Blazing Trails
Tilting Point braves a new frontier with Oregon Trail: Boom Town
The new game puts a new spin on the Oregon Trail franchise
Unmissable Opportunities
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Anzu Addition
Meta veteran Nerissa MacDonald joins Anzu global sales role
Bringing more than 20 years’ experience from Adform, Sizmek and Meta
Ios 17 Incoming
Will Apple’s iOS sideloading be a Europe exclusive?
Could major regional differences be coming in iOS 17?
Accelerating Growth
WePlay Ventures launches Europe’s largest accelerator program for gaming startups
The program will help train game studios in various aspects of development
Sunsetting
Apex Legends Mobile shuts down
The sunsetting was announced in February
Open Beta
AppLovin brings Google bidding’s open beta to all MAX publishers
The move follows a successful closed beta for the service
A Yes From Ukraine
Ukraine grants approval of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
Ukraine is less concerned about cloud gaming than the European Commission
Ads Strategy
Unity Ads bidding now available in LevelPlay
The game creation platform deepens its game growth offering post ironSource merger
New Release
Honkai: Star Rail races to 20 million downloads on launch day
Hoyoverse’s latest game is on the right track to break records
Stocks
Monster Hunter Now boosts Capcom share prices
The AR title is set to be released by Niantic
Job News
Nintendo is targeting multiple platforms in new job listing - is mobile one of them?
A job posting sees Nintendo expanding its focus
Q&a
Milky Tea CEO Jonathan Holmes gets "supercharged" with Aonic investment
With a new partner and powerful IPs, we get the latest from Milky Tea as they tease big announcements coming this year
Expanding Markets
Dragalia Lost developer Cygames to launch American and European branches
The new branches will promote the studio’s games abroad
Charity
Ustwo's Maria Sayans on their ongoing charity work and sharing the profits from Desta: The Memories Between
"We always try to take what’s meaningful and great in games and deliver that to the widest audience possible."
Investment
Tencent takes the lead on European investment. Will the rest of China follow?
The company wants to hedge its bets abroad. Could more Chinese-funded M&A action be on the way?
Marketing Report
Longer ads lead to a 23% boom in purchasing intent
A new report analyses the impact of various factors in game marketing
Acquiblizz
Is the biggest deal in gaming history dead and what happens next?
With the UK's CMA blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, where does that leave the deal and the rest of the industry?
Expert Insight
Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark: The secrets of successful live ops and monetisation
Author, CEO and games industry insider, Oscar Clark reveals his strategy for making great games that win fans and make money
Expert Insights
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Week That Was
Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days
The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news and discuss Apple's 'win' over Epic, all that AquiBlizz action and Scopely's stumble to victory
Content Creation
NetEase brings player content-creation tools to LifeAfter
The open world survivor title gets a new level editor
Identity V
Identity V prepares for the finals of the Call of The Abyss VI tournament
The event has a prize pool of $585 thousand
User Acquisition Masterclass
Take control of your user acquisition campaigns - a masterclass with Bango
As the challenges facing app marketers grow, how do you understand what players want - and find audiences more effectively? Find out from our industry experts
Regulators
Bobby Kotick and Brad Smith defiant after CMA ruling
The bosses of both Activision Blizzard and Microsoft have hit back harshly at regulators who've blocked their deal
Schedule Reveal
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Netease Financials
NetEase reported $13.991 billion in revenue in 2022, but there may be trouble ahead
The company’s annual report celebrates performance, but highlights issues on the rocky road to recovery
Releases
ONE Championship partners with Animoca for Web3 mobile game
The MMA promotion will collaborate for the game One Fight Arena
Legislation
Gamebake's Michael Hudson and Sandsoft's Lauren Lu on the changing Chinese market
Why China remains a lucrative market despite legislative barriers
Job News
My.Games appoints Eugenio Vitale as director of Premium Games Division
Dmitriy Byshonkov has also been promoted to the role of senior business development manager
Job News
Zynga appoints Akshay Bharadwaj as head of Socialpoint studio
Bharadwaj previously held the role of vice president of general manager of Zynga India
Nights Of Terror
Dead by Daylight Mobile announces Nights of Terror tournament
The tournament will see players compete for cash prizes and in-game rewards
Releases
NFL goes Web3 and blockchain for new mobile game
Mythical Games bag major partnership for potential breakout blockchain title
Financials
Activision Blizzard Q1 2023 financials show another record quarter for King
The mobile division of the trifecta continues to perform well
New Partnership
SuperAwesome and Yoti announce new partnership
The duo are integrating their services to help keep young gamers safe
Social Mobile
ByteDance pushes Lemon8 in the USA, swerving prospective TikTok ban
The company has been the subject of privacy concerns worldwide
All About Web3
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Azerion Financials
Azerion celebrates 452.6 million euros in revenue in 2022
However the company’s latest annual report shows a mixed bag of results as increased costs eat into profits
New Studio
NetEase to found new European studio, Anchor Point
The Barcelona-based, veteran-founded new studio will form part of the NetEase Games group
Updates
Stumble Guys goes FPS in latest update
In a bold break from its popular third-person stumbling fun, Scopely's smash gets a whole new look via a deal with NERF
Acquiblizz
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority blocks the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal
Microsoft was unable to address the CMA’s concerns regarding how the deal would affect competitors in the cloud gaming space
In-car Gaming
Angry Birds lands in cars in collab with Mercedes-Benz
Rovio’s flagship games will be playable in your Mercedes E-Class
Legal
Now NetEase aren't suing Activision Blizzard
The suit was actually raised by a serial litigator naming NetEase, while Activision Blizzard express their puzzlement in a new statement
Esports
Snapdragon Pro Series partners with Activision to bring Call of Duty: Mobile to Mobile Masters
The title will join other mobile heavyweights Garena: Fire and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Investment
Animoca Brands subsidiary Tinytap accrues $8.5m investment
The money comes from Sequioa China and Liberty City Ventures amongst other investors
Pokemon Partnership
Niantic partner with Kung Fu Tea to keep Pokémon Go players refreshed
More than 350 bubble tea shops to collaborate with Pokémon Go
Chess With A Change
SuperDuperSecretCo raises $1m to make a chess battle royale game
Dual economy will make Web3 elements optional
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Netflix Games
Netflix Games Studios looking to expand with new hires
The company wants to continue its growth in the games space
Funding
Mobile games veterans raise €4m in seed funding for new studio, Cosmic Lounge
The studio is headed by former King, Seriously and Rovio staffers