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Playtika tries to buy Rovio
Mobile outfit offers a 55% premium on Angry Birds maker's share price in an all-cash deal
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Vampire Survivors dev says clones "forced our hand" on mobile port
Poncle had trouble finding a business partner on board with "non-predatory" monetization
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Mobile version of Vampire Survivors reaches 1m downloads in a week
Free port of indie hit is most popular in Brazi, Japan and the US
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Supercell removes loot boxes from Brawl Stars
Mobile studio opting for "deterministic rewards" going forward
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CD Projekt to undergo "structural changes" as Spokko merged into Red studio
Layoffs expected as mobile subsidiary is absorbed following plans to shut down The Witcher: Monster Slayer
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Nintendo: Mobile strategy is about reaching new audiences
Platform holder says it "feels the importance" of revenue and profit, but focus is marketing its IP
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Apex Legends: Mobile wins Google Play's Best Game award
Dicey Dungeons takes the win in the indie category
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Hungry Shark franchise hits 1bn downloads | News-in-brief
First launched in 2010, it is now Ubisoft's most downloaded mobile series
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UK regulator launches investigation into Apple's cloud gaming restrictions
Market investigation will also Apple and Google's dominance over mobile browsers
Academy
Is it a good time to be an indie dev?
Jason Della Rocca assesses the state of play for small creators, limited opportunity on mobile, and the evolution of subscription services
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Four Square Enix Montreal games shutting down in January
Affected titles include Deus Ex Go and this year's Hitman Sniper: The Shadows, will also become unavailable for current players
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Google reportedly paid Activision, Riot millions to prevent them from opening rival app stores
Update: Activision says claims discovered in unredacted Epic lawsuit are "nonsense"
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Four lessons Apex Legends: Mobile can teach about porting AAA franchises to mobile
GameRefinery's Erno Kiiski looks into what makes Respawn's smartphone spin-off a successful handheld title
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Landmark Games raises $4.6m for co-op title Sea of Souls
The funding round was co-led by Project A Ventures and InReach Ventures
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Ten years of Candy Crush: How King continues to dominate mobile
Todd Green and Tjodolf Sommestad talk about evolving the iconic IP, renewed interest in mobile from traditional game companies, and King's changing position within ABK
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Kabam lays off around 35 people
Mobile publisher is still hiring in key areas, but cuts 7% of workforce after "reviewing our strategic priorities"
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Everybuddy Games raises $15m in series A
The funding round led by Makers Fund will go towards scaling mobile title Lucky Buddies
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Nintendo and DeNA forming joint venture company Nintendo Systems
New subsidiary will open in April 2023, focusing on research and development to improve Nintendo's digital business
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Unity has completed its merger with IronSource
CEO John Riccitiello assures company will still support all developers, but notes benefits are "particularly strong" for mobile studios
Academy
A short guide to publishing on Amazon Appstore
Vladimir Romanov shares his experience working with Amazon AppStore and speaks about whether it's worth publishing your game on it
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Wildlife launches 8-Bit Bandits with Crash Bandicoot mobile vets
Ex-King devs Stephen Jarrett and Robert Woodburn set up Stockholm studio to capture "couch co-op feel" on mobile
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Netflix opening fifth studio and "seriously exploring" cloud gaming
Streamer's gaming VP Mike Verdu says the company has 55 titles in the works
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Take-Two shutting down Playdots
65 employees from the Dots developer to be laid off, Two Dots development to continue at Zynga
Academy
Don't do that: What to avoid when soft launching a game
AppQuantum's Sergey Ryabtsev and Alina Zlotnik reflect on the mistakes made on a cancelled project and share advice on soft launching in the mobile free-to-play space
