PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Chaosmonger Studios , based in Tallinn, Estonia, is a multimedia production company specializing in everything from documentaries, science fiction films and animations to music video, graphic design and video games. His experience in those fields really helped him in his game development career.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2024

Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm has laid off its mobile team. According to LinkedIn posts from former NetherRealm developers, at least 50 members of staff have been impacted by the cuts. Unfortunately, yesterday Netherrealm’s mobile team was shut down," explained quality assurance analyst, Tony Lazzara.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.

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Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2023

The studio was quietly formed in 2022 by a group of former King, Seriously, and Next Games developers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2024

Finnish mobile developer Order of Meta has raised $3.3 As reported by Pocket Gamer , the funds will go towards development and launch of its debut title, extraction shooter Cargo Hunters, due this year. million in seed funding.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

Tripledot Studios has acquired fellow mobile game company Zephyr Mobile for an undisclosed sum. The studio is known for a variety of casual titles and apps. Developer and publisher Tripledot is mainly known for mobile title Woodoku.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 2, 2024

Mobile and indie game developer Paladin Studios has ceased its operations. Paladin's announcement attributed the decision to the studio's lack of work. "We We unfortunately failed to land enough work to cover our burn-rate. Yesterday we hit an inflection point for our financial security," it said. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 25, 2024

Since then, the historical real-time strategy series has had multiple releases on platforms such as home consoles and mobile devices. With Age of Empires 4 pleasing fans on PC and Xbox, Microsoft is making another attempt to attract smartphone audiences with the upcoming Age of Empires Mobile. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy 14 is being developed for mobile by Lightspeed Studios. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Nailing the mobile games scene is all about grabbing users' attention, getting them excited to download your mobile game, and ensuring they have a great time playing it. However, as a mobile game developer, you might find yourself at a crossroads when it comes to executing user acquisition campaigns. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sumo Group has acquired mobile developer Midoki, the studio behind successful titles such as Plunder Pirates. Midoki will join the Sumo Digital family of studios, the publisher's largest business of operations. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business. The Netherlands may be a small country, but there are many talented studios making amazing games. Like Sony Worldwide Studio Guerrilla Games that recently delivered the critically acclaimed PSVR2 title Horizon: Call of the Mountain.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sony mobile developer Savage Game Studios has rebranded as Neon Koi after multiple executives left the company. The developer's general manager Sophie Vo left in September to focus on other ventures, including consultancy work.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 16, 2024

At Develop Brighton last week, Jamie Brayshaw, Ripstone's head of partnerships, gave a talk on how the studio convinced Netflix to let them develop a Queen's Gambit title – the developer's first mobile project, and the first Netflix game using Unreal Engine. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 5, 2024

The South African games industry has a long history of work-for-hire firms supporting some of the biggest developers worldwide, with several studios specialising successfully in porting and co-development. You can read all our South Africa Games Week articles on this page. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 5, 2024

A new AA studio has reportedly been set up within Blizzard. That's according to a report by Windows Central , which said Microsoft and Activision had allegedly "approved the creation of a new team" within Blizzard mostly made up of employees from mobile developer King.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2024

Developers who have created games for Apple Arcade are "unhappy", according to a new report. Mobilegamer.biz asserts that studios have reported issues with getting timely responses from the Apple Arcade team, poor tech support, and problems with discoverability.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A group of former Supercell developers have set up a new company, Antihero Studios, drawing on their experience of making multiplayer games. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 22, 2024

The pair set up their first mobile games studio, BattleMail, in 2001 and sold it to (M)Forma a year later. Shortly after, they formed Rockpool Games, made the J2ME edition of Worms, and sold the developer to Eidos/Square Enix in 2007. billion – one of the biggest UK games acquisitions to date.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 30, 2024

Mobile studio Juicy Button has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by The Games Fund. The Cyprus-based developer will use the investment to support development of its untitled 4X strategy game. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 10, 2024

Supercell believes there's room for more mobile games to be highlighted during events like Summer Game Fest. The Finnish developer was the only company to have a mobile-only game featured during this year's showcase on Friday, with the star-studded live-action trailer for Squad Busters promoting its most recent hit.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

Forte has reportedly shut down mobile developer, Rumble Entertainment. According to a LinkedIn post from former senior web architect, David Bethune, Rumble – also known as R Studios – staff were recently "laid off with one month of pay in a Zoom meeting that lasted five minutes". Read more

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 7, 2023

This year however The Witcher-developer only accounts for a third of all revenues. There are 494 game companies (developers and publishers). The number of studios with a team size of 100+ employees is expected to rise to 25 this year. 16 companies hire 200+ employees, and 56 studios have a 50+ team.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Wildlife Studios has announced that it will cut its workforce by 21%. As reported by Game Developer , the decision will affect 133 people at the mobile game firm. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox While we find ourselves experiencing a wave of announcements that online games are closing down, perhaps the most surprising was EA's decision to scrap Apex Mobile , the smartphone spin-off of its battle royale Apex Legends. Read more

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Starloop Studios

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In the modern gaming industry, game co-development has become more commonplace across the board as development projects become more expensive and complex. For mobile game development projects in particular, working with an experienced [.] For mobile game development projects in particular, working with an experienced [.]

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ubisoft plans to close its London mobile studio, best known for the Hungry Shark series. 54 positions are under threat as a result of the proposed closure. The Hungry Shark franchise will now be managed by Ubisoft Barcelona, which had already been supporting the IP.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Nigeria-based games developer Maliyo Games is behind a new Disney game coming to mobile this month. The smartphone developer, which also employs staff in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, is creating the official tie-in to Disney's Iwájú, which is a new animated series launching on Disney+ on February 28th.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 20, 2024

Drawing on Della Rocca's years of experiences working with indie developers, we discuss the biggest challenges these studios face in today's market, from the impact of layoffs and studio closures to the shrinking indie publisher scene. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2023

Virtuos today announced the launch of a new Prague studio, the fourth such studio in its Virtuos Labs network. Virtuos Labs – Prague will provide engineering support for developers whether they are working on commercial engines or tech developed in-house, with a focus on networking, UI, mobile, and optimization tasks.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Development services provider Room 8 Group has launched Heroic, its new production studio. The firm said that Heroic will focus on creating high-end trailers for PC, console, and mobile titles. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

Her flagship initiative is Games for Good, which focuses on helping studios and the wider industry harness games for social impact. Will and Deborah discuss the opportunity presented by the proliferation of games on mobile to unlock societal and behavioural change for good. Mobile is leading on that." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 19, 2024

Speaking at Devcom, Stray Fawn co-founder Philomena Schwab shared how the Zurich-based studio has survived for the past eight years, from refusing to partner with a publisher to the importance of community support when developing a game. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A feature Unreal devs are accustomed to, but has been a bottleneck for Unity development for years. Biggest Bottleneck The developer created Hot Reload initially as an internal tool while working on their own project Mobile Minigames. Hot Reload was initially created for the development of Mobile Minigames.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

New studio Mother Games has come out of stealth, announcing that it's raised $5 million in pre-seed funding. BoxGroup, Shine, and Lerer Hippeau Ventures contributed to the round, with the funds going towards the development of the firm's first title, called Le Zoo, as well as future projects.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 12, 2024

The story behind the game, meanwhile, is one of a married couple forming a new studio on the success of their mobile zombie game and moving from the US to the Philippines. Co-founders Vince and Susan McDonnell first hit was Zombie Farm, a mobile title they self-published under former studio The Playforge. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

PlaySide won Studio of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards last month, an achievement crowning over a decade in game development. We've worked with Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, SkyDance, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network," lists Ryan McMahon, general manager for PC and console at PlaySide Studios. "If

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