Dream Games announces investment by CVC, what's next for the unicorn? 🦄
Mobidictum Conference expands to include apps in 2025📱, Epic Games defeats Apple⚔️
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The Turkish games industry saw a lot of positive news this past week. Let’s dive in!
CVC becomes the sole equity partner of Dream Games 🤝
Founded in 2019 by mobile game industry veterans Soner Aydemir, Ikbal Namli, Hakan Saglam, Eren Sengul, and Serdar Yilmaz, Dream Games announced a strategic investment from CVC, a leading global alternative asset management firm, as its sole equity partner.
With the support of its new investors, Dream Games plans to continue its expansion of the Royal universe and develop innovative new titles, while continuing to captivate players around the world with its high-quality mobile game experiences.
📰 Featured News
📰Mobidictum Conference expands to include app companies in 2025
With the global rise of AI-powered consumer apps, the app industry is entering a new era, and Mobidictum is evolving alongside it.
📰Revo Capital raises $86 Million in first close of Fund III and expands into gaming
Revo Capital, Türkiye’s pioneering and largest technology-focused venture-capital fund, announced that Fund III will also introduce gaming as a dedicated vertical.
📰Grand Games rises to Top 5 among Turkish mobile game publishers in less than a year
Turkish mobile game studio Grand Games has achieved a remarkable milestone by securing a position among the top five grossing mobile game publishers in Turkiye, according to AppMagic data for 2025.
📰Turkish game developer HOGO Games received investment at a $5M valuation
Turkiye-based game development startup HOGO Teknoloji has announced that it received investment from a consortium consisting of Red Axe Games and various angel investors at a valuation of 5 million dollars.
📰Epic Games defeats Apple: Fortnite returns to the App Store
Epic Games scored a major victory in its ongoing legal battle with Apple. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Apple had “intentionally violated” a court order issued in 2021 that banned anti-competitive pricing practices.
📰Last week in the industry
📰Industry leaders Oz Silahtar and Dr. Arjun Jain join Jetapult to strengthen AI expertise
📰Judgment Day is coming to Panteon’s Raid Rush in the new Terminator collaboration
📰The first-ever Museum of Digital Influence has launched
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Interviews
🎙️Crafting the future of Match-3 at Voodoo Turkiye – Kutaycan Boysan interview
🎙️Interview with Luis de la Cámara on Rovio’s experience working with Turkish game developers
🎙️5 Million strong – DC: Dark Legion Producer David Du on building Funplus’s latest hit
🎙️From Baldur’s Gate 3 to building the future of Aonic’s games division – Arthur Mostovoy interview
Articles
✒️Turkiye’s gaming ecosystem is thriving, but can it win the long game?
✒️On the topic of tariffs – How the games industry is feeling the impact
Industry Reports
🔍Hybrid casual puzzle games take over Q1 2025 and lead the charts
🔍Royal Match tops the App Store revenue charts – SocialPeta March 2025 Report
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🗺️ The event scene!
🎮FTW! 2025, Europe’s Game Dev Industry Gathers in Belgrade
🤝Meet industry professionals from CD PROJEKT RED, Unity, 3Lateral/Epic Games, Outfit7, and many others at FTW! Full day of panels, lectures, and networking awaits you.
🚀New in 2025, GAME SLICE is a pitching platform designed for indie developers to present their games to top European publishers like Raw Fury, Aurora Punks, Untold Tales, Bright Gambit, New Tales, Kando Factory and HeroCraft.
📅Apply by May 15 to get:
Free event passes for your team
5+ minutes of stage time to pitch your game
Feedback from experienced publishing experts
Exposure to hundreds of industry professionals
A chance to win the audience award and gain media coverage
🎟️Tickets
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