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Instant games developer Knock Knock raises $4m News Aug 30th, 2019

Instant games developer Knock Knock raises $4m

The San Francisco-based studio has raised $6 million to date

Three month Facebook Instant Games review pause coming to an end News Jul 25th, 2019

Three month Facebook Instant Games review pause coming to an end

Social network giant implements new application process

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger News Jul 25th, 2019

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger

Move comes as the company claims it wants to make the chat app "faster, lighter and simpler"

Discord surpasses 250 million users News May 14th, 2019

Discord surpasses 250 million users

Chat platform attracted 50m new users in first three months of 2019

as GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform News Mar 20th, 2019

GDC 2019: Tencent’s WeChat opens doors for developers to create games on the platform

Mini Games program boasts 400 million monthly active users

Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media News Mar 15th, 2019

Mobile gamers prefer to share achievements and fails over chat apps than social media

70 per cent iOS users share through messaging apps

Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation News Dec 24th, 2018

Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation

Funding round led by Greenoaks Capital

Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app News Nov 15th, 2018

Bunch raises $3.8 million to develop its mobile video call app

Funds will be used to expand user acquisition and developer platform efforts

1 How to build a successful business with messenger games Comment & Opinion Nov 15th, 2018

How to build a successful business with messenger games

How one company is making money out of these popular new platforms

Case study: How Miniclip used Snapchat to market Football Strike Feature Nov 2nd, 2018

Case study: How Miniclip used Snapchat to market Football Strike

The marketing push resulted in more than 200,000 new installs for Football Strike, peaking at 10,000 daily installs at a $2.07 CPM

Tenjin named Snapchat mobile measurement partner News Oct 22nd, 2018

Tenjin named Snapchat mobile measurement partner

Marketers can use tool to optimise install campaigns through Snap Ads, Lenses and Story Ads

as At Game Closure the future of gaming is social Comment & Opinion Oct 16th, 2018

At Game Closure the future of gaming is social

The studio's Battle Cats Galaxy and Fishing Star QUICK are currently on the LINE QUICK GAME platform

From hyper-casual to instant messenger: What’s going on with Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s Game Changers track News Aug 30th, 2018

From hyper-casual to instant messenger: What’s going on with Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s Game Changers track

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki will touch down in Finland from September 11th to 12th

How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat Comment & Opinion Aug 20th, 2018

How memes helped one app get a six-times cheaper CPI on Snapchat

Fanbytes offers key lessons on marketing your app

Facebook Messenger gets augmented reality games News Aug 9th, 2018

Facebook Messenger gets augmented reality games

Extends possibilities as a games platform

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