Mobidictum acquires Game Developers Network.biz to grow it's community platform!
Laton Ventures raises $50M💸, Playable Factory partners with Ludus Ventures🤝, Inside Virtuos’ expansion🗣️
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This past week marked a huge milestone for Mobidictum, as we acquired Game Developers Network.biz to connect the games industry under one roof!
Effective February 28, 2025, 400 members of GDN will receive an invitation to join the Mobidictum community, allowing continued access to valuable networking opportunities and resources.
Don’t miss out and be part of our incredible community!
📰Featured News
Laton Ventures raises $50M to fund gaming and app startups globally, ranking among the top 10 most active early-stage gaming VCs in its first year.
📰Playable Factory strengthens with strategic investment from Ludus Ventures
The partnership, which combines Playable Factory’s proven expertise with Ludus Ventures’ strategic insights, is set to redefine interactive advertising.
📰GOAT Gaming secures $4M with participation from TON Ventures
The funding comes before the upcoming $GG Token Launch, which will reward early supporters of GOAT Gaming’s autonomous AI agent, AlphaGOATs.
📰Voldex acquires 120 million player base Brookhaven to become the largest developer in Roblox
With Brookhaven’s 60 billion visits, Voldex is now, according to its estimates, the developer with the largest audience on the Roblox platform.
📰Blind Squirrel Games acquires Distributed Development
Distributed Development will now operate as Blind Squirrel Games Colombia and focus on co-development, with plans to grow 25-30 employees by 2025.
📰Paradox Interactive acquires Tropico developer Haemimont Games
Haemimont Games’ current leadership and team will remain active with the studio, and the studio’s ongoing projects will remain in development.
📰Fireshine Games announces Brian Foote as new CEO
A veteran of the UK games industry, Brian Foote brings more than 20 years of experience spanning retail, publishing, and platform holders.
📱The Network Roundup
Here are the latest news from the gaming industry network!
📰The Game Company raises $10 million to launch cloud gaming platform
📰Archero 2 makes $32.8m in first 30 days from player spending
📰Electronic Arts Acquires TRACAB’s Advanced Tracking Technology for EA SPORTS Titles
📰Take-Two Interactive reports strong Q3 FY2025 Results, prepares for blockbuster 2025 lineup
📰Wolfeye Studios retro sci-fi first-person action RPG to be published by NEOWIZ
📰Steam now warns players if early-access games have been abandoned
📰Digital Bandidos expands game publishing staff
📃Featured Report - ByteBrew study reveals drastic regional differences in mobile gamer’s behaviors
In this study, ByteBrew examines how players in each region of the globe play mobile games at each hour of the day. To accomplish this global study, they analyzed the times of day over a billion players across 200 countries were online playing games around the globe and standardized the hours they played to the local timezones within their Geos.
By synchronizing each country’s time zones, the study identifies and differentiates how gamers play region by region.
✒️Inside Virtuos’ expansion – Exclusive interview with Virtuos, Abstraction, Pipeworks, and Umanaïa CEOs
On January 23rd, 2025, Virtuos, a leading video game development company, announced a significant expansion into Europe and North America through the acquisitions of Abstraction in the Netherlands, Pipeworks Studios (Pipeworks) in the US, and a majority stake in Umanaïa Interactive (Umanaïa) in Canada.
Following this major expansion, we followed up with all the parties and asked them what this acquisition meant for them and what the future holds.
Mobidictum in Barcelona!💃
The Ansvery x Balancy x Mobidictum event in Barcelona has concluded this past week! 50+ industry professionals have met and shared insightful discussions about the games industry. The event provided a valuable networking opportunity, bringing together experts to share knowledge and explore potential collaborations.
See you next year in Barcelona again!
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