Pocket Worlds’ Highrise surpasses 40 million users as it unveils new development tools
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Pocket Worlds ’ flagship mobile platform and virtual world Highrise has surpassed 40 million users in time for Highrise 4.0 . The mobile platform’s new Highrise Studio offers a suite of development tools and is designed to simplify the process of creating immersive worlds and games in Unity, whether that’s 3D game modes, environments, assets or avatars. These creations can then ..read more
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King’s Candy Crush All Stars tournament is back and bigger than ever with a $1 million prize pot
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Despite being over a decade old, King’s Candy Crush Saga  remains one of the biggest and most well-known games on the market. Part of the titke's key to success is its dedicated stream of new experiences and content for players. Now in its fourth year, the Candy Crush All Stars tournament begins today. It offers a huge prize pot of $1 million and is set to be the largest casual mobile ..read more
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Embracer to sell Borderlands dev Gearbox to Take-Two in $460m deal
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Take-Two is acquiring developer and publisher Gearbox from Embracer for a sum of $460 million . The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2024, shifting Gearbox’s three US and Canadian offices into Take-Two’s possession. Gearbox’s founder and CEO Randy Pitchford will continue to lead the company post-acquisition. Plenty to play for Gearbox and Take-Two have ..read more
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$700,000 raised in Playing for the Planet’s Green Game Jam 2023
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Playing for the Planet ’s Annual Impact Report 2023 has confirmed that over $700,000 was raised in the year’s Green Game Jam . Half of the alliance’s gaming members also met their commitments for the year, while every other member made at least a partial delivery on their commitments - be that reducing a carbon footprint, implementing green activations into games or supporting c ..read more
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Hypercasual developer FreePlay surpasses 1.5 billion downloads
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Hypercasual developer and publisher FreePlay (AIBY Group) has surpassed 1.5 billion downloads across its games portfolio in four years. The company said it had racked up one third of those installs during the past year alone. That figure matched the 500 million downloads it generated in 2022. Genre diversity FreePlay was founded in 2020 as a hypercasual specialist and has since grown its portfoli ..read more
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Illuvium raises $12M funding for blockchain games
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Blockchain games developer  Illuvium has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round to bolster support for its upcoming titles within its interoperable gaming ecosystem. The round was led by King River Capital, Arrington Capital, Animoca Capital and Spartan, with further participation from GoldenChain, Arca, Seven Capital, P2 Ventures and others. The investment brings total funding in th ..read more
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Sandsoft and NetEase establish joint venture Stellar Gate Games to publish games in MENA
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Saudi Arabia's Sandsoft Games has launched a new joint venture with  NetEase Games  called Stellar Gate Games to help global developers and publishers break into the MENA market. The new venture will support companies with publishing, marketing, live ops and esports activities in the region. The deal brings together NetEase's scale, portfolio and international operations with Sandsft's ..read more
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Game Analysis: How Supercell sparked a Brawl Stars resurgence
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At last week's GDC, Finnish video game company Supercell shared that its multiplayer online battle area title Brawl Stars was “very much on the edge”  during soft launch before eventually getting a global release. Despite becoming a multi-billion dollar success , over the last couple of years, the title suffered repeated hits to retention and revenue. After numerous attempts and ..read more
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King appoints ex-TomTom and Zalando exec Eric Bowman as CTO
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Candy Crush Saga maker  King  has appointed former TomTom and Zalando exec Eric Bowman as its new chief technology officer. As part of senior leadership, Bowman will lead a multi-disciplinary tech team which includes King’s AI group. Reporting directly to King president Tjodolf Sommestad, he will play a key role in roadmapping technology plans and tech strategy at the company ..read more
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Super Evil Megacorp’s Taewon Yun: "Gen AI is like a goldmine surrounded by a minefield"
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"Gen AI is like a goldmine surrounded by a minefield." Super Evil Megacorp chief business officer Taewon Yun gave this analogy among his many insightful takes on the current applications of generative AI during Dubai GameExpo Summit 2023 powered by PG Connects. (We'll be returning for the Dubai GameExpo Summit 2024 on May 1st and 2nd, 2024. Register here ). His presentation focused predominantly ..read more
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