Obliviate
Why Harry Potter: Wizards Unite failed to find the magic
Nearly two years on, Niantic's game is moribund
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Matthew Forde
About Matthew Forde is the deputy editor at PocketGamer.biz and also a member of the Pocket Gamer Podcast. You can find him on Twitter @MattForde64 talking about stats, data and everything pop culture related - particularly superheroes.
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Hedging Bets
Everdale - Supercell's takes on The Sims meets Animal Crossing
Three Supercell staff speak to us on the development of its first new IP in four years
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Hot Five: Rovio cancels Hardhead Squad, Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle surpasses $3 billion and Merge Mansion trends
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Super Spending
Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle accumulates $3 billion in lifetime revenue
Launched in January 2015
Very Onix-pected
Pokémon Unite mobile launch, Pokémon GO introduces Galar region and Pokémon Café Mix gets rebrand
Latest Pokémon Presents goes big on mobile
Three Of A Kind
More acquisitions made by Embracer with Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
The trio was purchased through Embracer subsidiary Saber Interactive
Recruitment Drive
Activision staffing up for "huge unannounced triple-A mobile project"
"Engineering, design, production, product, marketing, data - you name it…"
Three Months
PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire set to receive ban in Bangladesh
TikTok also part of High Court ruling
20 Years Experience
Jagex continues hiring spree with former Codemasters CFO Rashid Varachia
Varachia will take on same role at the RuneScape developer
That's Very Twisty
Internet-obsessed Merge Mansion closes in on $40 million revenue
10 million downloads since September 2020
Hiring Now
XR Games secures $2 million in funding to open 20 new jobs in Leeds
"Immersive technology has huge potential in this industry…"
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Hot Five: Digimon: New Century soft launch, Xsolla layoffs and highest-grossing mobile games ever
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Here We Go Again
Rockstar Games rumoured to be remastering GTA trilogy for mobile
Set to include Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Five-year Payout
Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games
$10 million will first be paid for 20% of shares
New Strategy
Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl and COO Eric Ludwig leave company
Both will depart by the end of August
25% Rise
Over 800 mobile games make more than $1 million every month
Data was confirmed by App Annie as part of its "2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down"
"rocket Ship"
Unity picks up remote working and streaming firm Parsec for $320 million
Deal looks to close for an estimated $320 million
Failed To Maintain Growth
Xsolla lays off 150 staff members, CEO tweet sparks further outrage
"Many of you might be shocked, but I truly believe that Xsolla is not for you…"
Reality Bites
Apple removes Rosie's Reality from Apple Arcade after dev becomes unable to support game
"We're focusing our efforts on different topics…"
Welcome Home
Focus Home Interactive acquires Rayman Jungle Run developer Dotemu
"Joining the Focus Home Interactive Group was an obvious choice…"
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Hot Five: More Embracer acquisitions, a Louis Vuitton NFT mobile game and Tencent stock plummets
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Rock And Roll(ic)
Hypercasual developer Rollic surpasses one billion downloads
"We are blown away by Rollic’s performance…"
Rivals No More
Zynga acquires Golf Rival developer StarLark for $525 million
Also completes Chartboost deal
Gaining On Wii
Nintendo Switch sales close on 90 million, revenue drops nearly 10%
More sales than PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
First Of Many?
Update: Blizzard president and head of HR depart company amid lawsuit
J. Allen Brack and Jesse Meschuk make their exit
Engagement Priority
Diablo Immortal delayed until first half of 2022
"Our team has been tuning core and endgame features…"
Quite The Gamble
Netmarble picks up social casino developer SpinX Games for $2.19 billion
"We expect to fortify our competitive edge…"
140 Million Players
Plarium acquires Finnish mobile studio Futureplay to grow casual presence
"We are eager to grow and learn from Plarium’s expertise…"
Thank You, Next
Epic Games teams with Ariana Grande for Fortnite’s Rift Tour
"I can’t wait to join my fans and see all of your reactions..."
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Hot Five: Top video game acquisitions, Activision Blizzard strike and Jam City scraps SPAC
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Crank It Up
Playdate sells out 20,000 units in 20 minutes
Will start to ship in late 2020 and 2021
Belief In The Sword
The Witcher: Monster Slayer grabs one million downloads in first week
More than half a million revenue
Next Level
Turkish indie studio Udo Games raises $420,000 to begin self-publishing
"We will take serious steps to raise qualified human resources…"
World Not An Oyster
Dr. Mario World becomes Nintendo's worst-performing mobile game to-date
Less than $14 million in revenue in two years
Bitter Pill
Nintendo to close Dr. Mario World after barely two years live
Worst performing mobile game from Nintendo to-date
Industry Veteran
Sumo Digital director Ian Richardson passes away aged 53
"Sumo has lost one of its brightest stars…"
The Revolution Has Begun
Update: Netmarble confirms Marvel Future Revolution will launch this August
Game set to roll out in second half of 2021
Imp-erfct
Update: The Witcher: Monster Slayer suffered major issues at launch
4000 technical support tickets raised
Live And Kicking
Why after 10 years of Jetpack Joyride, now is the right time for a sequel
"Creating this sequel was almost a moral obligation..."
Triple Threat
Tripledot Studios continues expansion with new office in Barcelona
Headed up by former Facebook and Google executive Eran Herzberg
Fifth Annual
Pokémon GO Fest 2021 generated over $20 million in two days
$731.3 million in global spending from 2021 alone
No Extra Cost
Netflix confirms video game expansion beginning with mobile games
"We think the time is right to learn more about how our members value games."
Dark Side Of The Force
LEGO Star Wars Battles cancelled and shut down following beta
Almost two years of testing in soft launch
Three Of A Kind
Konami unveils Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and Yu-Gi-Oh Cross Duel for mobile
Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel also unveiled for Nintendo Switch
What A Story
Monster Hunter Stories 2 has already hatched over a million sales
JPRG launched globally on July 9th, 2021
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Hot Five: Dead Cells China success, Epic gets one over on Apple and Netflix moving into games
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Aggressive Pricing
Steam Deck pricing 'critical' to mobile space, says Valve's Gabe Newell
"Price point was secondary... and painful"
Gabe Boy
Valve reveals Steam Deck handheld, launching from $399 this year
The Steam Deck will begin shipping in December 2021
Pgc Digital #7
PGC Digital: 'Real enthusiasm about the product or service cannot be faked,' says Aftershock Media's Matt Rutledge
"The benefit of influencer marketing is that you get that instant rapport..."
Gen-erous
Genvid raises $113 million to launch Genvid Entertainment and more massive interactive live events
Netflix executive Cindy Holland joins firm as an advisor too