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Pgc Helsinki
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki kicks off with talks on hyper-casual and monetisation
Two days packed with talks covering all aspects of the games industry
Get Hyper
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
Making A Splash
Paint Hit scores over 15 million downloads in two months
The hyper-casual paint-based shooter originally launched on June 11th
Hyper-publishing
Why AppLovin is getting into the mobile publishing game with Lion Studios
Division has already racked up hundreds of millions of downloads for its portfolio
Downloads
Swedish publisher MAG Interactive has passed 250 million downloads
Milestone follows a successful IPO for the Ruzzle and Paint Hit creator
Invested
Equity firm KKR & Co purchases $400m minority stake in mobile marketing platform Applovin
Deal increases the marketing platform’s value to $2 billion
On Tap
Huuuge Games launches hyper-casual publishing label Tap Tap Games
Social casino company makes a move into publishing one-finger casual titles
Lovin It
AppLovin launches publishing division Lion Studios
The developer is also putting up $300K in prizes for the four best mobile gaming apps submitted
Making A Splash
MAG Interactive’s Paint Hit breaks five million downloads
Real-time word game Word Domination brought in one million downloads
Casual Games
After 370 million downloads casual dev Ilyon looks to drive more revenue from its broad portfolio
CMO Ilya Molodetsky discusses how the studio has grown over the last two years
Beyond Games
5 things we learned about influencers, hyper-casual and esports at the Beyond Games Mini-Summit
Leading industry experts deal out their knowledge and advice
It's A Hit
How a move into the hyper-casual games market provided MAG Interactive with a spring in its step
"Our teams make tonnes of prototypes and are in the habit of testing them early in the development process, which is the reason we realised that we had a real gem here"
Hitting The Mark
MAG Interactive’s Paint Hit makes a splash with one million downloads in one day
The paint shooter is sitting in the number one spot on the Google Play casual games chart in the US
Weekly Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Is Super Tapx the next Voodoo?
Rankings from May 28th to June 3rd 2018
The Magic Number
Frank Gibeau on why Zynga’s $250 million acquisition of Gram Games adds up
Riding Merge Dragons! to success
Investment Magic
Casual mobile games publisher Voodoo raises $200 million
Publisher has more than 150 million monthly active users; plots further growth
Mini-games For China
Ubisoft and Ketchapp eye China mobile market with Tencent deal
Partnership gives publishers access to 980 million monthly active users of Weixin app
The Charticle
Charting the rise of hyper-casual mobile games
Examining the performances of Ketchapp, Voodoo and Gram Games
Hyper-casual
From Commodore 64 to hyper-casual: David Darling on the resurgence of simple games based on elegant ideas
The Codemasters Co-founder and Kwalee CEO on how design and development in the mobile space brings back memories and lessons from his days coding in the 80s
Hyper-casual
The ascendance of hyper-casual part three: The opportunity
AppLovin's Johannes Heinze continues his detailed analysis of a new genre
Casual Evolution
The ascendance of hyper-casual part two: What defines the genre?
AppLovin's Johannes Heinze continues his detailed analysis of a new genre
Status Quo
The ascendance of hyper-casual part one: Drawing the lines between the different gaming genres
Part one of three: Status quo