June 16, 2022

Multimedia... Maybe?

Nexon eyes a multimedia western expansion for its biggest franchises

Discussions between the publisher and independent film and television production company AGBO to translate MapleStory and Dungeon & Fighter beyond games

June 6, 2022

Co-development Deal

Mighty Kingdom and Lion Studios partner to develop unnamed title

Partnering for 12 months of co-development

June 6, 2022

How To Say "welcome" In Simlish

Playstack acquires Magic Fuel Games, reunites EA veterans

The deal brings Magic Fuel's exec team, including Kevin Shrapnell, together with Playstack CEO Harvey Elliot, following previous collaboration on the SimCity franchise

June 1, 2022

Player Power

Sky Mavis reveals player-generated games using Axie Infinity IP

Selected games from the Builders Program granted a minimum of $10,000 in AXS

May 27, 2022

Mobile Manoeuvre

20% of all first-party releases will be mobile by 2025, says Sony

Playstation CEO Jim Ryan also stated that 10% of first-party releases will be mobile within 2022

March 18, 2022

Ip Expansion

FunPlus hires Josh Burns spearhead IP partnerships

DigitalDevConnect founder and 6Waves co-founder joins the team

January 26, 2022

Acquisition Alliance

DECA Games: from being acquired to acquiring others

Ken Go, CEO of DECA, on the company's journey – from acquisition by Embracer to its own acquisition of multiple development studios and games

December 8, 2021

Incredible Ip

Intellectual Property in mobile games: a recipe for success

Yodo1 highlights the power of intellectual property collaborations in the mobile gaming world.

October 18, 2021

Brand Engagement

The power of brand injections in mobile games

From movies, TV shows and anime to fashion, sport and music - brands and IP can offer developers and publishers a whole new way to engage their audience

August 24, 2021

The Horror, The Joy

Why The Walking Dead is launching its first NFTs in The Sandbox

Dan Murray and Sebastian Borget explain their partnership

March 31, 2021

Miraculers

Zag Games and CrazyLabs announce Miraculous Ladybug Puzzle RPG

Launching alongside holiday season movie

January 8, 2021

Ask Iwata

Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon

Prior to this, its last purchase was Monolith Soft in 2007

November 9, 2020

Pgc Digital

PGC Digital: Working on a non-IP-based game as a publisher

"I find it more interesting to work on a non IP based game"

September 17, 2020

My Little World

Hasbro's My Little Pony IP engages millions of fans in prominent Chinese mobile game

Yodo1 details how it brought the iconic IP to Mini World

May 6, 2020

Reshuffle

Embracer Group subsidiaries THQ Nordic and Koch Media trade IPs in new deal

Red Faction, Sacred, Risen, Painkiller and more all involved

January 30, 2020

Synergies

Denali Publishing's Sabaa Rehmani on making Spies in Disguise: Agents on the Run

Providing focus and demographic overlap

January 2, 2020

Friend Or Foe

Apple agrees new multi-year deal with Imagination Technologies to utilise IP

The new multi-use license agreement replaces the former, which was announced in February 2014

January 2, 2020

Hmmm

CD Projekt and The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski settle differences

Polish games company retains IP for games

December 3, 2019

Into The Unknown

Why Jam City believes Frozen Adventures isn't just another tie-in

“This is a game for fans and avid casual gamers alike”

November 14, 2019

Neat Nsfw

Disruptor Beam creates Archer mobile game based on edgy FX animated series

Now available on iOS and Android

October 22, 2019

Your Choices

FoxNext brings Titanic and X-Files IP to mobile narrative game with Storyscape

Is it gonna sink?

October 22, 2019

Smiths World

American Dad! Apocalypse Soon out now

Defend your home from aliens

July 19, 2019

Up In The Clouds

Mobile will play “important role” in Ubisoft’s grand plan to reach 5bn players

CEO Yves Guillemot discusses the blurring lines between platforms and regions

July 18, 2019

Business Deal

Kongregate acquires mobile and web RPG Bit Heroes

Juppiomenz-developed title has made generated $10 million in net revenue on mobile

June 10, 2019

Helmet To Helmet

E3 2019: Commander Keen IP returns on mobile this summer

Game set for soft launch in the summer

June 3, 2019

Going Boldly

The secret of Scopely’s success? How we think about IP, says CEO

Javier Ferreira on being audience-first

May 29, 2019

Franchise Management

How Rovio’s licensing and games businesses have evolved over the last decade

The Finnish company's marketing director Stephen Porter guides us through the highs and lows of the last 10 years

May 28, 2019

Creativity Tips

Peter Molyneux on innovation and why he could have been "so much more successful" had he focused on sequels

Famed UK games designer discusses what innovation means and where to find it

May 16, 2019

Mobile Future

NCSoft wants more from its legacy RPG franchises on mobile as sales decline

Mobile still makes up more than half of the company's sales

April 2, 2019

Foreign Games Too

China’s games regulator approves nearly 100 new games including Game of Thrones and Angry Birds

Bringing the total for new games in 2019 up to 987

February 26, 2019

Kingdom Cards

Disney collaborates with Glu Mobile on new card game Disney Sorcerer’s Arena

Mickey Mouse, Sully, Ariel and more feature

January 11, 2019

Say My Name

New Breaking Bad game in development for mobile from Narcos: Cartel Wars studio

San Diego-based games developer FTX Games to spearhead development

January 7, 2019

Blacked Out

FoxNext Games reveals Alien: Blackout mobile game

Alien: Blackout could launch as soon as January 24th; more stories based on Amanda Ripley planned in other mediums

November 29, 2018

Jamming

Jam City wraps up Bingo Pop IP acquisition with new Toronto Studio

The Bingo Pop team will join Jam City as part of the move

November 16, 2018

Falling Into Place

Changyou snags licence to bring Tetris mobile games to China

Its first effort, Tetris Journey, is set to land next year on Android and iOS

November 16, 2018

Surf's Up

SYBO TV will be a "one-stop destination" of bite-sized entertainment for Subway Surfers fans

Head of brand marketing and licensing Naz Amarchi-Cuevas discusses extending the IP outside the mobile games space

November 15, 2018

Keys To The Kingdom

“We can’t wait to bring Disney stories and characters to life on mobile”: Jam City on its big new partnership

We caught up with Jam City president and COO Josh Yguado following yesterday’s partnership reveal

November 14, 2018

Jamming

Disney taps Jam City for multi-year mobile games development partnership

The Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery developer will create a slate of new games based on Disney IP

November 8, 2018

Uh Oh

Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile

Some of the titles will be developed internally

November 1, 2018

Get Bigger Faster

Frank Gibeau on how IP licensing will help Zynga to the next level

Jetfuel for the mobile generation

October 31, 2018

Forever Franchises

Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences

Wonka’s World of Candy match-three title set for release this week

October 18, 2018

Narrative Games

Universal is the latest contender in the mobile interactive fiction space with Series Your Story Universe

Game set to tap film and TV IP such as Vanderpump Rules, Saved By The Bell, The Breakfast Club and Law & Order

October 3, 2018

Royalties

Ketchapp brings Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia IP to mobile

Prince of Persia: Escape landed on iOS and Android September 27th

October 3, 2018

Returning

Garena Online publishes Contra: Return in Southeast Asia

The retro-classic is currently available in Philippines, Thailand, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Hong Kong

September 26, 2018

Hammered

How Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War reminisces the miniatures while adding midcore influence

“The real target for the game is midcore mobile gamers so the game plays well to a much wider audience”

August 31, 2018

Another Partnership

Tencent and Square Enix team up to form new company and develop triple-A franchise

Chinese tech giant providing internet capabilities; Japanese game developer providing the creativity

July 23, 2018

Like Tears In The Rain

Next Games’ mobile RPG Blade Runner 2049 hits open beta

Partnership with Alcon Entertainment was revealed in June of last year

July 16, 2018

First Strike

Tropico dev Kalypso acquires classic Commandos IP

Plans to develop new games in the franchise, remaster old titles for new hardware

July 11, 2018

Ah Ah Ah

FoxNext and East Side Games team up to bring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to mobile

Planned for release on both the App Store and Google Play in 2018

July 5, 2018

Return Of The King

Candy Crush dev King launches new IP Diamond Diaries Saga on iOS and Android

The physics-based linker game has been in soft-launch since October of last year