Zynga was right about Turkey. What’s next in the acquisition boom?

Zynga was right about Turkey. What’s next in the acquisition boom?

Zynga president of publishing Bernard Kim details the company’s success in supporting the Turkish mobile games industry, and his thoughts on the sustainability of M&A

Turkish hypercasual studio Tiplay joins Snap Inc's accelerator programme

Turkey's Silicon Valley

Turkish hypercasual studio Tiplay joins Snap Inc's accelerator programme

"A very important step towards our goal of making Denizli the Silicon Valley of Turkey"

Zynga's Keen Eye

Zynga subsidiaries are some of Turkey's highest-earning internet companies

Peak Games, Rollic Games, and Gram Games make the cut

Infinite Arcade's Ekin Eris:

International Women's Day

Infinite Arcade's Ekin Eris: "Compared to traditional businesses, the gaming scene in Turkey is more developed in gender equality."

The change to remote working, more women wanting to join the games industry, and ensuring the company values align with your own

International Women's Day

"The number of female designers in the games industry is higher than ever, but this doesn’t apply to developer and management roles"

Playable Factory's Gökçe Nur Oğuz talks the women joining the Turkish mobile games industry

SciPlay acquires Alictus in $100 million all-cash transaction

Scaling Studios

SciPlay acquires Alictus in $100 million all-cash transaction

Initial acquisition of 80 per cent

Region Lock: Turkey's hypercasual truimph, and what it means for its young population

February 23, 2022

Region Lock: Turkey's hypercasual truimph, and what it means for its young population

PocketGamer.biz takes a look at the meteoric rise of Turkey as a mobile games behemoth, and what it means for the country’s young workforce

Wildlife Studios launches new affiliate studio Playabit

February 9, 2022

Wildlife Worldwide

Wildlife Studios launches new affiliate studio Playabit

Led by Toy Blast and Toon Blast devs

Adverty launches In-Play ad technology in first major racing title from Wolves Interactive

January 19, 2022

Real World Racing

Adverty launches In-Play ad technology in first major racing title from Wolves Interactive

Adverty’s multi-patented In-Play ad technology is coming to Wolves Interactive global hit Motorbike - Traffic Racer.

Royal Match sees Dream Games raise $255 million

January 19, 2022

Royal Match sees Dream Games raise $255 million

Valued at $2.75 billion

Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Pethereum.io blockchain metaverse

January 18, 2022

Building Blockchain

Loop Games to invest $100 million to expand Pethereum.io blockchain metaverse

Initial coin offering coming soon

CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round

January 17, 2022

CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round

UA is a bloody competition

WePlay Ventures invested in more mobile companies in 2021 than console or PC

January 14, 2022

Mobile In Menat

WePlay Ventures invested in more mobile companies in 2021 than console or PC

60% of portfolio is mobile games studios

Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation

December 6, 2021

Strengthening Studios

Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation

Funding to scale team and advance development

Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations

November 25, 2021

Waysun acquires majority share of Boss Bunny Games to lead MENAT publishing operations

First expansion into MENAT region

Playable Factory launches new features for playable ad editing

November 22, 2021

Playable Ad Polishing

Playable Factory launches new features for playable ad editing

Allows marketers to "refresh" visual identity

Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games

November 12, 2021

Creating Casual Titles

Turkish dev studio Hadi raises $5.2 million for casual mobile games

Currently working on several unannounced titles

Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups

October 12, 2021

Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups

Istanbul cluster is blooming

Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games

August 13, 2021

Five-year Payout

Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games

$10 million will first be paid for 20% of shares

Hypercasual developer Rollic surpasses one billion downloads

Rock And Roll(ic)

Hypercasual developer Rollic surpasses one billion downloads

"We are blown away by Rollic’s performance…"

Turkish indie studio Udo Games raises $420,000 to begin self-publishing

Turkish indie studio Udo Games raises $420,000 to begin self-publishing

"We will take serious steps to raise qualified human resources…"

Dream Games valued at $1 billion after closing $155 million funding round

A Very Royal Match

Dream Games valued at $1 billion after closing $155 million funding round

Ex-Peak team accelerate business

Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme

Nazara buys a majority stake in MENA publisher Publishme

Spends $3 million for a 70% stake

Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio

Turkey Thriving

Istanbul-based Hungri Games raises $1.1 million, opening new UK studio

"Hungri Games is revolutionising the core mobile games…"

How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic

Driving Down Cpi

How Bridge Race reached #1 with Supersonic

Garawell Games' CEO Nebih Başaran explains

Turkish-developed mobile games accounted for 20% of US top 100

Turkish-developed mobile games accounted for 20% of US top 100

10th largest country for angel and VC investments

Ace Games raises $7 million in seed funding

Ace Games raises $7 million in seed funding

Ex-Peak co-founder starts again

Zynga-owned Rollic acquires High Heels dev Uncosoft

Zynga-owned Rollic acquires High Heels dev Uncosoft

Hypercasual M&A

Rollic buys mobile puzzler Onnect from Chef Game Studio

December 10, 2020

Rollic buys mobile puzzler Onnect from Chef Game Studio

"We are proud to be a part of the rapidly expanding games community in Turkey"

Voodoo invests in Istanbul-based developer studio Fabrika Games

September 4, 2020

Voodoo invests in Istanbul-based developer studio Fabrika Games

"We will help Fabrika to develop their team and gather Turkish talent seeking to create successful Hyper-Casual games with Voodoo"

Interview: How Zynga mixed casual card gaming with strong social mechanics in Bluff Plus

August 12, 2020

Interview: How Zynga mixed casual card gaming with strong social mechanics in Bluff Plus

Zynga Turkey general manager Buğra Koç talks us through the design and development

Zynga launches new casual card game Bluff Plus

August 11, 2020

Zynga launches new casual card game Bluff Plus

Zynga Turkey gets its first game launched since being acquired in 2017

Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million

All-cash deal gains 80% equity

Turkish startup Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle titles

November 20, 2019

Turkish startup Dream Games raises $7.5 million for mobile puzzle titles

Makers Fund leads the round

Interview: Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo opens new Istanbul studio

European Expansion

Interview: Hyper-casual specialist Voodoo opens new Istanbul studio

“The move to Istanbul follows recent studio openings and that growth really demonstrates our drive to develop the sector and expand the hyper-casual market”

Gaming Istanbul celebrates its fourth birthday in Turkey's billion-dollar gaming market

February 13, 2019

Gaming Istanbul celebrates its fourth birthday in Turkey's billion-dollar gaming market

“The gaming bridge of Eurasia” wraps up its fourth year with international exhibitors

Gaming Istanbul 2019 announces PlayStation and HP OMEN as exhibitors

December 7, 2018

Gaming Istanbul 2019 announces PlayStation and HP OMEN as exhibitors

Turkish B2B and B2C expo set for January return

Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US

Funny For Business

Peak Games’ $100 million bet on Ryan Reynolds to kick Toon Blast up a gear in the US

Head of strategy Omer Inonu explain all

Turkey’s mobile games industry brought in $372.4 million in 2017

Turkey’s mobile games industry brought in $372.4 million in 2017

Highlights from the Turkey Game Market 2017 report

Nitro Games partners with Netmarble EMEA to bring Medals of War to Turkish and Arabic-speaking countries

October 3, 2017

Expansion Of War

Nitro Games partners with Netmarble EMEA to bring Medals of War to Turkish and Arabic-speaking countries

Netmarble EMEA already has 50 million registered players

Toy Blast dev Peak Games settles My Little Pony cloning lawsuit against Hasbro out of court

Lawsuits Are Magic

Toy Blast dev Peak Games settles My Little Pony cloning lawsuit against Hasbro out of court

My Little Pony: Puzzle Party will be pulled from app stores

Peak Games files My Little Pony lawsuit against Hasbro for cloning Toy Blast

October 24, 2016

My Little Clone-y

Peak Games files My Little Pony lawsuit against Hasbro for cloning Toy Blast

New My Little Pony game looks awfully familiar

Jobs in Games: Gram Games' Kerem Alemdar on how to get a job as a user acquisition manager

October 17, 2016

Learn From Experience

Jobs in Games: Gram Games' Kerem Alemdar on how to get a job as a user acquisition manager

The man behind Six! and 1010!'s UA campaigns shares career insights

Turkey seeks to bring in fresh game development talent with Turkey Loves Indies campaign

August 16, 2016

Turkey Loves Indies

Turkey seeks to bring in fresh game development talent with Turkey Loves Indies campaign

Save money by moving your business to Turkey

10 years of Pocket Gamer: Gram Games CEO Mehmet Ecevit reflects on a decade in mobile development

10 years of Pocket Gamer: Gram Games CEO Mehmet Ecevit reflects on a decade in mobile development

10 questions, 10 answers, 10 years

Merged! surpasses 1 million downloads in less than a week

February 4, 2016

Quick Off The Mark

Merged! surpasses 1 million downloads in less than a week

Gram Games confident it will improve upon 1010!

How to get a job at leading Turkish developer Gram Games

December 9, 2015

Get Hired In Istanbul, London Or Sf

How to get a job at leading Turkish developer Gram Games

Chief People and Culture Officer Emre Tunçbilek shares insights

Why Cloudcade is localising its socially-sticky Shop Heroes for Turkey

December 7, 2015

Why Cloudcade is localising its socially-sticky Shop Heroes for Turkey

COO Johan Eile discusses Cloudcade's global strategy

How focusing on UX and retention created success for Gram Games' ad-funded 1010!

November 12, 2015

Customer Satisfied

How focusing on UX and retention created success for Gram Games' ad-funded 1010!

Making thousands of dollars a day without IAPs