United Kingdom

RuneScape creator Jagex acquires Croatian studio Gamepires
Acquisition aiming to enable open-world game Scum to be prepared for a 1.0 release

Apple and Google investigated by UK regulator over suspected cloud gaming and mobile duopoly
In the UK, 97 percent of mobile web browsing took place on Apple and Google browsers last year

Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities

Miniclip commits to mobile games publishing, pivots from web browser games
Only 8 Ball Pool and Agar.io will remaining on website after Summer 2022

Women in Games founder David Smith retires from role
Founded the non-profit in 2009 to bring more women in the industry

Miniclip exceeds 4 billion downloads
8 Ball Pool is the studios most popular title with over one billion downloads

Top 10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Some of the latest games industry vacancies from Supercell, Netflix, Kwalee, and PocketGamer.biz

Exient brings on former United Nations specialist Hunida Busefi
Bringing experience from outside of the games industry to aid diversity programme