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EA acquires Glu Mobile in $2.1 billion deal
EA offers Glu shareholders a 36% premium on stock price as it tries to scale up its mobile business
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Leaf Mobile confirms $125m acquisition of East Side Games
Canadian mobile firms join forces, Leaf to start trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange this week
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Homa Games raises $15m for hypercasual titles
The seed run was led by Idinvest Partners and E.ventures, which both will join the studio's board
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Candivore raises $12 million
The investment, led by VGames, will go towards user acquisition for Match Masters
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FunPlus hires Chris Petrovic as chief business officer
The former SVP and head of corporate strategy at Zynga will oversee the company's continuing expansion to western markets
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Huuuge Games IPO to raise $442m
Update: Polish studio confirms final price and share issue for biggest gaming IPO in the Warsaw Stock Exchange's history
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Wildlife Studios launches Never Forget Games
Mobile publisher's new studio will be headed up by original Merge Dragons creative director Ray Mazza and Sims 4 lead development director Michael Duke
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EA extends UEFA exclusivity, working on multiple FIFA mobile games
Publisher's plans to expand best-selling franchise include Stadia debut in March, more markets for FIFA Online 4
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Pocket Worlds closes $7m funding round
The series A investment will go towards growing its portfolio of social mobile games
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Brawl Stars is Supercell's fourth title to pass $1bn in lifetime revenue
Chinese release leads to biggest year to date for Finnish studio's multiplayer mobile hit
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Apple sets "early spring" rollout for iOS privacy changes
Next beta update will include requirement that apps get user permission before tracking data
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Rovio shuts down Hatch
Update: Rovio clarified that the family-focused branch of the service, Hatch Kids, is still open
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Huuuge ambitions: How a $300m IPO will make the Polish mobile studio last forever
CEO and founder Anton Gauffin details his plans to "build and buy" his way to success in the market
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How MTG's acquisition will fuel Hutch's race to No.1
CEO Shaun Rutland on finding the right company to sell to - and the difficulty of doing so during a pandemic
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Mobile gaming saw surge of new players in 2020
NPD: Number of mobile gamers increased 12% last year, in part due to pandemic-related lockdowns
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Miniclip acquires Online Soccer Manager studio Gamebasics
Deal aims to strengthen Miniclip's position in mobile sports market, Netherlands studio working on unannounced titles
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Savage Game Studios raises $4.4m
Core team of new developer is formed of ex-Rockstar, Wargaming and Rovio staff
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Epic Games takes legal action against Apple and Google in UK
Update: Apple says Epic's "reckless behavior made pawns of customers", and it "looks forward to making this clear to UK courts"
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Playtika IPO raises $1.88bn
Share price exceeds expectations, mobile publisher begins trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market today
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The return of Peter Moore
The industry veteran discusses his new role at Nifty Games and why mobile is the key to breaking away from EA and Take-Two's dominance in sports
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Newzoo sees mobile marketing upheaval in 2021
Research firm discusses impact of Apple's IDFA changes and four more trends in the mobile market this year
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Core gamers generated 66% of mobile revenues in 2020
But casual still dominates downloads, as App Annie reports mobile gaming will pass $120 billion in consumer spend in 2021
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FTC wary of Apple and Google "squeezing developers"
Commissioner concerned over the "vast power" they wield, suggests it drives developers to manipulative monetisation
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Federal Trade Commission orders Tapjoy to better police fraudulent advertising
US governmental body says mobile ad platform's failure to do so has "cheated developers and gamers"
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Number of mobile gamers increased 50% in the UK due to COVID-19
The mobile gaming audience also grew 28% in the US, representing 28 million new players