July 16, 2025 Expansions Scopely opens major games and creative hub in Barcelona with over 700 staff Scopely is now Spain’s largest video game employer with nearly 1,000 staff across the country
July 14, 2025 Expansions Side signs deal with Savvy Games Group to open Riyadh office Firm plans to not only support Savvy’s initiatives but also launch its own training programmes in Saudi Arabia
July 7, 2025 Suites And Services Keywords’ Liquid Violet expands London studio with new recording and mixing suites Liquid Violet will now offer end-to-end audio services through a partnership with fellow Keywords subsidiary Laced
June 23, 2025 Expansions SciPlay invests $4m to expand Cedar Falls studio amidst hiring push The company has over 900 employees, including 145 in Cedar Falls and follows a hybrid model
June 18, 2025 Expansions Unico Studio surpasses 100 employees amid global expansion and hiring push The company claims to have achieved over one billion installs across its portfolio of 50+ games
June 10, 2025 Strategic Growth Games for Change welcomes five new board members New and existing board members will guide the organisation's next phase of growth
May 29, 2025 Expansions Side opens new studio in São Paulo The firm plans to more than double its workforce within a year
April 30, 2025 Pc Expansion Marvel Contest of Champions to launch on PC after making $2bn on mobile Pre-registrations are open now, but the exact release date hasn’t yet been confirmed
April 29, 2025 Expansions Animoca Brands opens first Middle East office in Dubai Omar Elassar will lead the new hub as managing director and head of global strategic partnerships
April 15, 2025 Expansions KGeN opens MENA HQ in Bahrain The new office will serve as a bridge between gaming, communities and global publishers
February 26, 2025 New Studio Madbox opens new studio in Annecy The French developer plans to increase its workforce by 15% this year, half of which will be for the new studio
February 12, 2025 Expansions Mobile ad platform Adjoe opens new offices in Tokyo and Singapore The ads platform has tapped industry experts to lead its Asia-Pacific expansion
January 13, 2025 New Office Audiomob opens MENA headquarters in Abu Dhabi The new office is located on Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates
December 10, 2024 New Studio Clear Angle Studios opens new studio in Culver City The new studio has already supported five major film productions and three games industry projects
December 6, 2024 New Studio PTW opens new studio in Charleston The company said the new studio will feature “state-of-the-art" facilities for next-gen testing
December 2, 2024 Expansion Apple set to open new Dublin office Apple plans to take up roughly 60,000 square feet at its new space in the city centre
November 27, 2024 New Studio Monopoly Go developer Scopely opens new studio in Saudi Arabia The new division, called Mirai, is led by industry veteran Charity Joy
November 18, 2024 Warcraft Wave Warcraft Rumble is making the move to PC with monthly mobile earnings down 92% in first year Blizzard Entertainment plans to launch the game on Battle.net to allow simultaneous play with World of Warcraft
November 13, 2024 Mobile M&a Microsoft eyes potential mobile studio acquisition "We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles"
October 25, 2024 New Studio 3OGS rebrands to The OGs as it opens new office in Córdoba The tech firm aims to expand its operations globally following its acquisition by OV Entertainment in June
October 10, 2024 Global Expansion OpenAI expands globally with new offices in Paris, NYC and Singapore This is in addition to the company's existing offices in London, Tokyo, San Francisco and Dublin
September 3, 2024 Studio Expansion Sandsoft moves up in Barcelona with a new office for its growing team "This marks a significant milestone in our journey to becoming a leading game publisher and developer"
August 9, 2024 Canada Expansion Xsolla opens new office in Montreal Plans are to hire up to 50 new regional employees over the next two years
July 22, 2024 China Expansion Xsolla opens new Beijing office Company says move signifies “renewed commitment” to the region
June 19, 2024 Platform Plans Hello Kitty Island Adventure journeys beyond Apple Arcade as PC and Switch versions announced During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct event, Hello Kitty Island Adventure made an appearance confirming an upcoming expansion to the Switch
June 5, 2024 Expanding Reach Huawei's AppGallery facilitates global expansion for partners at Game Salon 2024 The Chinese company announced its intention is to "foster a vibrant gaming community in Europe."
May 9, 2024 International Expansion Chinese publisher iDreamSky opens office in Riyadh for first international expansion iDreamSky president and co-founder tells PocketGamer.biz the MENA region is an exciting new opportunity in the face of other saturated markets
April 18, 2024 Interview “The MENA region is definitely a focus for Kwalee and we want to build more partnerships there” Kwalee’s Sayeed Rahman discusses what the team looks for in its partnerships, expansion into the MENA region and the trends and challenges facing the mobile games industry
November 1, 2023 Brazil Budge PTW to expand into Brazil, producing the company's 44th office Joao Albani will lead the new office expected to employ upwards of 100 local workers
October 5, 2023 Second Studio Trailmix’s new directors blaze a trail with second studio in Berlin Annelie Biernat and Christopher Parschat join as studio director and creative director respectively
September 25, 2023 Acquisition Supercell acquires majority stake in Australian developer Ultimate Studio The acquisition is key in Supercell's aim to expand beyond mobile
September 6, 2023 Acquisition Sumo Group acquires UK developer Midoki to boost live service skills The Tencent subsidiary has picked up the Knighthood developer for an undisclosed sum
August 22, 2023 Acquisition Behaviour Interactive acquires Dutch developer Codeglue The acquisition is Behaviour’s third European expansion in the last six months
June 19, 2023 Webedia Gaming Europe Webedia expands gaming interests with Webedia Gaming Europe Catalina Lou has been appointed to the role of senior vice president of global gaming
June 16, 2023 New Studio Krafton opens new deep learning-focused studio, ReLU Games The studio will be Krafton’s 11th independent developer
March 30, 2023 Weplay Expansion Turkish game investment fund WePlay Ventures expands to Europe and Asia The company has invested in other 15 startups and poured money into mobile
March 20, 2023 New Expansion Dream Games expands with new office in London This marks the first international office for the Turkish studio behind Royal Match
March 17, 2023 Q&a Elena Grigoryan on the struggles and success of My.Games The CSO of My.Games discusses the ongoing changes in the mobile industry and how their company weathered both the pandemic and their departure from Russia
February 23, 2023 Acquisition Thunderful acquires Studio Fizbin The studio, known for their title “Say No! More” has been bought by Headup
February 10, 2023 Milestones Tower of Fantasy’s “Half Anniversary” celebrated by Hotta Studio The open world action-RPG’s unusually early celebration signifies the rapid life-cycle of today's games
January 19, 2023 New Horizons TapNation continues expansion with new offices in Turkiye The mobile publisher is working on two new Web3 games
November 7, 2022 Studio Move Miniclip expands Miniclip Netherlands in move to new offices in Zoetermeer Miniclip has expanded and moved Gamebasics, now Miniclip Netherlands, to purpose-designed refurbished offices in the city of Zoetermeer
October 12, 2022 Affiliates Expanding BlueStacks affiliate programme expands to 57 countries and over 500 mobile game offers More than 2 million games in total available on the Android platform via computer
October 5, 2022 Expansion In Barcelona FunPlus expands its reach in Barcelona The new development studio is intended to strengthen the company's commitment to the city
October 5, 2022 Mwm Expansion MWM opens new business unit focused on US markets The company aims to create a suite of creative apps for mobile devices
October 5, 2022 Expansion In Australia Keywords Studios continues expansion The company is extending its reach in the Australian games market with two new additions
September 1, 2022 A New Competitor? IO Interactive signals interest in the mobile market Excerpts of the annual report state that the company is eyeing a spot in the mobile market