On Tilt
Tilting Point targets more European partners with new Barcelona studio
New office follows on from the publisher’s recent pledge to invest $132 million in mobile games user acquisition
India
Alibaba-owned gaming firm AGTech puts $16m into Gamepind Entertainment
Mobile gaming venture will use the fund to release a separate app within the next six months
Invested
Metropolitan Partners Group invests in Tilting Point Media user acquisition fund
Marketing and publishing platform aims to deploy $132m annually to finance user acquisition
Nice
PUBG Mobile has made $50 million in revenue
The battle royale received a shot in the arm following the introduction of the Royale Pass
Touchdown
Lifetime mobile sales of Madden NFL exceed 73 million
Combined with PC and mobile, the franchise has sold over 200 million copies
Jaaaam...
Pocket Jam back with a bang at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Two-day game jam returns this September at Europe’s biggest mobile games industry event
Job News Klaxon
RuneScape dev Jagex snags ZeniMax and Trion Worlds vets for senior roles
New starters take on SVP of game development and VP of tech roles
Fort-not
Google Play now warning Fortnite fans that the game isn’t on its Android store
Despite best efforts, clones are likely to flood the Google Play store
Unity
67% of Unity developers are choosing to publish independently
Unity reports on the development habits of 1,445 small to medium Indies
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
The big Miniclip CEO interview, China stops approving games, and should app stores ditch the 70/30 revenue split?
The hottest articles in the mobile games industry from the last week
Get Online
Nintendo Switch Online will arrive in the second half of September
Long-delayed online subscription services pegged for the end of next month
Chinese Exports
Chinese games raked in more than $600 million in the US for the first half of 2018 alone
The haul was a 52 per cent increase year-on-year
Is It Worth It?
Is it time for the App Store and Google Play to ditch the 70/30 revenue split?
The mobile mavens offer their opinions
Write In
Interactive fiction specialist Dr Emily Short joins the Spirit AI board
Two-year Character Engine product manager takes on the role of executive director at Spirit
Fortnite Android
Fortnite Android rolls out exclusively on Samsung Galaxy devices first today
Heading to other Android devices over the next few days
Child-friendly
Industry veterans seek to structure children's screen time with Ava
The new take on parental controls ditches restrictions and blocklists to take a more positive spin
Not Too Shabby
Nexon’s MapleStory M hits five million downloads globally in two weeks
The side-scrolling adventure game originally hit three million within its first week
Billion Dollar Baby
Magic Leap One Creator Edition launches with $2,295 price tag
Only available in select US cities however
Ar Games
Facebook Messenger gets augmented reality games
Extends possibilities as a games platform
Casting Sales
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery hits $55 million revenue in just over three months
Nearly half of player spending occurs in US
On Job
Ad platform Bidalgo taps up former Clicktale CFO to bolster executive team
Nir Ackerman will join as CFO and will be tasked with overseeing all of the company’s financial operations
Jammin’
WildWorks’ kid-focused MMO Animal Jam strikes up revenues to the tune of $150m
$20 million of which comes from the mobile version Animal Jam: Play Wild
Decline Continues
GungHo revenue and profits fall again as publisher struggles to replace Puzzle & Dragons
New release Yo-Kai Watch World surpasses one million downloads
Crushing It
Candy Crush developer King has made more than $1 billion so far this year
Monthly active users for King's portfolio hit 270 million
A New Focus
MZ’s Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire rakes in $380m in one year
US players alone bring in $138 million
War Never Changes
Fallout Shelter mobile surpasses $93 million in revenue
Could hit $100m by the end of the year
Who Are Ya
Bandai Namco soft-launches Doctor Who collectible card game on Android
The collectible card game is currently available in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Thailand
Blocked
Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project
Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
Roundup
Games industry roundup: The hottest stories across the PC, blockchain and influencer sectors
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
The Weekly
The Weekly: WeChat mini-games success, South Korea's regulatory struggles, and the mobile app economy's second act
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Hot Five
Supercell and Playerunknown answer Elon Musk's call, Peak bets on Ryan Reynolds, and Fortnite avoids Google Play
The past week's hottest articles
Quite Possible
PUBG Mobile is bringing Mission Impossible: Fallout to its pocket-sized battlegrounds
The month-long campaign to bring tie-in content and challenges to PUBG is already underway
Break The Market
Glu Mobile’s Kim Kardashian: Hollywood nets $8m in revenue in Q2
The sum represents a year-on-year growth of 20 per cent
Salty Springs
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney labels Google Play 30% revenue share “disproportionate” as Fortnite bypasses Android store
Developer goes direct to consumer in bold move
Not Bad
Apple becomes first public company worth $1 trillion
The iPhone manufacturer hit the market value on Thursday
Indie Mavens
How big is the cloning problem within the mobile games industry and what can be done about it?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Lucky Draw
Mobile users account for 71% of the $1.5 billion digital card games market
Hearthstone leads the charge on a market expected to grow to $2 billion by 2020
Mobile Gaming
Supercell and Playerunknown respond to Elon Musk's Twitter callout for Tesla game devs
The product architect is angling for Pokemon Go with an “adults in cars anime vibe”
Duty Calls
Activision working with Tencent on new Call of Duty mobile game for China
Collaboration confirms a free-to-play mobile entry in the long-running first-person-shooter franchise
End Of The Beginning
CEO Frank Gibeau on moving on from fixing Zynga to growing it
The long haul
Global Influence
How to make the most from influencer marketing around the world
Zorka.Mobi's Regina Tsvyrova delves into the local markets and how best to work with content creators in each region
Limited Time Offer
ASO platform Mobile Action ditches indie subscription fee for limited time only
Indie developers and small studios can pick up services for special one-time fee of $99
Partnership
Google partners up with Unity to extend ad campaign reach
The agreement will give Google access to Unity’s network of mobile games through Universal App campaigns
Fired Up
Fire Emblem Heroes fires up $400m in worldwide revenue
The RPG launched just under 18 months ago and has proven to be Nintendo’s most popular outing on mobile
Severing Links
Apple limits App Store discovery as it cuts affiliate programme and threatens future of mobile sites
Officially ends October 1st 2018
New Marketing Tools
Facebook reveals new UA tools as it claims 50% of all app revenue will come from ads by 2021
Social network reveals playables, retention optimisation and value optimisation solutions at ChinaJoy
Hyper-publishing
Why AppLovin is getting into the mobile publishing game with Lion Studios
Division has already racked up hundreds of millions of downloads for its portfolio
New Management
Sega of America names Ian Curran as new COO and president
Industry veteran steps into the new role effective today alongside serving position on Atlus USA’s board
Home Run
Glu Mobile hits record $99.4m bookings as Design Home continues strong showing
Tap Sports Baseball 18 and Covet Fashion also perform well