Nexon-owned mobile studio Pixelberry is conducting layoffs
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JANUARY 17, 2024
The studio is known for working on narrative titles like High School Story and Hollywood U.
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PlayStation Mobile VP Nicola Sebastiani has left PlayStation Studios
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JUNE 20, 2023
Nicola Sebastiani has departed PlayStation Studios after joining in 2021 as vice president and head of mobile.
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Krafton and Pocketpair partner to bring Palworld to mobile platforms
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OCTOBER 2, 2024
PUBG Studio will oversee the mobile version and strive to 'faithfully reinterpret' the core experience.
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Virtuos expands engineering capabilities with new Prague studio
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AUGUST 22, 2023
The new studio will deliver networking, UI, mobile, and optimization solutions.
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Levelling Up: What We Learned After Building a Studio From Scratch
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DECEMBER 15, 2023
In 2021, we started building one of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever dedicated games studios, aiming to create ground-breaking titles for PC, console, and mobile that the region could call its own.
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Embracer divests mobile studio Easybrain in $1.2 billion deal
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NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Miniclip will become Easybrain's new owner when the deal concludes in early 2025.
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Report: Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm is conducting layoffs
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JULY 18, 2024
Former employees claim the studio's mobile team has essentially been dismantled.
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Kwalee releases Arabic version of mobile game platform for MENA devs
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AUGUST 16, 2024
Hitseeker's new Arabic-language version was launched to support MENA studios and position Kwalee as a 'reliable partner' for developers in the region.
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Kwalee invests €1.5m in mobile studio 8SEC
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 30, 2024
Kwalee has announced that it's taken a stake in French mobile studio 8SEC following a €1.5 Kwalee's CFO Matthew Farrow and its VP of mobile publishing John Wright will also be joining 8SEC's board. The company will remain independent and continue operating from its two studios, in Paris and Lyon. million investment.
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Series Entertainment acquires mobile game studio Pixelberry Studios
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 10, 2024
Series Entertainment has acquired story-driven, episodic mobile game studio Pixelberry. Read more
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Playtika acquires mobile studio Innplay Labs
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Playtika has acquired Innplay Labs, the mobile studio behind games such as Tiles of Fortune and Animals & Coins. As reported by GamesBeat , Playtika will pay an upfront fee of $80 million to acquire the Israel-based studio, which could increase up to $300 million. Read more
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Flappy Bird is taking flight once more in 2025
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A new studio has revived the once-popular mobile game Flappy Bird, which was pulled offline by its creator less than a year after launch.
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New developer Juicy Button Games founded by Pixel Gun 3D, Total Battle alums
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MAY 30, 2024
The new studio is aiming to make a 4X strategy game for the mobile market that can stand with similar titles from Chinese developers.
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UK mobile studio Hutch extends four-day week plans after successful trial
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DECEMBER 13, 2022
Hutch revealed it saw a lower turnover of staff and higher job offer acceptance rates during the trial.
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Sumo Group acquires UK mobile studio Midoki to bolster live service credentials
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Midoki has worked on titles like Knighthood and Crazy Taxi City Rush.
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French mobile studio Million Victories nets $6.5 million to support Million Lords
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JUNE 15, 2023
The competitive real-time-strategy title recently eclipsed 1.5 million downloads.
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Mobile developer Closing Theory raises $2.3 million in funding round
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JULY 24, 2023
Closing Theory co-founder Nitin Rajinikanth says games from his new studio will target the most casual of casual video game players.
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Tripledot acquires Zephyr Mobile
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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Gameloft closes Budapest studio as it shifts focus to console and PC
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MARCH 7, 2023
Gameloft will still make mobile games, but it sounds like it wants to continue pursuing the PC and console crowd after the success of Disney Dreamlight Valley.
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Mobile studio Order of Meta raises $3.3 million
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 31, 2024
Finnish mobile developer Order of Meta has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. As reported by Pocket Gamer , the funds will go towards development and launch of its debut title, extraction shooter Cargo Hunters, due this year.
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Paladin Studios shuts down after nearly 19 years
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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The continuing quest to bring Age of Empires to mobile
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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PlayStation mobile head departs
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 19, 2023
PlayStation has lost its head of mobile, as MobileGamer.biz has reported that Nicola Sebastiani has left the company to "pursue a new, undisclosed opportunity." Sebastiani joined PlayStation as the VP and head of mobile in July of 2021. Prior to that, he had spent seven years at Apple where he was head of content for Apple Arcade.
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An introduction to mobile user acquisition
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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Choices developer Pixelberry Studios reportedly lays off staff
GamesIndustry.biz
JANUARY 17, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The list of games studios suffering layoffs continues to grow with California-based Pixelberry Studios the latest to dismiss some of its employees. Read more
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Sony-owned Savage Game Studios rebrands to Neon Koi
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Sony mobile developer Savage Game Studios has rebranded as Neon Koi after multiple executives left the company. As noted by MobileGamer.biz , Savage Game Studios co-founder Michail Katkoff announced his departure in July, with the studio's head of technology Mike McManus and game director and co-founder Nadjim Adjir taking the lead.
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PopReach closes its Vancouver studio follow sale of mobile games business
GamesIndustry.biz
OCTOBER 22, 2024
PopReach Games has shut down its Vancouver studio and seems to have fully exited the video games industry. Read more
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Report: Microsoft sets up new AA studio within Blizzard
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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Layoffs at CD Projekt mobile studio as The Witcher: Monster Slayer shuts down
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DECEMBER 7, 2022
"Moving forward, we plan to roll Spokko into CD Projekt Red."
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"I just dropped them an email" – How a small studio won over Netflix to make a Queen's Gambit game
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. But this was our first game using Unreal for mobile."
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Supercell: "There's no reason" why there aren't more mobile games at Summer Game Fest
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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Playdemic founders' new studio ForthStar Games will "test and kill" to find its next Golf Clash
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. Their third studio, Golf Clash creator Playdemic, opened doors in 2010 and two years ago sold to Electronic Arts for a whopping $1.4 billion – one of the biggest UK games acquisitions to date.
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Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm lays off mobile team
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 18, 2024
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm has laid off its mobile team. Unfortunately, yesterday Netherrealm’s mobile team was shut down," explained quality assurance analyst, Tony Lazzara. According to LinkedIn posts from former NetherRealm developers, at least 50 members of staff have been impacted by the cuts. Read more
Forte shuts down Rumble Entertainment, its second studio closure in two months
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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New studio Juicy Button raises $3m in seed funding round
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 30, 2024
Mobile studio Juicy Button has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by The Games Fund. Other participants in the funding round included one of the studio's co-founders, Anton Sinelnikov, as an angel investor. The Cyprus-based developer will use the investment to support development of its untitled 4X strategy game.
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