Partnering For A Platform
FanDuel and Game Taco partner to launch iOS gaming platform
Skills-based casual games platform offers cash and other prizes
Frvr = Forever
Casual games platform FRVR raises $76 million
Over 1.5 billion players to date, with millions of DAUs
Tis The Season
Sensor Tower: Half of top grossing mobile games in 2021 feature season pass
Ad removal is the most widely used monetisation mechanic
Scaling Studios
SciPlay acquires Alictus in $100 million all-cash transaction
Initial acquisition of 80 per cent
Global Launch
Potato Play raises $5 million, launches Merge Restaurant
Investments from Everblue Management, Play Ventures and more
Bye Bye Barriers
Coda launches Infinite Arcade to bring mass blockchain gaming to casual mobile games
Blending NFTs and cryptocurrency to turn F2P to P2E
Presale Plans
Netmarble to sell Golden Bros NFT presale at 33% discount
Early access period coming in March
Finnish Funding
Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million in funding to create cloud-native games
Funding led by Bitkraft Ventures
Raising Round
Tripledot Studios raises $116 million and receives $1.4 billion valuation
Series B Round led by 20VC
Renovation
GameRefinery: renovation features in every top 100 US casual mobile game
Players are motivated by a drive to "clean up space" and redecorate
Casual Mmo
Rocky Road raises $2.5 million to create first casual MMO for mobile
Led by QuizUp creators
Royally Funded
Royal Match sees Dream Games raise $255 million
Valued at $2.75 billion
Yet To Impress
Netflix brings three more casual games to iOS and Android
Plans to add more genres in the future
Competition Collaborators
Hashcube partners with wagering platform Pllay to integrate esports competitions
Provides access to over 20 million casual mobile gamers
Expanded Support
Game Insight to bring casual games portfolio to desktop and web
Currently has five games playable on its site
Portfolio Expansion
Nexters launches casual title Island Questaway globally
Featuring a blend of farming a puzzle elements
The Secret Sauce
UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games
Founded by former Rovio, Space Ape, and Gram Games alumni
Creating Casual Titles
Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games
Currently working on several unannounced titles
Tale Of Two Oses
UA cost for core games are rising, especially on iOS
But casual games are getting cheaper to advertise
Highlighting Diversity
Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity
63% of main cast come from BIPOC backgrounds, with 38% LGBTQ+
Enthusiastically Acquiring
Enthusiast Gaming acquires Addicting Games for $34 million
Gains ownership of Shockwave, TypeRacer and more
Casual Compendium
Homa Games expands beyond hypercasual
The fast-growing French publisher has started publishing casual board and puzzle games alongside hypercasual titles
Casual Acquisition
Softgames sells off web business to Azerion
Azerion will be responsible for publishing all current and future web-based games released by Softgames
It's Not Unusual
Spanish casual startup Unusuall raises $3.6 million, led by Garena
Free Fire outfit makes second investment
140 Million Players
Plarium acquires Finnish mobile studio Futureplay to grow casual presence
"We are eager to grow and learn from Plarium’s expertise…"
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios continues expansion with new office in Barcelona
Headed up by former Facebook and Google executive Eran Herzberg
Two Way Transactions
Creativity, community and cash
Papaya Games outlines its unique approach to skill-based gaming
Catch Of The Day
Big Run Studios hires former Big Fish Games senior producer Anna Rix
Rix's addition marks the expansion of a second development team
Just Be Casual
Gismart prepares to enter the casual games market
"We have put together a great team. Some of the team has been working at Gismart for a while"
Had Its Heyday
Supercell cancels new casual match-three puzzler Hay Day Pop
Servers remain online until February 1st, 2021
Not So Mini
What top mobile publisher Miniclip can offer developers
Three billion downloads and 60 million DAUs later, Miniclip isn't planning on slowing down
Bluff Plus
Interview: How Zynga mixed casual card gaming with strong social mechanics in Bluff Plus
Zynga Turkey general manager Buğra Koç talks us through the design and development
Bluff Plus
Zynga launches new casual card game Bluff Plus
Zynga Turkey gets its first game launched since being acquired in 2017
What A Save
Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020
Mobile game accumulated more than 50 million installs
Covid-19 Impact
AppsFlyer: Mobile game revenue has risen 35% since February
Casual and social games have seen an identical jump
Adjust Report
Mobile game downloads have shot up by 75% in Q1 2020 due to Covid-19 impact
132% rise in installs over the last week in March 2020
A Big Plus
Superplus raises $4.7 in funding for causal PVP games
Hills of Steel 2 and Brawls of Steel launch this year
App Annie
Mobile games just experienced its biggest week for downloads ever
1.2 billion across the week of March 22nd, 2020
Hay Day Pop
Supercell quietly soft-launches casual match-3 puzzler Hay Day Pop
Available in Australia, Finland, and New Zealand
Growing And Growing
Playrix acquires Armenian casual games studio Plexonic
Studio has been renamed Playrix Armenia
New Studio
Former Rovio and Dodreams execs close pre-seed investment round for Helsinki-based start-up Flowstate Games
Edvard Groundstroem will head up the studio as CEO
Games For All
Emily Greer's new mobile game studio Double Loop raises $2.5 million seed round
LVP and 1Up Ventures lead
Snoopy's Back
Capcom returning to Western casual market with Snoopy Puzzle Journey
Developer dipping its toes back in the water before committing to a bigger push
Stillfront Buys Storm8
Stillfront Group acquires casual developer Storm8 in deal worth up to $400 million
$300 million upfront, with $100 million if financial targets are met
Cut Losses
Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen
Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012
Keep It Lean
Turkish startup Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle titles
Makers Fund leads the round
Unite We Play
Why casual games like Homescapes are adding midcore Guild community features
Play together, spend more
Going More Core
Monetization trends for casual mobile games
GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on what's changing
M&a
Playtika acquires Best Fiends developer Seriously
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Huuuge Deal
Traffic Puzzle generates $1m in revenue in first eight weeks powered by Huuuge Publishing
First title published by the new division