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Fire Emblem Heroes first Nintendo mobile title to hit $1bn in spending
Mario Kart Tour and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp tied as Nintendo's second most successful mobile games
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Feature
Building an Exploding Kittens transmedia universe
Elan Lee talks about making a mobile game for Netflix and the company's ultimate aspirations
Feature
Sowing the seeds of stability: Ten years of Supercell's Hay Day
Game lead Stephan Demirdjian, designer Camilla Avellar and artist Sari Latvala discuss the lifespan of the farming hit
Feature
505 Games parent acquires D3 Go
Digital Bros consolidates ownership of Puzzle Quest franchise with purchase of Marvel Puzzle Quest publisher
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Lumi Interactive raises $6.75m
Melbourne-based studio currently working on 'crowdhealing' mobile game set to launch later this year
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PlayStack acquires ex-EA developers' mobile studio Magic Fuel Games
San Francisco-based outfit is focused on city builders, team previously worked on SimCity
Opinion
Loot boxes have mostly avoided the hammer of legislation - for now | Opinion
The launch of Diablo Immortal highlights how the momentum has gone out of legislative efforts against loot boxes, but it's far too early to get complacent.
News
Candivore raises $10m
Studio behind Match Masters has amassed $22 million in funding to date, aims to make more multiplayer titles
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Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix
The mobile giant has invested $60 million in the London studio
Feature
Global gaming market to hit $222 billion this year - Data.ai
Market data firm sees mobile continuing to drive industry growth even as experiences become more console-like
Academy
Charting the evolution of social instant gaming
Gismart's Alexey Avdey explores how developers and publishers can make the most of the social instant gaming opportunity
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Tappx acquires From The Bench brand
The adtech company is looking to diversify its strategy and enter the mobile games market
Feature
TikTok testing gaming functionality - Report
Social media platform has been running trials in Vietnam, could roll out to more markets in third quarter
News
Yu-Gi-Oh drives record year for Konami with profits up 25% to $626m
Publisher generated $2.3 billion in revenue, expects further growth across the board next year
Academy
Mastering predictive lifetime value in the iOS 14.5+ era
Adjust's Katie Madding explores how to make accurate LTV predictions in a post-IDFA world
News
Xbox partners with Epic to bring Fortnite to the cloud
Browser-enabled play will let iPhone and iPad users access the battle royale for the first time since 2020
News
Bernard Kim to leave Zynga, named new CEO of Match Group
Company president and industry veteran announces his departure from the games industry
News
AppLovin buys earlier Wordle game
Developer Steven Cravotta previously donated $50,000 to charity after viral word game boosted his app
News
Rovio sees 26% increase in group revenues to €85m
Mobile firm sees another record rise in earnings driven by Angry Birds franchise
News
Have we 'ad' enough of in-game marketing? | Podcast
Latest episode available now, also discusses Apple's plans to cull older apps if developers don't update them
News
PlayStation hires former Kabam and Zynga executives to mobile business
Firm names Kris Davis as senior director of mobile biz dev and Olivier Courtemanche as head of mobile product
News
Apple to remove apps that haven't been updated in a "significant amount of time"
"Outdated" apps have 30 days to submit an update for review or they will be deleted from the App Store
Feature
Superbloom on evolving mobile games for women
Founders Emily Yim and Ksusha Zito discuss market stereotypes, and creating a space for working parents
News
Fusebox Games opens LA studio
New studio to be headed by veteran writer and producer Michael J. Cinquemani
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Mobile studio Spoilz Games raises $693,000
The funds will go towards expanding the Riyadh-based studio's portfolio