Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Metacore's Chris Hong on how games connect people
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Sam Watts on the broadening of retro and rise of immersive technologies like VR
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
SocialPeta's Summer Liu on the power of innovative and unique ad creatives
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Best Shot
Big Buck Hunter: Marksman launches on Skillz platform
There's also a $5,000 competition
Speaker Spotlight
DappRadar's Skirmantas Januškas on the blockchain game explosion
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Erinrose Sullivan on the convergence of gaming, art and culture
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
PeopleFun's Jason Leary on the rise of integrated storytelling, highly polished theming and vanity collectables
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Bellyfeel's Krishna Stott on running live role player story games
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Tamar Polak on the shift from user-level to aggregated data
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Orbital Knight's Karol Drzymala on why you should just make more games
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Katerina Burbela on falling in love with the games industry
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Azarus’ founder Alexander Casassovici on a new form of streaming
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Execution Labs entrepreneur Keith Katz on investing in game studios
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Speaker Spotlight
Kristina Miles on the importance of user experience on mobile
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Good Looking
Apple announces iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini
Coming September 29th