Devsisters launches Cookie Run: Kingdom mobile RPG
Devsisters is launching Cookie Run: Kingdom today as the latest title in a franchise that has had more than 100 million downloads. It’s a base-building, role-playing mobile game where players …
Tilting Point opens a mobile game studio in Russia
Tilting Point has opened a new mobile game studio in St. Petersburg, Russia as part of its effort to establish a multi-disciplinary team to work on a variety of new …
Social casino game maker Huuuge will raise $150 million in Warsaw IPO
Social casino game maker Huuuge said it will go public in an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company expects to raise $150 million. Though a latecomer …
Mobile game maker Playtika goes public at $11 billion valuation
Playtika went public today in an initial public offering at $27 a share, giving the mobile game publisher a valuation of $11 billion. The latest IPO in the game industry …
Newzoo’s 5 mobile gaming trends for 2021, from IDFA to 5G penetration
The global game market grew 19.6% to $174.9 billion in 2020, and the lion’s share is now mobile gaming, according to Newzoo. And the research firm has now revealed the …
App Annie: Mobile games could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021
Mobile game spending could grow 20% to $120 billion in 2021, according to a report by mobile data and analytics provider App Annie. App Annie also said that overall mobile …
IMVU launches VCoin transferable digital currency
Social avatar platform IMVU is launching its VCoin transferable digital currency that will allow users to buy, gift, hold, earn, and convert earnings to real money. The launch comes after …
Rewardify’s mobile games offer cash sweepstakes prizes
Rewardify is bringing the age-old enticements of cash sweepstakes to mobile games. The company is offering prizes of $5-to-$10 for players who are the first 25 to collect trophies in …
Niantic acquires Mayhem to boost social gaming communities
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has acquired social gaming community platform Mayhem. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is the seventh by Niantic, whose fortunes have been sustained …
Ducky generates $1 million a month and 145 million plays with hypercasual games
Hypercasual games are simple games that can reach the broadest audiences on mobile devices, and they can be made almost anywhere. The latest company to prove that is Ducky, a …