The Joker Joins In
FunPlus and Warner Bros. bring The Joker to State of Survival
Follows the title's successful The Walking Dead collaboration
Boardgame Boost
Marmalade saw UK sales increase 144% during lockdowns
Downloads climbed 678% during third UK lockdown
Download Now
A new report from Improbable explains how to iterate faster with continuous iteration and development
Expert advice, insights and solutions for releasing better quality multiplayer games at speed
Event Report
Pocket Gamer Digital NEXT and Beyond Games round off a year of digital conferences in style
1250 attendees from 70 countries and 680+ global companies came together for a full week of learning and networking
More Metaverse
Azur Games invests $2 million into blockchain-based NFT metaverse Axes 2.0
$10 million reserved for future NFT projects
Unmissable Events
PG Connects London: Everything you need to know and who’s already involved
Secure your Early Bird tickets for February now!
Never The Twain
The importance of avoiding campaign overlap between ad types
Facebook Gaming highlights the importance of separating your approach to Automated App Ads (AAA) and Manual App Ads
Arising Africa
95 per cent of gamers in Africa choose mobile, says Newzoo
South Africa leads the way for player spending across the continent
Bitcoin Battling
Niantic partners with Fold to create AR Bitcoin metaverse experience
Gameplay involves finding and protecting your Bitcoin from other players
What's Next?
What to do after a hypercasual game release: check out game support check-list
Ducky producer Nick Shapovalov ticks them off
Financial Findings
Ten Square Games saw an increase in installs in Q3 2021
Fishing Clash launched in China
Adding Api Ads
My.Games partners with PlayerWon to bring mobile-style rewarded ads for free-to-play PC developers
Starting with Guild of Heroes and Hustle Castle
Happy Holidays
What does the holiday season have in store for developers and publishers?
Fyber digs into the data for the holiday season to help us understand the opportunities coming up in 2021
Big World
Niantic raises $300 million to build out a real-world metaverse
Pokemon Go developer now valued at $9 billion
Icelandic Expansion
Icelandic studio 1939 Games has opened a mobile games unit in Helsinki
Making the mobile version of KARDS
What's Next?
Why hypercasual publishers should start exploring IAP monetisation
Matina Thomaidou explains the options
Creative Problem Solving
Where to get ideas for future creatives
If you're struggling with creative concepts for your next ad campaign, Apptica has some practical tips
Making Of
How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade
Gameloft Montreal's Lee Kaburis and Jacques Durand discuss the challenges of working with a beloved franchise
European Expansion
Leaf Mobile prepping for London IPO
Will assume a dual listed structure between TSX and LSE
Bringing In Bitcoin
Viker partners with Zebedee to bring Bitcoin rewards to mobile games
Plans to support integration in 5 games by the end of 2021
Where's The Hype?
Frogmind rebrands to HypeHype, Supercell invests $15 million
User-generated content platform optimised for touchscreens
Winter Wonder Lab
CrazyLabs launches the Crazy Winter developer challenge
Cash prizes and publishing deals on offer for new hypercasual hits
Steady Growth
Leaf Mobile's Q3 FY21 sales up 4% to $15 million
Historically the slowest yearly quarter
Sick Squid
'Squid Game' mobile games - what stuck?
There are hundreds of mobile 'Squid Games'. But what made it into the charts first, and why? GameAnalytics has the answers
Make Some Moves
Nike brings Nikeland to the Roblox metaverse
Encourages players to get active using phones
Seasonal Spending
90% of top 100 grossing mobile games feature seasonal events
Game Refinery crunches the numbers
Jonesy, Here Jonesy
Alien: Isolation heading to iOS and Android on December 16
Will include full campaign and all additional content
Diy
Solo game development platform DreamCraft raises $10 million
March Capital leads the round
Incentivised Shopping
Tapjoy launches in-app marketplace Tapjoy Shopping
Users are rewarded with in-app currencies for mobile games
Greener Good
Green Grey invests $2 million in US-based indie dev Pocket Size Games
The studio will use the investment to develop its first two projects
Press & Go
Matchmade democratizes access to 9.2 million creators with self-service Express Campaigns tool
Partner with creators and get content live on YouTube in days
Come Together
Aristocrat rebrands its $1.8 billion gaming division as Pixel United
Includes Plarium, Big Fish and Product Madness
Ad In
AdInMo appoints Reece Eaton as new ad operations director
Veteran takes the reins
Rpg+nft
Com2uS is bringing Summoners War: Chronicles to blockchain
Working on its own ecosystem with Terra
Crowd Goes Wild
US sports sim game downloads hit 23 million in Q3 2021
Madden leads the pack as sim games account for 78% of all sports game downloads
4x Success
US annual spend on mobile strategy games rises 24%, surpassing $4 billion
4X subcategory dominates the space
Libenssimulation
Stillfront devs Goodgame and Candywriter to launch German version of BitLife
Will culturally adapt
Meta Metaverse
There's more to the metaverse than Meta
As Facebook positions itself to become a pioneer of the 'next iteration of the internet', Adverty's Niklas Bakos busts some metaverse myths
Bad Actors
How cheaters are impacting the most valuable currency in the cash gaming market - player trust
Ryu Games' Nick Contino explains
Community Careers
Careers in games: getting started as a community manager
What are the key skills you need to make it as a successful community manager
Downhill Destruction
ZeptoLab and Hipster Whale reveal Downhill Smash
Will release in early December
Metaverse Magnification
Metaverse mobile game revenues will surpass $3 billion in 2022, says App Annie
Play-to-earn and metaverse games to pave the way forward for innovation
A Few Million Victory
French startup Million Victories raises $3 million to scale Million Lords
Will invest in stronger marketing and UA
Synergy Specialist
Stillfront appoints Disney and Blizzard veteran Amy Lee as SVP of synergies and operations
Coming from Blizzard Entertainment
Get More
Now.gg launches cloud payments, giving mobile game devs a 95% rev share
Compliant with app store policies, also handles NFTs
Metasports
Dubit raises $8 million for esports in Roblox
Metaventures’ Jean-Charles Capelli leads the round
International Expansion
Genshin Impact creator Mihoyo opens new Montreal studio
Plans to scale to 100 employees within next year
Buzzing
Drone Racing Arcade launches on Skillz
The official game of the Drone Racing League is live
Minting
Majority of game developers considering using blockchain
New survey shows speed of change
Monetisation Mix
Anchor your game monetisation strategy around these 4 pillars
Meta Audience Network explores the key elements for developers and publishers who want diversify and add resilience to their monetisation mix