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MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per FIVE TRENDS THAT WILL DRIVE SOCIAL MOBILE GAMING IN 2021 And whether we see similar growth in 2021, what is clear that some long term trends will continue to accelerate change. 1. Millennials Vs Gen Z. The mobile gaming industry is constantly expanding, and millennials - usually defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 - are now the driving force. Interestingly, according to a recent studyby
WOOGA FOUNDER AND CEO JENS BEGEMANN DEPARTS AFTER 11 YEARS Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann has announced he will leave the Berlin-based developer after 11 years with the company.. Begemann departs the role officially at the end of June 2020, where he will return to the world of entrepreneurship "to support young founders with angel investments", as well as reduce his work life to spend more time with his family. PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
GAME M&A HIT ALL-TIME HIGH OF $39 BILLION IN Q1 2021 April 27th, 2021 - 10:47am. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Acquisitions in the games industry hit a new high in the first quarter of 2021, reaching an estimated $39 billion value from 280 announced and closed deals. As calculated by market intelligence platform InvestGame, $25 billion of that figure originated from the value ofcompleted
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per FIVE TRENDS THAT WILL DRIVE SOCIAL MOBILE GAMING IN 2021 And whether we see similar growth in 2021, what is clear that some long term trends will continue to accelerate change. 1. Millennials Vs Gen Z. The mobile gaming industry is constantly expanding, and millennials - usually defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 - are now the driving force. Interestingly, according to a recent studyby
WOOGA FOUNDER AND CEO JENS BEGEMANN DEPARTS AFTER 11 YEARS Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann has announced he will leave the Berlin-based developer after 11 years with the company.. Begemann departs the role officially at the end of June 2020, where he will return to the world of entrepreneurship "to support young founders with angel investments", as well as reduce his work life to spend more time with his family. PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINION Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,575,060 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,889 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,997 Details
GAME M&A HIT ALL-TIME HIGH OF $39 BILLION IN Q1 2021 April 27th, 2021 - 10:47am. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Acquisitions in the games industry hit a new high in the first quarter of 2021, reaching an estimated $39 billion value from 280 announced and closed deals. As calculated by market intelligence platform InvestGame, $25 billion of that figure originated from the value ofcompleted
WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the STAR WARS: GALAXY OF HEROES MADE UP 98% OF ALL REVENUE Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from Electronic Arts has made up approximately 98 per cent of the last five Star Wars mobile games overall revenue.. According to data obtained by PG.biz (via Sensor Tower), Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has generated 1.2 billion in lifetime revenue, whereas Star Wars: Puzzle Droids, Star Wars: Force Arena, Star Wars: Uprising and Star Wars: Rebels: Recon Missions MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. YOU CAN USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE IN PLAYSTATION VR WITH Shown off during the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, the AnywhereVR app lets you hook up your mobile phone to a PlayStation VR headset. You can then use your phone against a selection of different virtual landscapes, such as a beach, and your own music. The video below says users can "enjoy their smartphone, Twitter and minigames" withAnywhereVR.
G5 ENTERTAINMENT SUES MYTONA OVER THE SECRET SOCIETY By Ric Cowley, Editor. Stockholm-based PC and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment is suing MyTona for failing to perform "certain obligations" as part of a five-year deal between the companies. G5 Entertainment filed a complaint in January 2017 after MyTona "improperly refused to extend the license agreement" on G5's game TheSecret Society.
CORE VERSUS META GAME F2P games can be split into the core game (the gameplay) and the meta game. The core game is the part that people recognise as a real game. It will have some challenge to it, usually either a mental challenge, like in puzzle games, or a reaction challenge like in action games. The meta game is really about progress - and is some form of "the MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per GAME M&A HIT ALL-TIME HIGH OF $39 BILLION IN Q1 2021 April 27th, 2021 - 10:47am. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Acquisitions in the games industry hit a new high in the first quarter of 2021, reaching an estimated $39 billion value from 280 announced and closed deals. As calculated by market intelligence platform InvestGame, $25 billion of that figure originated from the value ofcompleted
FIVE TRENDS THAT WILL DRIVE SOCIAL MOBILE GAMING IN 2021 And whether we see similar growth in 2021, what is clear that some long term trends will continue to accelerate change. 1. Millennials Vs Gen Z. The mobile gaming industry is constantly expanding, and millennials - usually defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 - are now the driving force. Interestingly, according to a recent studyby
PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via WOOGA FOUNDER AND CEO JENS BEGEMANN DEPARTS AFTER 11 YEARS Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann has announced he will leave the Berlin-based developer after 11 years with the company.. Begemann departs the role officially at the end of June 2020, where he will return to the world of entrepreneurship "to support young founders with angel investments", as well as reduce his work life to spend more time with his family. SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per GAME M&A HIT ALL-TIME HIGH OF $39 BILLION IN Q1 2021 April 27th, 2021 - 10:47am. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Acquisitions in the games industry hit a new high in the first quarter of 2021, reaching an estimated $39 billion value from 280 announced and closed deals. As calculated by market intelligence platform InvestGame, $25 billion of that figure originated from the value ofcompleted
FIVE TRENDS THAT WILL DRIVE SOCIAL MOBILE GAMING IN 2021 And whether we see similar growth in 2021, what is clear that some long term trends will continue to accelerate change. 1. Millennials Vs Gen Z. The mobile gaming industry is constantly expanding, and millennials - usually defined as those born between 1981 and 1996 - are now the driving force. Interestingly, according to a recent studyby
PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via WOOGA FOUNDER AND CEO JENS BEGEMANN DEPARTS AFTER 11 YEARS Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann has announced he will leave the Berlin-based developer after 11 years with the company.. Begemann departs the role officially at the end of June 2020, where he will return to the world of entrepreneurship "to support young founders with angel investments", as well as reduce his work life to spend more time with his family. SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINION Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,575,060 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,889 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,997 Details
GAME M&A HIT ALL-TIME HIGH OF $39 BILLION IN Q1 2021 April 27th, 2021 - 10:47am. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Acquisitions in the games industry hit a new high in the first quarter of 2021, reaching an estimated $39 billion value from 280 announced and closed deals. As calculated by market intelligence platform InvestGame, $25 billion of that figure originated from the value ofcompleted
WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW ZYNGA USED M&A AND FOREVER FRANCHISES TO BECOME THE A decade has passed since we began conducting our Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list, in which we analyse which developers have made all the right moves over the past 12 months.. US mobile games company Zynga took the top honour this year. After initially struggling to adapt to the mobile market, the firm has come back fighting with a new strategy that has seen it rise to the peak of the STAR WARS: GALAXY OF HEROES MADE UP 98% OF ALL REVENUE Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from Electronic Arts has made up approximately 98 per cent of the last five Star Wars mobile games overall revenue.. According to data obtained by PG.biz (via Sensor Tower), Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has generated 1.2 billion in lifetime revenue, whereas Star Wars: Puzzle Droids, Star Wars: Force Arena, Star Wars: Uprising and Star Wars: Rebels: Recon Missions MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. YOU CAN USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE IN PLAYSTATION VR WITH Shown off during the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, the AnywhereVR app lets you hook up your mobile phone to a PlayStation VR headset. You can then use your phone against a selection of different virtual landscapes, such as a beach, and your own music. The video below says users can "enjoy their smartphone, Twitter and minigames" withAnywhereVR.
G5 ENTERTAINMENT SUES MYTONA OVER THE SECRET SOCIETY By Ric Cowley, Editor. Stockholm-based PC and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment is suing MyTona for failing to perform "certain obligations" as part of a five-year deal between the companies. G5 Entertainment filed a complaint in January 2017 after MyTona "improperly refused to extend the license agreement" on G5's game TheSecret Society.
CORE VERSUS META GAME F2P games can be split into the core game (the gameplay) and the meta game. The core game is the part that people recognise as a real game. It will have some challenge to it, usually either a mental challenge, like in puzzle games, or a reaction challenge like in action games. The meta game is really about progress - and is some form of "the MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,575,060 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,889 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,997 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,575,060 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,889 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,997 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per MOONTON'S MOBILE LEGENDS CROSSES $500 MILLION IN GROSS Moonton's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has accumulated $502.5 million in lifetime gross revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. The hugely popular MOBA has seen user spending rise every year since its launch in 2016, peaking at $214.1 million in 2019, an increase of 36 per cent over2018.
PGC DIGITAL: "THERE WILL BE A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME NFT SOLD April 21st, 2021 - 09:45am. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Axie Infinity will be the first blockchain game with a million-dollar NFT - and this is in 2021. At least that was the prediction was made by investor/developer Alex Amsel during a panel hosted by YODO1 LAUNCHES FREE BUSINESS OF MOBILE GAMING COURSE Yodo1. October 8th, 2020 - 02:00pm. By Guest Author (Sponsored) The multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming industry has far outpaced traditional entertainment, already bringing in three times more revenue than Hollywood. And the gaming industry remains on a fast track, with revenue to hit 160 billion US dollars in 2020 and 180billion in 2021. In
PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via VAINGLORY’S SURPRISE SHUTDOWN AVERTED BY SUPER EVIL April 7th, 2020 - 12:10pm. By Jon Jordan, Contributing Editor. In a surprise move, new Vainglory publisher Rogue Games has pulled the plug on the cross-platform MOBA. However, original developer Super Evil Megacorp has returned to ensure the game servers remain live, although all in-game IAPs have been switched off. WOOGA FOUNDER AND CEO JENS BEGEMANN DEPARTS AFTER 11 YEARS Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann has announced he will leave the Berlin-based developer after 11 years with the company.. Begemann departs the role officially at the end of June 2020, where he will return to the world of entrepreneurship "to support young founders with angel investments", as well as reduce his work life to spend more time with his family. SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black.. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. IN-APP PURCHASE EDUCATION: APPLE LAUNCHES APP STORE GUIDE In-app purchase education: Apple launches App Store guide to explain IAPs. In a bid to defuse ongoing concerns over freemium apps targeted at children, Apple has moved to publish a guide to using in-app purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently on iPad only, said guide is triggered when users tap a 'Learn More About In-App RISE AND FALL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE LIFECYCLE OF MOBILE In fact, mobile gaming revenue is expected to surpass $21 billion by the end of 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Unlike traditional console games that have lengthy lifespans, mobile games can only ride the wave for so long. As evidenced by a recent Flurry report, games have the shortest half-life of any app category. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PGC DIGITAL: "THERE WILL BE A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME NFT SOLD April 21st, 2021 - 09:45am. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Axie Infinity will be the first blockchain game with a million-dollar NFT - and this is in 2021. At least that was the prediction was made by investor/developer Alex Amsel during a panel hosted by PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via TINYBUILD LAUNCHES IPO ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE tinyBuild Games. March 9th, 2021 - 10:20am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Publisher and developer tinyBuild has begun trading on the London Stock exchange through its AIM market. The Secret Neighbor publisher has been listed at a company valuation of £340.6 million ($473.2 million). "Since establishing tinyBuild eight years ago, wehave
YODO1 LAUNCHES FREE BUSINESS OF MOBILE GAMING COURSE Yodo1. October 8th, 2020 - 02:00pm. By Guest Author (Sponsored) The multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming industry has far outpaced traditional entertainment, already bringing in three times more revenue than Hollywood. And the gaming industry remains on a fast track, with revenue to hit 160 billion US dollars in 2020 and 180billion in 2021. In
ROBLOX HIRES BARBARA MESSING AS ITS NEW CHIEF MARKETING ROBLOX. September 3rd, 2020 - 10:18am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Roblox has welcomed Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing and employee experience officer. As announced via LinkedIn, Roblox marks Messing's first stint within the games industry. She has joined the company from retail giant Walmart, where she served as senior vice SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black.. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. COIN MASTER CASHES IN OVER $500 MILLION IN GLOBAL REVENUE Moon Active ’s social and interactive title Coin Master has accumulated more than $508 million in global revenue, according to Sensor Tower. Launched in 2010, Coin Master has gone on to surpass 81 million downloads with an average revenue per download sitting currently at $6.20. The game witnessed a giant leap in growth fromDecember 2018 to
IN-APP PURCHASE EDUCATION: APPLE LAUNCHES APP STORE GUIDE In-app purchase education: Apple launches App Store guide to explain IAPs. In a bid to defuse ongoing concerns over freemium apps targeted at children, Apple has moved to publish a guide to using in-app purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently on iPad only, said guide is triggered when users tap a 'Learn More About In-App RISE AND FALL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE LIFECYCLE OF MOBILE In fact, mobile gaming revenue is expected to surpass $21 billion by the end of 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Unlike traditional console games that have lengthy lifespans, mobile games can only ride the wave for so long. As evidenced by a recent Flurry report, games have the shortest half-life of any app category. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PGC DIGITAL: "THERE WILL BE A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME NFT SOLD April 21st, 2021 - 09:45am. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Axie Infinity will be the first blockchain game with a million-dollar NFT - and this is in 2021. At least that was the prediction was made by investor/developer Alex Amsel during a panel hosted by PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via TINYBUILD LAUNCHES IPO ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE tinyBuild Games. March 9th, 2021 - 10:20am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Publisher and developer tinyBuild has begun trading on the London Stock exchange through its AIM market. The Secret Neighbor publisher has been listed at a company valuation of £340.6 million ($473.2 million). "Since establishing tinyBuild eight years ago, wehave
YODO1 LAUNCHES FREE BUSINESS OF MOBILE GAMING COURSE Yodo1. October 8th, 2020 - 02:00pm. By Guest Author (Sponsored) The multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming industry has far outpaced traditional entertainment, already bringing in three times more revenue than Hollywood. And the gaming industry remains on a fast track, with revenue to hit 160 billion US dollars in 2020 and 180billion in 2021. In
ROBLOX HIRES BARBARA MESSING AS ITS NEW CHIEF MARKETING ROBLOX. September 3rd, 2020 - 10:18am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Roblox has welcomed Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing and employee experience officer. As announced via LinkedIn, Roblox marks Messing's first stint within the games industry. She has joined the company from retail giant Walmart, where she served as senior vice SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black.. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. COIN MASTER CASHES IN OVER $500 MILLION IN GLOBAL REVENUE Moon Active ’s social and interactive title Coin Master has accumulated more than $508 million in global revenue, according to Sensor Tower. Launched in 2010, Coin Master has gone on to surpass 81 million downloads with an average revenue per download sitting currently at $6.20. The game witnessed a giant leap in growth fromDecember 2018 to
IN-APP PURCHASE EDUCATION: APPLE LAUNCHES APP STORE GUIDE In-app purchase education: Apple launches App Store guide to explain IAPs. In a bid to defuse ongoing concerns over freemium apps targeted at children, Apple has moved to publish a guide to using in-app purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently on iPad only, said guide is triggered when users tap a 'Learn More About In-App RISE AND FALL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE LIFECYCLE OF MOBILE In fact, mobile gaming revenue is expected to surpass $21 billion by the end of 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Unlike traditional console games that have lengthy lifespans, mobile games can only ride the wave for so long. As evidenced by a recent Flurry report, games have the shortest half-life of any app category. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PGC DIGITAL: "THERE WILL BE A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME NFT SOLD April 21st, 2021 - 09:45am. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Axie Infinity will be the first blockchain game with a million-dollar NFT - and this is in 2021. At least that was the prediction was made by investor/developer Alex Amsel during a panel hosted by PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via TINYBUILD LAUNCHES IPO ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE tinyBuild Games. March 9th, 2021 - 10:20am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Publisher and developer tinyBuild has begun trading on the London Stock exchange through its AIM market. The Secret Neighbor publisher has been listed at a company valuation of £340.6 million ($473.2 million). "Since establishing tinyBuild eight years ago, wehave
YODO1 LAUNCHES FREE BUSINESS OF MOBILE GAMING COURSE Yodo1. October 8th, 2020 - 02:00pm. By Guest Author (Sponsored) The multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming industry has far outpaced traditional entertainment, already bringing in three times more revenue than Hollywood. And the gaming industry remains on a fast track, with revenue to hit 160 billion US dollars in 2020 and 180billion in 2021. In
ROBLOX HIRES BARBARA MESSING AS ITS NEW CHIEF MARKETING ROBLOX. September 3rd, 2020 - 10:18am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Roblox has welcomed Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing and employee experience officer. As announced via LinkedIn, Roblox marks Messing's first stint within the games industry. She has joined the company from retail giant Walmart, where she served as senior vice SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black.. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. COIN MASTER CASHES IN OVER $500 MILLION IN GLOBAL REVENUE Moon Active ’s social and interactive title Coin Master has accumulated more than $508 million in global revenue, according to Sensor Tower. Launched in 2010, Coin Master has gone on to surpass 81 million downloads with an average revenue per download sitting currently at $6.20. The game witnessed a giant leap in growth fromDecember 2018 to
IN-APP PURCHASE EDUCATION: APPLE LAUNCHES APP STORE GUIDE In-app purchase education: Apple launches App Store guide to explain IAPs. In a bid to defuse ongoing concerns over freemium apps targeted at children, Apple has moved to publish a guide to using in-app purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently on iPad only, said guide is triggered when users tap a 'Learn More About In-App RISE AND FALL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE LIFECYCLE OF MOBILE In fact, mobile gaming revenue is expected to surpass $21 billion by the end of 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Unlike traditional console games that have lengthy lifespans, mobile games can only ride the wave for so long. As evidenced by a recent Flurry report, games have the shortest half-life of any app category. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,826 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,655 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,888 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per WORD MANSION SURPASSES ONE MILLION INSTALLS Word Mansion from Swedish studio Apprope has exceeded one million downloads.. The milestone was revealed by Mag Interactive - which acquired Apprope back in December last year - after the word puzzle game launched across iOS and Android devices on September 30th, 2021.. Word Mansion's average revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) was described as "significantly higher" than UBISOFT TO FOCUS ON TRIPLE-A F2P GAMES IN FUTURE Ubisoft to focus on triple-A F2P games in future. During its recent earnings call, Ubisoft has announced changes to its business strategy; notable moving from premium to F2P games. Moving forward, Ubisoft will not only publish 3 to 4 premium titles annually but also focus on creating free-to-play games to reach a larger audience with its HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th HOW DOES HOMESCAPES MONETISE? Coins come in bundles ranging from $0.99 for 1,000 to $99.99 for 150,000. Their most important use is probably to buy Lives which, in a system familiar to Candy Crush Saga players, deplete with each failure in a level, are capped at five and regenerate at a rate of one per 25 minutes. One Life costs 900 Coins, which is around $0.90 in realmoney.
SECURITY EXPERT STEEVE HUIN ON WHY ANTI-TAMPERING AND ANTI Steeve Huin CMO Irdeto. Steeve is CMO and Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at Irdeto. He is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with nearly 20 years of experience in building products, and driving engagement and revenue within the cybersecurity domain. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PGC DIGITAL: "THERE WILL BE A MILLION-DOLLAR GAME NFT SOLD April 21st, 2021 - 09:45am. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Axie Infinity will be the first blockchain game with a million-dollar NFT - and this is in 2021. At least that was the prediction was made by investor/developer Alex Amsel during a panel hosted by PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via TINYBUILD LAUNCHES IPO ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE tinyBuild Games. March 9th, 2021 - 10:20am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Publisher and developer tinyBuild has begun trading on the London Stock exchange through its AIM market. The Secret Neighbor publisher has been listed at a company valuation of £340.6 million ($473.2 million). "Since establishing tinyBuild eight years ago, wehave
YODO1 LAUNCHES FREE BUSINESS OF MOBILE GAMING COURSE Yodo1. October 8th, 2020 - 02:00pm. By Guest Author (Sponsored) The multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming industry has far outpaced traditional entertainment, already bringing in three times more revenue than Hollywood. And the gaming industry remains on a fast track, with revenue to hit 160 billion US dollars in 2020 and 180billion in 2021. In
ROBLOX HIRES BARBARA MESSING AS ITS NEW CHIEF MARKETING ROBLOX. September 3rd, 2020 - 10:18am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Roblox has welcomed Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing and employee experience officer. As announced via LinkedIn, Roblox marks Messing's first stint within the games industry. She has joined the company from retail giant Walmart, where she served as senior vice SUPER EVIL MEGACORP TO LAUNCH EARLY ACCESS FOR CATALYST American firm Super Evil Megacorp has launched an Early Access programme for its game Catalyst Black.. The battleground shooter is the company's second title, the first being Vainglory, which Super Evil Megacorp saved from being shut down earlier this year. Catalyst Black will enter Early Access on August 12th, for iOS devices only. COIN MASTER CASHES IN OVER $500 MILLION IN GLOBAL REVENUE Moon Active ’s social and interactive title Coin Master has accumulated more than $508 million in global revenue, according to Sensor Tower. Launched in 2010, Coin Master has gone on to surpass 81 million downloads with an average revenue per download sitting currently at $6.20. The game witnessed a giant leap in growth fromDecember 2018 to
IN-APP PURCHASE EDUCATION: APPLE LAUNCHES APP STORE GUIDE In-app purchase education: Apple launches App Store guide to explain IAPs. In a bid to defuse ongoing concerns over freemium apps targeted at children, Apple has moved to publish a guide to using in-app purchases on the front page of the App Store. Currently on iPad only, said guide is triggered when users tap a 'Learn More About In-App RISE AND FALL: THE NUMBERS BEHIND THE LIFECYCLE OF MOBILE In fact, mobile gaming revenue is expected to surpass $21 billion by the end of 2014, a 19 percent increase from 2013. Unlike traditional console games that have lengthy lifespans, mobile games can only ride the wave for so long. As evidenced by a recent Flurry report, games have the shortest half-life of any app category. MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. PROJECT CARS IS RACING ITS WAY ON TO MOBILE DEVICES The new game, Project Cars Go entered its first closed beta last week on October 14th, and it will run until October 27th on both iOS and Android devices. “We’re working closely with the masters of racing sims and true fans of the sport at Slightly Mad Studios to meld the ultra-realism of Project Cars Go with streamlined mechanics and ASPHALT 9: LEGENDS DOES 1 MILLION SWITCH DOWNLOADS LAUNCH Gameloft’s mobile racing series has successfully made the switch to Nintendo Switch, racking up 1 million downloads in its launch week. Asphalt 9: Legends launched on 8 November as a free-to-play game, including over 50 licensed supercars, local splitscreen and offline game modes, and 8-player online play. The Switch version is the sameas
MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
G5 ENTERTAINMENT SUES MYTONA OVER THE SECRET SOCIETY By Ric Cowley, Editor. Stockholm-based PC and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment is suing MyTona for failing to perform "certain obligations" as part of a five-year deal between the companies. G5 Entertainment filed a complaint in January 2017 after MyTona "improperly refused to extend the license agreement" on G5's game TheSecret Society.
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Deputy Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dream village via APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
LOS ANGELES VR START-UP FIRST CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT CLOSES LA-based VR start-up First Contact Entertainment has closed a $5 million investment round. The developer is made up of former Starbreeze, Blizzard, Treyarch and Infinity Ward staff. It will use th SONY'S FATE/GRAND ORDER ACCUMULATES OVER $4 BILLION IN Sony's fantasy RPG Fate/Grand Order has surpassed $4 billion in lifetime revenue, according to Sensor Tower.. Launched in 2015, the Delightworks developed title accumulated $1.1 billion in 2019 alone to become the top-grossing mobile game in Japan. PROJECT CARS IS RACING ITS WAY ON TO MOBILE DEVICES The new game, Project Cars Go entered its first closed beta last week on October 14th, and it will run until October 27th on both iOS and Android devices. “We’re working closely with the masters of racing sims and true fans of the sport at Slightly Mad Studios to meld the ultra-realism of Project Cars Go with streamlined mechanics and ASPHALT 9: LEGENDS DOES 1 MILLION SWITCH DOWNLOADS LAUNCH Gameloft’s mobile racing series has successfully made the switch to Nintendo Switch, racking up 1 million downloads in its launch week. Asphalt 9: Legends launched on 8 November as a free-to-play game, including over 50 licensed supercars, local splitscreen and offline game modes, and 8-player online play. The Switch version is the sameas
MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. HOW DOES RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS MONETISE? Raid: Shadow Legends is already a top 100 top grossing game in North America, Europe, South Korea and China. As you’d expect, the other main purchasable resource is the gem hard currency, which can be converted into the silver soft currency, as well as energy, arena tokens, XP boosts and levelling potions. Raid also features a lot ofbundles
G5 ENTERTAINMENT SUES MYTONA OVER THE SECRET SOCIETY By Ric Cowley, Editor. Stockholm-based PC and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment is suing MyTona for failing to perform "certain obligations" as part of a five-year deal between the companies. G5 Entertainment filed a complaint in January 2017 after MyTona "improperly refused to extend the license agreement" on G5's game TheSecret Society.
MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINION Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,223 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,052 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,611 Details
NEXON ANNOUNCED SCHEDULE FOR NEXON DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE South Korean–Japanese video game publisher Nexon has announced the schedule for Nexon Developers Conference 2021 (NDC 21). The Virtual Conference will be open to all and it will be telecasted on all the NDC websites between June 9 and June 11, 2021.. Dubbed as Korea’s largest game-industry knowledge-sharing conference, it’s expected to feature 49 open sessions on data analysis ROBLOX HIRES BARBARA MESSING AS ITS NEW CHIEF MARKETING ROBLOX. September 3rd, 2020 - 10:18am. By Kayleigh Partleton, Staff Writer. Roblox has welcomed Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing and employee experience officer. As announced via LinkedIn, Roblox marks Messing's first stint within the games industry. She has joined the company from retail giant Walmart, where she served as senior vice APPLE ARCADE PREDICTED TO REACH 12 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY Apple Arcade is predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020.. The prediction was made by IHS Markit Technology director of research and analysis games Piers Harding-Rolls as part of a "prediction panel" for GamesIndustry.biz.. Subscriptions were a major topic for the panel, with many others also forecasting the modelsincreased growth.
PROJECT CARS IS RACING ITS WAY ON TO MOBILE DEVICES The new game, Project Cars Go entered its first closed beta last week on October 14th, and it will run until October 27th on both iOS and Android devices. “We’re working closely with the masters of racing sims and true fans of the sport at Slightly Mad Studios to meld the ultra-realism of Project Cars Go with streamlined mechanics and JAM CITY EXPECTS $868 MILLION BOOKINGS IN 2022 Jam City has confirmed it will become a publicly floated company on the New York Stock Exchange via a merger with DPCM Capital, a SPAC.. The combined company will operate as Jam City Holdings and be listed under the ticker symbol 'JAM'. MOONTON'S MOBILE LEGENDS CROSSES $500 MILLION IN GROSS Moonton 's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has accumulated $502.5 million in lifetime gross revenue, according to Sensor Tower. The hugely popular MOBA has seen user spending rise every year since its launch in 2016, peaking at $214.1 million in 2019, an increase of 36 per cent over2018.
STAR WARS: GALAXY OF HEROES MADE UP 98% OF ALL REVENUE Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from Electronic Arts has made up approximately 98 per cent of the last five Star Wars mobile games overall revenue.. According to data obtained by PG.biz (via Sensor Tower), Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has generated 1.2 billion in lifetime revenue, whereas Star Wars: Puzzle Droids, Star Wars: Force Arena, Star Wars: Uprising and Star Wars: Rebels: Recon Missions MAUNEL BRONSTEIN JOINS ROBLOX AS CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Roblox has welcomed Manuel Bronstein as its new chief product officer.. As confirmed on LinkedIn, Bronstein will take on the role later in March.In this new role, he has one simple goal - "to enable the Metaverse." "This great opportunity builds on so much of my passion and experience at Xbox, Zynga and YouTube, and in a way, it feels like homecoming. G5 ENTERTAINMENT SUES MYTONA OVER THE SECRET SOCIETY By Ric Cowley, Editor. Stockholm-based PC and mobile game developer G5 Entertainment is suing MyTona for failing to perform "certain obligations" as part of a five-year deal between the companies. G5 Entertainment filed a complaint in January 2017 after MyTona "improperly refused to extend the license agreement" on G5's game TheSecret Society.
MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY NEWS, DISCUSSION, ANALYSIS, OPINIONLOGINSOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
Count of active applications in the App Store. Total Active App (currently available for download): 4,574,223 Total Inactive Apps (no longer available for download): 213,829 Total Apps Seen in US App Store: 4,788,052 Number of Active Publishers in the US App Store:1,289,611 Details
MICROSOFT'S PROJECT XCLOUD HAS "HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS" OF Microsoft's cloud gaming service Project xCloud has been confirmed to have "hundreds of thousands" of active users.. The number was revealed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the company's latest earnings call, alongside figures surrounding its games revenue for Q3 2020.. While its games business suffered a drop of one per cent year-over-year, "content and services" grew by two per PLAYRIX SOFT-LAUNCHES MATCH-THREE PUZZLER FARMSCAPES Playrix. August 17th, 2020 - 12:25pm. By Matthew Forde, Features Editor. Free-to-play specialist Playrix has soft-launched a new farming-based match-three puzzler known as Farmscapes. Players will join Mary in her efforts to turn an abandoned farm into a rustic paradise. The idea of the game is to restore the area into a dreamvillage via
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Jun 1st, 2021
WHAT IS CFO RESOURCES?* Financials
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Jan 14th, 2020
SOFT LAUNCH TO WORLDWIDE LAUNCH: OPTIMIZING YOUR CREATIVE FOR GLOBALSUCCESS
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Jul 8th, 2019
SEEKING A JOB IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY - PART TWO: THE INTERVIEW PROCESS* Jobs
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Jul 1st, 2019
SEEKING A JOB IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY - PART ONE: THE APPLICATIONPROCESS
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2
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May 21st, 2019
USER ACQUISITION FOR BEGINNERS: A CHECKLIST* User Acquisition
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May 1st, 2019
FINANCING YOUR INDIE GAMES DEVELOPMENT STUDIO - PART FOUR: DUEDILIGENCE
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ART OF THE DEAL
Apr 26th, 2019
FINANCING YOUR INDIE GAMES DEVELOPMENT STUDIO - PART THREE: STRUCTURING AN INVESTMENT DEAL* Investment
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FINANCING YOUR INDIE GAMES DEVELOPMENT STUDIO - PART TWO: THE KILLERPITCH
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GROWING SPACE
Jun 4th, 2021
QUICKSAVE INTERACTIVE RAISES $1.3 MILLION TO SCALE ITS HTML5 GAMES* Investment
* Finland
* HTML5
DATA IS POWER
Jun 3rd, 2021
SKILLZ ACQUIRES AARKI FOR $150 MILLION* M&A
* San Francisco
* Acquisition
LIKE CLOCKWORK
Jun 3rd, 2021
ESTONIAN DEVELOPER CLICKWORK GAMES RAISES $1.2 MILLION TO "REJUVENATE"IDLE GENRE
* Estonia
* Funding
* Idle Game
TRANSFER MARKET
Jun 2nd, 2021
TAKE-TWO SCORES TOP ELEVEN DEVELOPER NORDEUS FOR $378 MILLION* Acquisition
* Top Eleven
* Serbia
TEL
AVIV HOLD’EM
Jun
2nd, 2021
COMUNIX RAISES $30 MILLION TO SCALE VIDEO CHAT MOBILE GAME POKERFACE* Israel
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* Series A
* Tel Aviv
* Pokerface
DEAL TO DIE FOR
Jun 1st, 2021
DEAD CELLS MOBILE PUBLISHER PLAYDIGIOUS ACQUIRED BY FRAGBITE GROUP* Acquisition
* Dead Cells
KRONGREGATIONAL
May 27th, 2021
DOUBLE LOOP RAISES $8 MILLION FOR ITS FIRST GAME FOR UNCONSIDEREDGAMERS
* San Francisco
* Funding
* Series A
BIG SOCIAL BEASTS
May 27th, 2021
NEW SOCIAL GAMING PLATFORM NOICE RAISES $5 MILLION FROM SUPERCELL, UNITY AND REMEDY FOUNDERS* Helsinki
* Startup
* Social Network
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* Seed Round
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COMMANDING
Jun
1st, 2021
CITY BATTLE STRATEGY GAMES ARE UP 60% - $2.5 BILLION IN Q1 2021* Sponsored
* Top Grossing
* Strategy Genre
* Game IQ
LIFE FINDS A
WAY May 28th,
2021
JURASSIC WORLD ALIVE ROARS TO $100 MILLION-PLUS REVENUE AND 25 MILLION DOWNLOADS IN THREE YEARS* Location-based
* Revenue
* Augmented Reality
* Jurassic World AliveMAYOR OF THE HILL?
May 20th, 2021
TOCA LIFE: WORLD BATTLES TOWNSHIP TO BE TOP SIMULATION BUILDER* Sponsored
* Game IQ
FASTER, FASTER
May 14th, 2021
HYPERCASUAL DOWNLOADS GREW 20% IN Q1 2021, WITH SIMULATION LEADING THECHARGE
* Sponsored
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* App Annie Series
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* Join Clash 3D
TESTING TIMES
May 6th, 2021
POST-COVID, NEWZOO EXPECTS GAMES MARKET TO DECLINE (SLIGHTLY) IN 2021* COVID
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FIRST
May 6th, 2021
MOBILE TO DRIVE BRAZIL GAMES MARKET TO $2.3 BILLION IN 2021* Revenue
* Brazil
* Latin America
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HOW MAY THE FOURTH DRIVES GROWTH FOR STAR WARS CONTENT* Sponsored
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LOOKING
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WHY FASHION INCREASINGLY PLAYS WELL WITH GAMING* Fashion
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SUPERCELL, SUPERCELL, AND SUPERCELL: THE MOST READ NEWS STORIES OF2019
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Nov 5th, 2019
4 THINGS WE LEARNED AT GAMESFORUM SEATTLE 2019* China
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INDIE SHOWCASE
Jan 14th, 2019
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Sep 24th, 2018
DISNEY SHUTS DOWN STAR WARS: RIVALS, HONOR OF KINGS TAKES $3.5BN IN REVENUE AND TENCENT UNVEIL LEGO CUBE* Hot Five
GETTING
KOLSCH WITH THE INDUSTRYAug
31st, 2018
5 THINGS WE LEARNED AT DEVCOM AND GAMESCOM 2018* Gamescom
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Aug 21st, 2018
THE TOP 50 MOBILE GAME DEVELOPERS OF 2018* Gamescom
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WARZONE MOBILE?
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New studio is based in Santa Monica, California* New Studio
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* Call of Duty: Warzone TOP TALENT NETWORKING CONNECT WITH DEVELOPERS AND PUBLISHERS WITH THE PUBLISHER SPEEDMATCH AT NEXT MONTH’S ONLINE CONFERENCE - SIGN UPS AVAILABLE NOW Seek amazing talent and get your game to market with our curated meeting sessions at July’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 * Pocket Gamer Connects * Publisher SpeedMatch TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY IOS 14.5 IS LIVE: ARE YOU READY? Bidalgo's Alon Tvina explains what to do* ATT
* iOS 14.5
* SKAdNetwork
INDIE VIEW
BIG INDIE PITCH FINALIST FORGOTTEN MACHINE DISCUSSES IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS AND CREATING ARENAS OF RYST Ali Husain placed third in the competition with Arenas of Ryst* Indies
* Big Indie Pitch
* PGC Digital
* Interview
JAGEX GOES ON HIRING SPREE WITH EXPERIENCE FROM PLAYSTATION, BETHESDAAND INSOMNIAC GAMES
* Jobs
* RuneScape
QUICKSAVE INTERACTIVE RAISES $1.3 MILLION TO SCALE ITS HTML5 GAMES* Investment
* Finland
* HTML5
NIANTIC CONFIRMS POKÉMON GO FEST 2021 WILL BE MUSIC-THEMED* Pokémon GO
* Pokémon GO Fest
CALLING INDIE DEVELOPERS - PITCH YOUR GAMES IN THE BIG INDIE PITCH AT NEXT MONTH’S POCKET GAMER CONNECTS DIGITAL #7* Big Indie Pitch
* Pocket Gamer Connects GAME DEALS IN 2021 HAVE REACHED $49 BILLION IN VALUE SO FAR* Investment
* M&A
SKILLZ ACQUIRES AARKI FOR $150 MILLION* M&A
* San Francisco
* Acquisition
EARLY BIRD ENDS TONIGHT: LAST CHANCE TO SAVE MORE THAN $420 ON NEXT MONTH’S POCKET GAMER CONNECTS DIGITAL #7* Early Bird
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* Estonia
* Funding
* Idle Game
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HONOR AT STAKE
TENCENT FACING LAWSUIT OVER 'INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT' IN HONOR OF KINGS "The game characters have tampered with the image of historicalfigures…"
* China
* Lawsuit
* Honor of Kings
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SEGA UNVEILS SONIC 30TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT AND CELEBRATORY VIDEO* Sonic
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SHADOW BASED PUZZLE-PLATFORMER IN MY SHADOW WINS THE DIGITAL BIG INDIE PITCH (MOBILE EDITION) #7* Indies
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NETEASE CONNECT 2021 SHOWCASES NEW MOBILE GAMES INCLUDING FROSTPUNK:RISE OF CITY
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IOS 14.5 IS LIVE: ARE YOU READY?* ATT
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INDIE VIEW
Jun 3rd, 2021
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* Big Indie Pitch
* PGC Digital
* Interview
POC IN MOBILE
Jun 3rd, 2021
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* Recruitment
* POC in Mobile
DISCORD+
Jun 2nd,
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TAKING SOCIAL NETWORKS MULTIPLAYER: HOW NOICE RAISED $5 MILLION FORITS VISION
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Jun 1st, 2021
52 TOP GAMES IN SOFT LAUNCH: FROM APEX LEGENDS MOBILE AND POKÉMON UNITE TO TOMB RAIDER RELOADED AND THE WITCHER: MONSTER SLAYER* Soft Launch
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Jun 1st, 2021
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THE GAME HAS CHANGEDMay 25th, 2021
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DATA & RESEARCH
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COMMANDING
Jun
1st, 2021
CITY BATTLE STRATEGY GAMES ARE UP 60% - $2.5 BILLION IN Q1 2021* Sponsored
* Top Grossing
* Strategy Genre
* Game IQ
LIFE FINDS A
WAY May 28th,
2021
JURASSIC WORLD ALIVE ROARS TO $100 MILLION-PLUS REVENUE AND 25 MILLION DOWNLOADS IN THREE YEARS* Location-based
* Revenue
* Augmented Reality
* Jurassic World AliveMAYOR OF THE HILL?
May 20th, 2021
TOCA LIFE: WORLD BATTLES TOWNSHIP TO BE TOP SIMULATION BUILDER* Sponsored
* Game IQ
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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 (Online)Jun 4th, 2021
CONNECT WITH DEVELOPERS AND PUBLISHERS WITH THE PUBLISHER SPEEDMATCH AT NEXT MONTH’S ONLINE CONFERENCE - SIGN UPS AVAILABLE NOW The Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital#5 (Online)
Jun 3rd, 2021
BIG INDIE PITCH FINALIST FORGOTTEN MACHINE DISCUSSES IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS AND CREATING ARENAS OF RYST Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 (Online)Jun 3rd, 2021
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May 31st, 2021
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