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Games First Helsinki
Trip Hawkins: Broken business models, the importance of social, and industry forecasts
Social Games
SLAY's CEO on the rise of the social games market
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App Expansion
Are publishers leaving games behind?
EA, Krafton, IGG and Voodoo are each launching apps and investing in companies outside of games
Games Meets Social
Social First bag a further $4.2 million investment as they get set to "redefine social gaming"
Mikko Kähärä and Kim Soares' cross-platform company gains fresh funding for its first MMO, slated for early access later this year
Very Noice
Games livestreaming start-up Noice raises $21 million
New company aims to blend multiplayer gaming with livestreaming
Q&a
Bringing Second Life to mobile: "There’s a lot of excitement and anticipation in the community"
Second Life’s VP of product, Grumpity Linden tells us how the legendary PC pre-metaverse experience is making the leap to mobile
Launches
Scopely follows Savvy acquisition announcement with launch of Monopoly Go
Their first game since their big news acquisition last week
Esg
Tencent pushes “Tech for good” in latest ESG report
The company's environmental, social and governance report highlights their 2022 achievements
Success And Challenges
Israeli industry reached $8.6 billion in revenue in 2021, with mobile the dominant gaming platform
Israeli gaming industry must overcome lack of local talent, youth investment, and government funding to build
Niantic Wants You To Play Together
Niantic introduces social app Campfire
After the beta period, the app’s rollout begins in the coming days
Happy Birthday!
Rec Room turns six with more rooms than there are apps on App Store
Platform enjoys a 640% year-over-year increase in player numbers on mobile devices
Gen Z Gamers
Game Jolt launches on App Store and Google Play
Aiming to tap into the "next generation of gamers"
Party Up
Social mobile gaming app Bunch heads into the metaverse
Version 2 is coming with NFTs
Returning To Roots
Outplay Entertainment returns to Facebook Instant Gaming with Solitaire Together
Will launch more social games on the platform throughout 2022
Total Divestment
Update: Stillfront acquires 6Waves for $201 million, buys out Nexon's 34.8% stake for $93 million
Purchasing 26.5 million shares from Nexon
Disruption Sparks Innovation
Disruption accelerates three shifts for gaming businesses
Facebook's Michael Bertaut explores new opportunities for success in the rapidly evolving global mobile market
Money Bags
Rec Room raises $100 million at $1.25 billion valuation
"We think that Rec Room can become an enduring large business that fuses games and social"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Facebook Gaming's Olha Muzychenko explains the social growth recipe to meaningful content
"Make sure to provide shareable, meaningful moments"
Two Billion Users
PGC Helsinki Digital: Downloads need to take "five-seconds or less" on Facebook Gaming
Quicksave Interactive CEO and co-founder Elina Arponen spoke about the benefits of developing games for social platforms
Helping Hand
Niantic donates $10,000 to Edinburgh Fringe Festival
"Niantic's support will have a material impact on our ability to deliver key digital projects"
New Acquisition
Animoca Brands acquires social games platform GAMEE
Deal was closed for $4.5 million
Great Start
Team17's older titles soar in coronavirus lockdown
Firm reports increased sales and playtime in social and multiplayer titles
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Social, IP and localisation pivotal when launching in the West, says Tencent's Aras Senyuz
Netmarble's partnership with Marvel on Marvel Future Fight cited
"more Successful Than Ever"
Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann departs after 11 years
Former Google head of games Nai Chang will takeover position in June
Remote Working Survival Group
Join our new games industry remote working survival Facebook group!
Share tips on working from home with other people in the industry
Game Changers
Learn how hypercasual and social games are changing the industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
One of 15 tracks at the conference
Kicked Out
NetEase to remove Arsenal football star from PES 2020 in China
Player made comments to social media regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country
From Devs For Devs
Social video app for gaming Bunch raises $3.85 million from Supercell, Miniclip, Riot
Industry funding for synergetic NYC startup
Series C Investment
VRChat secures $10 million in funding to expand team
Investment comes from Makers Fund, HTC, Brighstone VC and GFR Fund
Bebo X Twitch
Twitch acquires Bebo to expand esports platform
Bebo launched in 2005 before Facebook spearheaded the social media frenzy
Rolling Out
GDC 2019: Facebook updates mobile app to include dedicated games tab
Social application looking to take games more seriously
Real World Gaming
Lessons from a year of location-based games with Google Maps
Real world gaming said to drive engagement; most successful when integrated with AR and social elements
Social Gaming
Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together"
Start-up launches video communication platform Teatime Live with first title Hyperspeed
Changing Infrastructure
Facebook set to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps
Users to be able to message each other across services
Social Influence
Network effect: Looking at the impact of social in games
Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab takes a deep dive into the data from her company's gaming platform
Referred
Mobile gamers referred through organic social channels have up to 67% higher retention
They also have a 63 per cent higher lifetime session count versus non-referred players
Social Asset
GetSocial partners with Unity to bring sharing tools to Asset Store
Company offers social analytics and publishing tools
Chat Up
Warner Bros. acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat
"Advancing the social aspect of our mobile games is a top priority for us"
New Studio
QuizUp creators secure $9m funding for new studio to develop real-time social gaming platform
Teatime Games set to expand team in Iceland
New Studio
Google spins up mobile social games start-up Arcade
Developing a new kind of social network
Good Gamee
Gamee teams up with Viber to bring social gaming to 1 billion users
The new partnership will see over 70 of Gamee’s titles brought to Viber’s 1 billion users
Close Ties
Cupcake on how to build a great community for casual games
Chief marketing officer Gabriel Stürmer discusses the studio's approach
User-generated Content
Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way?
Two approaches to user-generated content
Toon Army
Niantic acquires animation platform Evertoon to add new social features to Pokemon GO
Evertoon's community services to shut down at the end of November
Shake It Off
Glu partners with Taylor Swift for new mobile title The Swift Life
Digital community lets fans connect with singer and each other
To The Moon
Gamee partners with NASA for Voyager game following successful Mars Rover title
Previous game had over 50 million plays
Tweeting Made Easier
New Twitter Kit for Unity SDK lets players tweet inside their mobile games
Development tool also made open source
Partnerships With Friends
Zynga partners with People to launch latest social game Crosswords With Friends
That's three With Friends games launched in the last two months
Huuuge Signing
Nonstop Games co-founder Henric Suuronen joins Huuuge Games' Board of Directors
Has been an investor since early 2015