Future Acquisitions
Tencent changing strategy to acquire more majority deals
The tech company is hoping to secure future growth by expanding its gaming assets
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About Paige is the Deputy Editor on PG.biz who, in the past, has worked in games journalism covering new releases, reviews and news. Coming from a multimedia background, she has dabbled in video editing, photography, graphic and web design! If she's not writing about the games industry, she can probably be found working through her ever-growing game backlog or buried in a good book.
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Independent Games Festival
The Independent Games Festival Submissions for 2023 are open
The event will see eight awards handed out in various categories
New Hire
NetEase hires Jonathan Morin as creative director
Morin will be joining the Montréal office and focusing on creating new IP
Four Day Work Week
Anna Yukhtenko: "Some tasks that I thought would take me a long time, actually require much less time if approached tactically"
Hutch is one of the many companies for whom the four day work week trial is still ongoing.
New Hire
FunPlus hires Jacob Krüger as the new user acquisition director
Krüger will be joining the Barcelona office to help lead the companies user acquisition strategy
Hypercasual Report
Tenjin has released its hypercasual games benchmark report
The report covers Q3 of 2022 and shows Android is at an all time high for share of ad spend
Partnership
XPLA announce partnership with Xterio
XPLA are hoping to be the leading blockchain for gamers and this partnership is the next step toward that goal
Blockchain Metaverse Game
The creator of PUBG has announced a new blockchain metaverse game
Brendan Greene is creating a new game named Artemis which will feature NFTs
Helsinki Highlights
Creating balanced gameplay through inclusivity
Tülay McNally took to the stage at Pocket Gamer Connects in Helsinki to talk about her role at EA and bringing diversity to games
Milestone
Pokémon Go reaches $4.5 billion in lifetime revenue
The popular Pokémon Go title reaches milestones in revenue and downloads
Rebranding
Coda is now known as Coda Labs
The rebranding will see a shift in focus toward web3 gaming
Helsinki Highlights
Exploring live ops in the metaverse
John Goodale spoke about the metaverse at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Helsinki Highlights
Purchase Behaviour Targeting Insights To Scale IAPs in the Age of 'the App-ocalypse'
Brett Orlanski of Bango Audiences speaks on getting out of the app-ocalypse
Series A
Hadean raises $30 million in a Series A funding round
The funding round was led by Molten Ventures and will be put towards growth in the metaverse
Mobile Games Growth Programme
Ukie and Barclays partner to create mobile games growth programme
The programme will support the growth of the mobile games industry in the UK with experts offering workshops and guidance
Hypercasual Lessons
TapNation's Florian Jauffrineau on hypercasual lessons
Want to see your hypercasual game hit the charts? Here are three lessons that could set your game on the right path
Destiny Mobile
Bungie patents hint that Destiny could be coming to mobile
Could Destiny be the latest Triple-A title heading to mobile? Recent patent information from Bungie suggests so
Charity Event
GamesAid karting event raises £11,000 for charity
24 games industry teams battled on the track. But who came out on top?
Ai Technology
AI voice acting technology comes of age
Altered AI have created a voice technology for game development that reduces the need for human actors
Respawn Speaks Up
Respawn issue statement on developer harassment
The Apex Legends developer has been dealing with ongoing harassment from members of its community
Investments
Theorycraft Games raises $50 million in funding
The successful Series B funding round was led by Makers Fund
Fighting Terrorism
Department of Homeland Security funds research into extremism in gaming
$700,000 will go towards a program aimed at understanding the issues further
Logitech's Handheld Device
Logitech has announced its G cloud gaming handheld device
Logitech will launch the new device on October the 18th
New Team Member
Diablo veteran David Brevik joins the Torchlight: Infinite team
David Brevik is getting involved as a consulting producer
Milestone
Wooga celebrates $500 million milestone
Wooga has seen its title June's Journey reach $500 million in lifetime revenue
Funding Round
Successful $1.5 million funding round for Sceneri
Sceneri have secured a funding round from SNÖ Ventures which will go towards the creation of a 3D development platform
Interview
Jochen Gary: "Playing seamlessly across mobile, desktop, and partly console will be the new normal"
We interview Jochen Gary from Stillfront Group about the mobile games industry
Interview
Dudu Dahan: "Creating a successful game without financial backing is nowadays almost impossible"
We interview Dudu Dahan from Playtika about the changing games industry
App Store Price Hike
Apple is raising App Store prices next month
The price increase will impact those in Asia and Europe
New Advisor
Former PlayStation Boss Shawn Layden joins Tencent Games
Shawn Layden joins Tencent Games to offer guidance as a strategic advisor
Industry Thoughts
Christopher Kassulke "We want to develop great games, we want to tell stories with our games.”
CEO of Handy Games Christopher Kassulke speaks on NFTs and the idea of a metaverse
Investment
Cosmo Media Labs launches with investment from The Sandbox
The Sandbox expands with its first financial stake in production studio Cosmo Media Labs
Mobile Ar
Blippar integrates with Unity
Augmented reality platform Blippar has integrated with Unity allowing AR experiences to be built with greater ease across the platform
Industry Thoughts
Winnie Wen "If you think about how long the industry has been around, I feel like we’re just scratching the surface."
Winnie Wen from Jam City speaks on the games industry and reaching audiences
Interview
Luis de la Camara: "microtransactions and incentivised ads are going to continue to be the main driver of revenue for mobile games."
We interview Rovio's Luis de la Camara about the mobile games industry
The Hypercasual Market
The future of the hypercasual games market
The hypercasual market had a boom over the period of the pandemic but saw a drop in numbers in 2022
The Future Of Unity
Unity speak on new price increases and customer concerns
Unity has recently found itself surrounded by some controversy and confusion which has been addressed by senior vice presidents
New Partnership
YAHAHA announces partnership with CGTrader
Community-first UGC metaverse YAHAHA has announced a new partnership with the 3D model marketplace CGTrader.
$1 Million In Funding Raised
Game studio Flick raises over $1 million in investments
The studio behind Flick Solitaire has raised over $1 million in investments with contributions from the likes of Miniclip
Australian Game Developer Awards Nominees
IGEA announces their finalists for the 2022 game developer awards
The awards show has a series of mobile games up for nomination and features a mobile games category
150 Million Downloads Milestone
Idle Miner Tycoon hits 150 million downloads
Kolibri Games celebrate their hit title Idle Miner Tycoon reaching 150 million downloads
Million Lords Achieves A Million Downloads
Million Lords celebrates a million downloads
MMO title Million Lords is set to celebrate its third anniversary with a milestone of over a million downloads
Industry Thoughts
Melanie Zimmermann "We invest in research and analytics. We want to know our players"
Melanie Zimmermann and Vinícius Gerez speak on the growing mobile gaming industry touching on UA and the gaming community
50 Million Lifetime Registrations
Black Desert surpasses 50 million registered players
Video game developer Pearl Abyss announces that hit title Black Desert has exceeded 50 million lifetime registrations
Layoffs
Garena to lay off up to 15% of its Shanghai staff
Game developer Garena is laying off hundreds of staff
Change In Management
Room 8 Group appoint new VP of business development
Room 8 Group have appointed a new VP of business development and head of business development.
Animoca Brands Secures Funding
Animoca Brands raises $110 million in funding
Animoca Brands had a successful funding round of $110 million the round was led by investment company Temasek
Successful Funding Round
Gameplay Galaxy closes $12.8M seed funding round
Gameplay Galaxy have secured a seed funding round of $12.8M with Blockchain Capital leading the round
New Hire
Gamigo appoints new marketing director
Gamigo online and moblie games publisher appoint Christian Streil as new director of marketing
Mobile Games Studio Secures $750k Investment
Gulliver’s Games Raised $750k Seed Investment Round
Multiple investors with Boğaziçi Ventures leading the way.