My Exvius
Ariana Grande to join Final Fantasy Brave Exvius parties with Square Enix partnership
A natural fit
Pretty Little Partner
Episode partners with Warner Horizon Television for new Pretty Little Liars story
Another big hitter for the narrative platform
Big Valiant
Big Viking partners with indie comic publisher Valiant Entertainment on five-year HTML5 game deal
Shadowman making a comeback
Pokebucks
Niantic partners with Starbucks to turn over 7,800 stores into PokeStops for Pokemon GO
There's a new Frappuccino too
Business Deals
Deal Tracker: Big money deals in China, HTML5, chat apps and fashion games in November 2016
37 Interactive splashes nearly $200 million on acquisitions
Sharing Is Caring
DeltaDNA and Tenjin partner to bring powerful analytics and ad tracking to their customers
Analyse and act for better LTVs
Forged Of Champions
Kabam's new mobile fighter Transformers: Forged to Fight takes inspiration from its top grosser Contest of Champions
Even the naming convention is the same
Vainglory Franchises
Super Evil Megacorp establishes Vainglory Team Franchise Program to grow the eSport
Another big step for the fledgling eSport
Critical Reforge
Finnish devs Critical Force and Reforged Studios partner to rise up in the world of mobile eSports
Sharing resources, knowledge, workload, and so on
Use Their Data
Anonymous data monetisation firm Tutela reopens partnership program
Use your user's data as an extra revenue stream
Mediating India
IronSource opens office in Bangalore to bring ad mediation platform to India
Opens new office in Bangalore
Final Strike
Mobile Strike dev MZ partners with Square Enix for Final Fantasy XV mobile MMO
A Game of War reskin or something wholly new?
Partners = Players
How to choose the perfect partner to make your game a success
Oscar Clark leads a panel of experts
Better Than In-house
WildTangent reports 33% fill rate increase after signing up with AerServ
Brand advertising approach brings impressive returns
Vungle X Kakao
Vungle partners with Kakao to launch rewarded video ad service Kakao Game Ad+
Brings expertise to fledgling platform
Pew Pew Pew
YouTube sensation PewDiePie signs multi-game deal with Goat Simulator designer's new studio
Working together on comedy games
Blizzard In China
Blizzard and NetEase extend mainland China games partnership to January 2020
Happy to keep working together
Key Frames
NCSOFT partners with IKinema to use cost-cutting procedural animation system in next title
Real-time inverse kinematics, they call it
Super Frog
Supercell acquires 51% of Badland developer Frogmind as the two studios enter a long-term partnership
Frogmind to remain completely independent
It's A Hit
Trophit and Adways join forces to boost Prelaunch.me's pre-registration campaigns
More gifts equals more pre-registrations
Million Vr-thur
Square Enix to collaborate with HTC to bring Million Arthur VR to Vive
Obscure card-battler gets the VR treatment
Pocket Platinum
Bayonetta developer Platinum Games enters mobile space with Cygames collaboration
Cites advancements in smartphone technology as reason for shifting development
Scaling
Taptica partners with Adways to target Asian mobile gamers
Part of an Asian shift
Korea To Japan
Nexon aiming to launch one game per month in Japan, starting with Sansho Studios partnership
Startup of ex-Capcom devs the first of many Japanese partners for Nexon
Pushing In The Same Direction
Newzoo partners with push notification service Pushwoosh to crunch more data
Aims to "introduce smart KPIs on device usage."
Local Content
Ubisoft and Ourpalm partner to make mobile Assassin's Creed MMO for China
Ourpalm also publishing Hungry Shark World
Link Up
Gamevil partners with Cartoon Network, bringing Adventure Time characters to Dungeon Link
Summon Adventure Time heroes in the RPG puzzler
Ezio Hunters
Ubisoft and Lilith Games partner to bring Assassin's Creed to Soul Hunters
Ezio Auditore to be a playable character in the Chinese action-RPG
Vainglory Growth
Super Evil Megacorp and Twitch sign three-year deal to grow Vainglory's eSports presence
Multi-million dollar investment from both companies
New Mates
Newzoo and Priori Data announce commercial and strategic partnership
Sharing data and expertise to improve services
Cross Referenced
Data fiends Newzoo and deltaDNA combine forces to provide strategic mobile insights
More, accurate
It's Bender Time
Wooga gets into the IP game with the announcement of Futurama: Game of Drones
Small screen heroes
Scopely Partnership
Scopely partners with Redemption Games to publish its first two titles
Young developer lands on its feet
Amuzo Partnership
Spil Games partners with Amuzo to publish UK dev's first original IP
Taking advantage of a huge web audience
In Tandem
Klang Games partners with Tilting Point to publish ReRunners
Asynchronous racer coming soon
Hive Mind
Bee7 expands its UA and monetisation platform to iOS
Also adds Cocos2d-x support
All Creatures Go
Nintendo continues mobile game assault, investing up to $30m into Pokemon Go dev Niantic Labs
$20 million cash upfront
Hole In One
Com2us revs BMW's engine for Golf Star partnership
Leveraging a luxury car brand
Lift Off
PlayCanvas and GMO Cloud partner to crack Japan
PlayCanvas launches in Japan
Play For Cash
BigBit partners with Cashplay for real-cash Race Team Manager tournaments
New game mode allows players to compete for money
Irish Charm
Scopely invests in Dublin dev Digit Game Studios for future strategy gaming success
Ireland's largest games developer strikes gold
Barbie's New Toy
Mattel partners with Animoca Brands to turn its IP into mobile games
Going mobile
Watch This
Scopely partners with Hasbro to bring Yahtzee to mobile and Apple Watch
Popular boardgame goes wearable
Minions On The Move
EA steals Minions licence from Gameloft
Minions Paradise hits app stores in summer
Play Me
mNectar partners with Branch Metrics to improve playable ads
Playable ad technology combines with deep linking
Cash In
DeNA sets $25 million a month target for each Nintendo game
Set the bar high
For The Kids
Bee7 and SuperAwesome partner up for COPPA-compliant Android CPI ad network
Appropriate for all
Team Up
Starcom MediaVest heads into mobile with InMobi partnership
Mobile's the future
Unity signs global alliance with Korean giant NHN Entertainment
Set to build on 60% share of output
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide