Apac Predominance
Mobile games spending passed $93 billion in 2021, says Newzoo
Report indicates TikTok users are more likely to spend on mobile games
Track Rundown
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Supporting Studios
Gamigo boosts publishing capacity with new launch department
To be led by games publishing experts Marcus Behrens and Marc Berekoven
Now That's Magic
Voodoo and MagicLab discuss building a successful hypercasual partnership
PocketGamer.biz interviews Ümit Boncukçu, the co-founder at MagicLab and Voodoo's Halil Kaftan about the companies partnership and success in the rapidly evolving hypercasual market
Growing Guilds
Infinity Force raises $5.5 million to grow blockchain and P2E games
Backed by key metaverse investor Animoca Brands
London Time
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Starting To Spread
AviaGames begins global expansion, starting with UK
Bringing Solitaire Clash and Bingo Tour to the App Store
Apac Advertising
Anzu partners with Livewire to boost APAC ad reach in Roblox
Follows the increasing MAUs on the platform
Track Rundown
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Sporty Expansion
Nifty Games promotes Tom Shoenhair, hires Chris Rausch
Looking to create more "authentic" sports mobile games
Largest Gaming Acquisition [again]
Mobile Mavens: industry reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Industry responds to near-$70 billion acquisition
Still Completely Free
Rocket League Sideswipe swiped 20 million downloads in 40 days
Reached number one in US and UK for December 2021
King Of Acquisitions
The PocketGamer.biz View: Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard
The true jewel in the crown is King
To Toronto
Ogury opens a new office in Toronto
Sandra Mackechnie joins as Country Manager
Progressive Play
Ryu Games' Lilly Contino on coming out as trans, representation, and personal achievements
"One of the significant issues is that trans people are simply not represented enough in professional environments"
Track Rundown
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Microsoft Monopolises
Microsoft: mobile gaming key to Activision Blizzard acquisition
Firm puts mobile at the forefront of the acquisition
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Deep Breaths
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion cash
Aims to bring its franchises to players "virtually anywhere"
Built To Win
CEO Rina Onur Sirinoglu on Spyke Games' massive $55 million seed round
UA is a bloody competition
Mellowed Moba
Kabam to shut down Marvel Realm of Champions
One last hurrah before the game taken offline on March 31st
Repositioning
Kabam appoints Seungwon Lee as CEO
Former CEO Tim Fields to assist in the transition
Daily Track Rundown
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Most Read
Hot Five: Take-Two’s $12.7 billion Zynga acquisition, NFTs in Habbo, and three new casual games in the Netflix lineup
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Mon-thurs
Armor Games implements four-day working week
Follows announcement of Crush the Castle: Legacy Collection
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Tencent’s Aras Şenyüz on PUBG Mobile’s localization strategy
Meet the experts behind localizing PUBG Mobile in Turkey at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Yet To Impress
Netflix brings three more casual games to iOS and Android
Plans to add more genres in the future
Curtailed Copycats
Update: Apple shuts down Wordle clones on App Store
App Store guidelines tell developers to "come up with your own ideas"
Protecting Pandora
Avatar: Reckoning heading to iOS and Android in 2022
Closed beta coming soon
Action Advances
Genshin Impact drove US Action mobile game spending in 2021
Hypercasual was the most downloaded genre
Ua Ok
Pollen VC launches the definitive guide to selecting a UA financing partner
Everything you ever wanted to know about paying for UA – but didn’t know to ask
Providing Predictions
Newzoo: Apple and Google will open up app marketplaces in 2022
Expectations for the next year
Boosting Blockchain
Forte acquires N3twork tech platform to boost blockchain growth
Will form new games focused studio, N3twork Studios
Breaking New Ground
Adverty adds two new mobile first-person shooter games through partnership with Blayze Games
In-Play ads bring new revenue to Bullet Force and Forward Assault, which have more than 30 million combined global downloads
Rpg Report
East versus west: gaming cultures clash in new RPG report
Pangle and Newzoo explore the differences in engagement between east and west in role-playing game deep dive
Prevailing Partnership
Anzu and Ubisoft extend partnership after 'exceptional results'
The 2020 partnership continues
Four New Games
Mighty Kingdom and East Side Games partner to co-develop four mobile games
Two-year partnership will leverage original and existing IP
At It Again
Krafton sues Garena, Apple, and Google over Free Fire copyright infringement
Demands the app be removed and damages paid
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Almighty Acquisitions
Mobile games deals reached $15.5 billion in 2021, says Drake Star
Topped $85 billion in games deals across the board
Player First Always
How to balance game monetisation with a player-first mindset
Meta Audience Network explores the ways in which leading developers and publishers utilise monetisation strategies to complement the player experience and drive engagement
Crypto Jam
Homa Games brings Sorare’s NFT Legend Cards to mobile gaming in new jam edition
Homa Games is building on Sorare's blockchain infrastructure to give life to legends like Cruyff and Platini in mobile games. Registration is now open.
Now With Nfts
Sulake enables use of NFT avatars in Habbo
Distributing in-game perks through Immutable X
Goat
App Annie: consumers spent $116 billion on mobile games in 2021
App Annie report Roblox and Genshin Impact boost player spending
Getting Comfortable
PUBG Mobile takes top spot in December 2021 at $244 million
China makes up over half of all revenue for the battle royale
Best Year Yet
App Store developers earned $260 billion since launch
Up $60 billion from start of 2021
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Largest Gaming Acquisition
Mobile Mavens: Reactions to Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga
Industry responds to $12.7 billion acquisition
No Mystery Here
Case Study: How Panteon bucked the hypercasual trend with ironSource LevelPlay
Panteon got 100 Mystery Buttons back into the top of the charts with increased installs and ARPDAU thanks to a partnership with ironSource
Itchy Twitter Fingers
Japan’s mobile games community dominated Twitter in 2021
Genshin Impact leads the conversations