Immersive Immortalis
Arm’s flagship Immortalis GPU to allow hardware-based ray tracing on mobile
Arm’s first GPU signifies player interest in 3D worlds
Bit Of A Clash
Former Supercell devs raise €5 million in Round A
Eric Seufert's investment fund, Heracles, leads on support for BIT ODD, created by Clash of Clans and Clash Royale leads Lasse Louhento, Jani Lintunen, and Taneli Oksama
Ottowa Opens For Outsourcing
Pingle Game Studio opens Canadian office
The Ukrainian outsourcing expert has followed its recently opened London office with a new location in Ottowa
Metaverse Of Madness
Newzoo: 10 key trends of the future metaverse
A new report by Newzoo breaks down key developments in the metaverse and blockchain and NFT application, and the 500+ parties building the metaverse
Now Or Never
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Court Case Conflict
US Supreme Court refuses to hear Apple’s appeal on Qualcomm patents
Qualcomm requests that justices reject the appeal
Make Hay While The Sun Shines
Supercell: looking back on 10 years of Hay Day – part two
Our conversation with Hay Day’s Stephan Demirdjian, Camilla Avellar and Sari Latvala continues, as we discuss development through the pandemic, burnout at Supercell, and the years ahead as the team changes
No Paradox Detected
Ebba Ljungerud joins Nordisk Games Board of Directors
Former Paradox Interactive CEO joins Copenhagen studio, as the firm plan further expansion of its board of directors
Shutdown
101 Studio becomes ByteDance’s first games unit closure
Some staff will reportedly transfer to Bytedance's games division, Nuverse
Track Rundown
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Freeverse.io: Blockchain must move beyond buzzwords towards fairer, sustainable player asset value
Freeverse.io’s Alun Evans wants the middle-ground between play-to-earn advocates and players looking for pure entertainment
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Tencent Titles
Tencent Games revealed 44 products and 26 game updates at SPARK 2022
Games include League of Legends Esports Manager and Return to Empire
Home Of Gta, Minecraft, And Lemmings
First ever Scottish Games Week announced
Event celebrating Scotland's games heritage and future to take place on October 24-28 2022
Arpple
Apple’s VR headset to be released in January, says insider
Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo claims a release date in less than eight months for "the most complicated product Apple has ever designed"
Indie View
Pixel Play discuss always learning as they develop their first game PXLPLAY
We talk to Pixel Play about indie development and The Big Indie Pitch
Make-a-wish
Miniclip and Make-A-Wish UK team-up for Wish 200 Week
Miniclip is among UK mobile games firms, including Hutch and Fusebox Games, in supporting the Make-A-Wish-UK programme to to raise funds and grant 200 wishes to critically ill children
More Mobile Drives To Web3
Double Coconut appoints Zynga, Lucasarts veteran Rob Carroll in Web3 drive
Carroll has been appointed as head of business development, as Double Coconut presses on with NFT-powered games
Cracking The Puzzle
Digital Bros, parent company of 505 Games, acquires Puzzle Quest publisher
Acquisition of D3 Go! to bolster 505’s F2P capabilities
Roe Vs. Wade
Mobile games developers come out in support of abortion rights
Niantic, Innersloth, Ubisoft and more speak out, while Activision Blizzard, Apple, Netflix, and others add financial support for affected employees
Brand Booster
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Hot Five
Hot Five: Miniclip to acquire SYBO, Supercell reveals PC-exclusive studio, and TikTok owners reach $1 billion
The hottest news articles on PG.biz
Show Overview
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Monumental Deal
Miniclip to acquire Subway Surfers studio Sybo
Mobile acquisition is “the biggest deal in European mobile games this year”
It's Clubberin' Time
Join our Club: Zynga’s Tatum Clanton details Words With Friends 2’s new guild system
Following its release on June 23, Zynga game design director Tatum Clanton shares her thoughts on the earliest days of WWF's new guild system, Clubs
Powerhouse Speakers
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Tech Scaler
Stepico announces acquisition of game art studio Inkration
Stepico brings together 200+ specialists in various fields focused on large-scale projects with the highest production values
Show Me The Billions
data.ai: Mobile players to spend $21.4 billion in Q2 2022
Of $33 billion spend on mobile apps, gaming will take the lion’s share
Hello Saga
Solana Labs is developing a Web3 mobile phone
Solana's Saga, an Android phone, will integrate Solana Pay to facilitate QR code-based payment, a mobile wallet adapter, and a Web3 decentralised app store
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
Charge!
Subset Games partner with Netflix with exclusive mobile release of Into the Breach
The firm's first mobile release since iPad port of FTL: Faster than Light, releasing on July 19
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios is the third-fastest growing private company in the UK
Mobile games developer is the sole app developer to rank in FEBE’s The Growth 100 list, celebrating the UK’s fastest growing private companies
Track Rundown
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Save Big
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Tiking Along
TikTok owner ByteDance generates $1 billion in annual games revenue
Mobile titles by Ohayoo, Nuverse, Moontoon, and C4 Connect
Go West
Chinese studio XD prioritises US In expansion bid
Ragnarok Mobile and Human: Fall Flat port developer looks west to bypass China's regulatory restrictions
Sharkticons Assemble
Stage Two of Transformers x Top War: Battle Game crossover breaks records once again
The second phase of the in-game brand collaboration pushed the popular battle game to new heights of revenue and pushed it up the app store listings worldwide
Bye Bye Beta
Unity Gaming Services tools now live for game developers
Introduced in October 2021, several Unity Gaming Services tools are now exiting open beta
Activision Blizzard Board Survives
Bobby Kotck voted to be re-elected to board by Activision Blizzard shareholders
Around 91 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of extending the board’s term until 2023
The Mobile Games Glossary
The mobile games industry glossary
A living A-Z of mobile games industry terms you should know
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Know someone who wants to get into the games industry? Hashbang and AIE can help
The mobile games industry is experiencing a skills shortage. Meet the people helping to bring fresh perspectives onboard.
Moving Metaverses
Jon Vlassopulos steps from Roblox to join Dubit advisory board
Responsibilities include advising on metaverse strategies and brand partnerships, whilst retaining advisory capacity at Roblox
Blizzard To Blockchain
Former Activision Blizzard exec joins Catheon Gaming as co-CEO
Blockchain gaming firm Catheon Gaming has appointed former Activision Blizzard APAC Head Mark Aubrey as the company’s new co-CEO
Moba And Rpg Popularity Continues
Chinese game market revenue down 7 per cent in May
Sales revenue of Chinese game market reached $3.4 billion, down 6.74 per cent year-on-year, according to Gamma Data
Just Browsing
Parallelz raises $3 million for streaming tech that can purportedly run any mobile game or app
Will a browser service that can reportedly run any mobile game or app disrupt the walled gardens of the App Store and Google Play?
Everything Everywhere
There’s no such thing as the average mobile gamer
data.ai’s latest gaming spotlight highlights all the ways in which mobile games are conquering the world
Ua Eye
Are you Team Summer or Team Winter in your Q2 game advertising? UA Eye explores nine campaigns to find out
Rovio's Claire Rozain explores a host of ads including Supercell, Peak, IGG, and, yes, Rovio to determine whether summer or winter imagery is what players want to see
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Brand Benefit
Layer aims to streamline processes between games and brands
Matchmaking IP holders with game developers within its platform