The Palace Awaits
Update: Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales delayed until 2021
Originally slated for 2020 full-release, no mention of a location-based element
Case Study
Carbonated Games case study: How our Live Ops platform prepared us for COVID-19
Carbonated co-founders Travis and Lloyd discuss their successes during the pandemic
Evolving Partnership
Tilting Point enters funding partnership with Joycity, invests $40 million in Gunship Battle: Total Warfare
Looking to grow audience internationally and in the US
Lockdown Lift
Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far
PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list
Crazylabs
How CrazyLabs unleashes innovation and unlocks revenues with marketing automation
Peggy Anne Salz discusses the benefits of automated key processes to drive results
Nindies
Nintendo indies: Among Us and Spelunky heading to Switch, Super Meat Boy Forever set to launch this month
The final sweep of indie titles heading to the Switch in Q1 2021
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: We discuss all things indie and casual gaming with Big Indie Pitch winner Hairy Heart Games
Joe Bain discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in November
Five Lessons
Patrick Naud: Five lessons the pandemic taught me about leadership
Square Enix Montréal's Patrick Naud discusses how the global situation altered his work life
In A Pickle
Big Pixel Studios, creator of Pocket Mortys, has been shut down
The studio opened in 2009
Looming
Roblox acquires digital avatar creator Loom.ai
The aim of the acquisition is to speed up the development of next-generation avatars within Roblox
Shooting Stars
Facebook Gaming creators made over $50m in platform currency in 2020
Over 2000 creators on FB Gaming are making over $1000 a month
Gameloft Live
Gameloft for brands teams up with LWE to host live music festival in Asphalt 9: Legends
Junction 2: Connections will be live-streamed from three locations
Stadia Gang
Ubisoft Plus subscription service rolls out on Google Stadia
Users of the cloud platform can jump into some of Ubi's biggest titles
Dynamite
MapleStory collaborates with BTS
In-game items are availabe from December 16th
Word Up
Zynga is launching a voice-based game for Google Nest devices
Daily Word Wheel will be released soon
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Reflecting on Tencent’s 2020
The MTM looks back on the publishing giant's 2020 activity
Digital Conference
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Integration
AdInMo integrates with programmatic advertising SSP Mobfox
"We're excited to be able to add Mobfox to our growing network of digital ad exchange partners"
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Reincarnated
Square Enix pushes Nier Re[in]carnation release to 2021
No word on when it will come to the west
Big Money
Leyou shareholders agree to $1.3bn Tencent takeover
Firm going private on December 23rd
Milestone
Goodgame Studios reaches 500 million registrations across its portfolio
"Delighting half a billion customers with our products is more than just a milestone"
Competitive Offer
EA outbids Take-Two for Codemasters
Racing firm has accepted the bid, Grand Theft Auto giant "considering its position"
Public Potential
Roblox delays IPO until early 2021
To improve relations with investors
Most Read
Hot Five: Modern Times Group picks up Hutch, Angry Birds Legends cancelled, and why players prefer ads over paying
The hottest articles of last week
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: Rumor Games discuss taking inspiration from disaster in their award winning game
Kevin Tarchenski discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in August
Check Those Ads
Mindworks releases new version of self-service ad platform Playturbo
"Industry demand for playable ads is growing at an immense rate"
A Good Deed
Niantic gave $7m to Black Lives Matter charities
At least $5 million came from Pokemon Go Fest 2020
One Of Us
Among Us picks up the most downloads in November
It generated 53.2 million installs
Switched
The Nintendo Switch remains the best-selling console
For 24 consecutive months
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Future Class
The Game Awards names 50 honourees for Future Class
"Builders, thinkers and dreamers whose voices elevate and diversify our artform"
That's Cool
Just Cause: Mobile, a new Among Us map and more appears at The Game Awards
Master Chief and The Walking Dead are coming to Fortnite
One Of Us
Among Us picks up Mobile Game of the Year at The Game Awards
Animal Crossing: New Horizons took home Best Family Game
Kinda Nifty
Peter Moore joins Nifty Games' board of directors
"I'm excited to join the Nifty Games Board of Directors"
Get Teh Facts
Newzoo furthers its games engagement insights
"The games business is moving at such a rapid pace that it's increasingly difficult for brands and game publishers to keep up with and understand what is driving trends"
See You In Court
Facebook hit with a lawsuit from most of the US
Could be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp
A Better Place
Over 80 per cent of Zynga mobile gamers play to escape reality
"Our passionate community of players have built deep, long-lasting connections"
Swish
2K launches NBA SuperCard globally as WWE SuperCard crosses 21 million installs
Announcements made ahead of studio's 25th anniversary in 2021
Inno-vating
Meet Inno Studio, winners of Voodoo's 2020 runner competition
The studio won a sizeable investment and a partnership with hypercasual giant
Acquisition
Rollic buys mobile puzzler Onnect from Chef Game Studio
"We are proud to be a part of the rapidly expanding games community in Turkey"
Cod Tops Lot
The Game Awards 2020 mobile nominees revenue and downloads revealed
How do the top games stack up against one another?
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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."
Best Behaviour
Twitch updates hateful conduct and harassment policies
Comes into effect on January 22nd
Building Up
Gardenscapes beats out local heroes Everyone’s Marble and Anipang in Korean puzzle market
Crunching the data with App Annie
Team Work
Lab Cave teams with 11 bit studios for Moonlighter on iOS
The company will offer post-launch support
Money Money Money
Aglet raises $4.5 million in seed funding
"We seek to be the 'metaverse for commerce' where online and offline consumption experiences fuse together"
Building Up
Minecraft racks up the most views of any game on YouTube in 2020
It had 201 billion views
Cloud
Pushing it to the Edge: new architecture models for cloud gaming
From a conversation with Bob Gazda, senior director of engineering, InterDigital
Talking Heads
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