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The game has generated on average $1 billion each year, having earned $641.6 million in the first half of 2021.
Read More »Pokémon Go has generated $5 Billion in five years
[From the industry] Big Money and a Tesla: Mobile Games Publisher Kwalee Launches ‘Hypercasual Heroes’ to Celebrate Indie Innovation
Leading hypercasual games firm’s challenge for independent developers offers major investment, mentorship and publishing deals
Read More »Tencent deploying facial recognition to stop children gaming at night in China
Honor of Kings and Game for Peace both included in crackdown on late night gaming by kids
Read More »Entries close on July 16th – Apply for up to £200,000 of DCMS’ £7m Global Screen Fund today!
Neil Peplow director, industry & international affairs, at the BFI discusses who can apply, what the criteria are, and how to go about it [This content was created in association with the BFI]
Read More »Buzz Capital invests £500k in Fundamentally Games and Dream Harvest
Buzz Capital has completed its second-round equity raise, investing £500k into developer Dream Harvest and publisher Fundamentally Games.
Read More »EA denies in-game advertising rumours
“Following incorrect reports suggesting that we are looking to introduce 'TV-style' commercials into our games, we wanted to clarify that in-game advertising for console games is not something we're currently looking at, or have signed any agreements to implement."
Read More »Humble Bundle will no longer allow users to donate 100% to charity
"The PC storefront landscape has changed significantly since we first launched bundles in 2010, and we have to continue to evolve with it to stay on mission"
Read More »The Art Of… Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance – “D&D art has so many different styles and artists that I did not feel trapped in one distinct style”
Just saying ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ brings to mind an avalanche of genre-defining fantasy art. So with Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance coming to consoles and PC last month, we reached out to Tuque Games art director Stefan LeBlanc to discuss his interpretation of the classic Forgotten Realms setting
Read More »MTG acquires PlaySimple in $360m deal
"PlaySimple is a rapidly growing and highly profitable games studio that quickly has established itself as one of the leading global developers of free-to-play word games, an exciting new genre for MTG."
Read More »UPDATE: Writers and narrative designers laid off at Love Island developer Fusebox Games – studio to ‘migrate to a more agile co-development approach’
A handful of staff have moved on from the London-based developer
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