Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Jam City, Rovio, Gameloft and Glu Mobile
Call To Action
Genshin Impact spurs mobile action games to $435 million in US for H1 2021
The figure shows a 104 per cent rise for the genre year-over-year
Scoped Out
Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games
The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Sega, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix and Bandai Namco
Cook Cracks Down
Apple phasing out remote working, say employees
Employees will have to spend three days in the office a week from September
Netflix Of Games
Netflix sets sights on video games, hires EA Mobile and CCO Mike Verdu
First set of games expected to arrive in next 12 months
Playing Monopoly
Google faces lawsuit from 37 US States over alleged Play Store monopoly
The tech titan is accused of "harming small businesses and consumers"
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from King, Zynga, Niantic and Playrix
Pretty Nifty
Nifty Games brings on new executives from EA, Zynga and LucasArts
“This is an incredible time of growth..."
Social Expansion
SciPlay acquires Om Nom: Run developer Koukoi Games
"Together, we can build impactful evergreen games..."
Bagon In Bagram
Pokémon GO spotted at former US military base in Afghanistan
"We can’t have no IED Pokémon on the FOB"
Victory Road
Pokémon GO shows no signs of slowing down with $5 billion revenue in five years
Another $1 billion in seven months
Scoped Up
Scopely appoints former Activision Blizzard president Coddy Johnson to board of directors
Morgan Stanley executive Marcie Vu joins board too
Grass Tacks
Golf Clash scores $780 million in lifetime revenue, tops US player spending
$185 million in 2020 alone
Emergency Meeting
Among Us has generated $86 million on mobile in nearly three years
324 million downloads since launching on June 15th, 2018
Quiz Questions
Pokémon, Call of Duty, PUBG and which other 2 IP-based games generated $1.4 billion in the US during 2020?
Pokémon GO earned close to $480 million
Watching
Twitch mobile app hits 22 million installs in Q1 2021, up 62%
81 million total installs made in 2021
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: People 45 years and older make up nearly a third of mobile gamers
43% of women play more than five times a week
N. Sane Numbers
Update: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run races to 25 million global downloads
22 million installs in first weekend
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: 28 million more people are playing mobile games in the US since the pandemic began
A 28 per cent increase year-over-year
Making Of
React Games CEO Chad Lee on taking the politics out of Presidents Run
"The game has no political view, no agenda or no affiliation with any party or group."
Remote Vs Office
Indie Mavens: Is there an overall benefit to going completely remote work or does a company still need an office?
"Life is short, and the distractions are piling up. At what point do you need to majorly change your lifestyle to fit with an internet-enabled world?"
Breath Of The Who?
Genshin Impact's early popularity explodes to 23 million downloads in first week
Number one title across 74 countries on iOS and 33 on Google Play
I Have A Dream
Former Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime founds new studio, Dreamhaven
"We believe in the power of gaming to bring people together"
Diversity Matters
POC in Mobile: KingsIsle Entertainment games designer Victoria Brown on the importance of networking
"The more connections and relations that you can build will help open up more opportunities in any job that you would want to pursue"
Smiley Face
Live and Kicking: Why retention is key to the success of Disney Emoji Blitz four years on
"If we don't listen to our players and create something worth playing and investing in, we don't deserve them"
Diversity Matters
POC in Mobile: Facebook director of games partnerships Leo Olebe explains why it's "everyone’s job to find great and diverse talent"
"It’s like the old saying: 'you have to fish where the fish are'."
Coast-to-coast
Zynga teams with NASCAR to bring "iconic" Chevrolet Camaro to CSR Racing 2
Available as part of America Road Trip series
Sweet Home Alakazam
Pokémon Home captures $5.5 million in revenue across first six months
Seven million installs since launching on February 12th, 2019
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: AppLovin director Jerome Turnbull on Machine Zone being acquired in the middle of a pandemic
"At first, it was a challenge to merge two large teams into one cohesive unit in a remote environment"
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: Konsole Kingz founder Cj Peters on the need for more representation in games
"Companies big and small need to proactively seek out the diverse talent they desire to have."
Rofl
Disney Emoji Blitz lines up $100 million in revenue as it celebrates fourth anniversary
Match-three puzzler has accumulated over 25 million installs
Not A One Trick Ponyta
Four years on and Pokémon GO is still flying high
Niantic's AR title nearly replicates its first-year earnings
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
Three Is A Magic Number
Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue
Candy Crush, Toy Blast, Gardenscapes, and more
Full-year Financials
Take-Two Q4 profit rises by 116% due to "people sheltering at home"
Net revenue reaches $3.09 billion for the year
Cracking Down
Nintendo files two lawsuits against Switch hackers
"Team Xecuter" face another court case
Social Distancing Measures
Update: Apple set to reopen nearly 100 stores worldwide
"The road back will have its twists and turns"
I'm Ready, I'm Ready
Tilting Point rebrands as free-to-play publisher, launches SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
Company looks to form relationships and work with developers on projects
Building Bank
Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years
Free-to-play title generated $44.3 million in April alone
What A Save
Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020
Mobile game accumulated more than 50 million installs
Enough To Afford A Butler
Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion
$1.9 billion revenue accumulated from player spending
Candy Crush Growth
Activision Blizzard revenue drops but profit increases over Q1 2020
Two new games utilising existing IP revealed too
"prove The Value"
EA's faith in live services rewards a nearly 200% increase in profit
Revenue rise of 11.9 per cent year-over-year
Gdc Summer
GDC scraps physical presence in favour of all-digital event
"Available to everyone with an internet connection"
Bellionaires
Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game
Best-selling entry in series to date
Four Of A Kind
Indie Spotlight: How Foursaken Media upped the ante for War Tortoise 2
"Knowing where to draw the line between polished enough to be great and over-polished is one of the most important things"
Sensor Tower
Mobile game players in the US spent an average of $53.80 in 2019
Up 54 per cent year-over-year
Exclusive Data
Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months
US tops group for the largest portion of installs
3 Vs 3 Online
Lava Skull's third car-based football game Soccer Rally: Arena soft-launches in US
But does it play on a cold, rainy night in Stoke?