September 1, 2023 Developer Opportunities Kabam launch inaugural GameChanger scholarship We spoke with their director of talent acquisition, France Jacques to find out more about the scholarship which offers new opportunities to aspiring game developers
July 28, 2023 Digital Education United Nations calls for crackdown on mobile app use in schools UNESCO has called on countries worldwide to evaluate how technology is used in school
July 7, 2023 Acquisition Keesing Media Group acquires casual games developer CoolGames The two companies will seek to push further into the casual games market
June 23, 2023 Week That Was Week in Views - What caught our eyes in the last seven days The Pocketgamer.biz team take their pick of this weeks big news including EA's big break up, new looks, new opportunities and new challenges…
June 6, 2023 Creator Academy Supercell launches educational resource Creator Academy The program aims to educate influencers on the best practices of covering its games
May 9, 2023 New Investment Outfit7 invests in educational startup Hopalai Hopalai is the mind behind Kobi, an ereader app designed to make reading accessible for all children
April 25, 2023 Investment Animoca Brands subsidiary Tinytap accrues $8.5m investment The money comes from Sequioa China and Liberty City Ventures amongst other investors
April 21, 2023 Spinoff NetDragon to merge and spin-off education business The new entity will focus on AI-supported education
February 28, 2023 Education Roblox virtual grief education experience has been played 100k times Created by the nonprofit Experience Camps, the Roblox world is an example of effective education through games
December 19, 2022 Academic Achievement Voodoo Academy hits new highs Voodoo Academy program celebrates admission milestone with new game artists track and opens to hybridcasual
October 21, 2022 Video Interview "I’m not only an entrepreneur, I’m an activist." Reine Abbas talks games and education in Lebanon Reine Abbas runs Wixel Studios and the academy SpicaTech. She talks to us about the challenges of teaching game development amid the chaos of life in Lebanon recently.
October 8, 2022 Video Interview “We wanted to change the world with educational games.” Sham and Jana AlBdour on Arabic games and education The sisters behind Sakura Games reveal what it’s like to start as young app creators in the Arabic-language games industry
August 25, 2022 Investing In The Future njoyKidz receives first investment round on a $5 million valuation The round was led by WePlay Ventures
June 22, 2022 Gaming For Good Fishing (and hunting) for awareness How Ten Square Games turned their hobby games into a source of eco-education
May 30, 2022 Gaming And Golfing New PGA golf game utilises Niantic Lightship AR tech Developer by Trigger as an educational, utility game
March 23, 2022 Ea-ducation EA forms new partnerships to prepare UK children for computing careers Preparing for careers in STEAM
September 14, 2021 Better Values Gaming and the greater good Kate Edwards and Matthew Daniels look ahead
August 4, 2021 Rising Stars Sakura Games reveals its Rising Star philosophy and how it hopes to work with Disney, EA and Epic Jordanian educational game makers Sham and Jana Al Bdour scoop Rising Star trophy at PG Mobile Games Awards
July 2, 2021 100 Million Installs Team17 acquires educational app developer StoryToys for $26.5 million "Team17 is the perfect home for StoryToys..."
June 16, 2021 Recruitment Drive Educational games platform Lingokids raises $40 million for expansion Over 30 million families reached weekly
March 30, 2021 Save The Day Kuato Studios overhauls Marvel Hero Tales To tackle child literacy issues
December 18, 2020 Scholarship Ubisoft reveals scholarship for UK Black students to study computer science "We wanted to go one step further and tackle an area where we can truly make a meaningful difference to diversify the UK games industry"
October 16, 2020 Full Support Unity launches Social Impact Division to support equality and sustainability It is backed by a charity fund
September 18, 2020 Pgc Helsinki Digital PGC Helsinki Digital: The role of esports in education "The opportunity to engage the demographic of young people"
July 23, 2020 Five-year Anniversary Live and Kicking: How Animal Jam inspired players to become veterinarians, biologists, and researchers "Average daily playtime is over 60 minutes and we’re seeing millions more lines of chat per day"
July 3, 2020 #blacklivesmatter POC in Mobile: Why Jam City's Michael Raeford believes education is key to diversifying the games industry "Companies should embrace our differences and use them as a competitive advantage - not as a weakness."
January 22, 2020 Job News Sumo Digital hires Dr Jake Habgood and Jenny Muhlwa They will be focused on training and education
November 5, 2019 Learn Coding GameMaker Studio 2 gets a new educational tool for preteens The programme is aimed at 11-to-14 years olds
September 4, 2019 Education Nintendo UK partners with Digital Schoolhouse on UKIE “play-based learning” programme “DSH has evolved enormously in just three years and their support means we can reach more pupils and teachers than ever”
July 24, 2019 Girl Power Girls’ Game Lab wants to encourage more women to get into games The first workshop takes place at Forza Horizon maker Playground Studios on August 3rd in Leamington Spa
July 16, 2019 Investment Round Indian ed-tech firm Byju's raises $150m Funding is said to value the company at around $5.5 billion
June 21, 2019 King Of Education Roblox Summer Creator Challenge teams up with Godzilla to teach kids to code The King of Monsters takes time out from his day job to incentivise children to learn programming
June 12, 2019 Available Now Marvel collaborates with Kuato Studios on new educational storytelling app Marvel Hero Tales Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel and more appear
May 29, 2019 Education Initiative Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China The initial focus will concentrate on education
May 16, 2019 Business Deal Kahoot acquires learn-to-read app Poio Latest acquisition comes hot on the heels of its purchase of DragonBox
May 9, 2019 Acquisition News Educational games provider Kahoot snaps up DragonBox for $18m Developer's math apps to be made available to Kahoot's hundreds of millions of users
March 19, 2019 Education GDC 2019: Danny Bilson named new director of USC Games program Succeeds award-winning game designer Tracy Fullerton who oversaw the program from 2014 to 2018
March 7, 2019 Jobs Former Atari COO Todd Shallbetter goes medical with Level Ex Shallbetter will help the surgical training company's drive into VR and AR technologies
February 14, 2019 Let It Go Disney collaborates with Kuato Studios for new storytelling app Disney Story Realms The genie is out of the bottle
February 5, 2019 Learn Indian learning platform Byju’s buys out US games firm Osmo for $120 million Osmo will help the online education firm craft learning content for younger students
January 29, 2019 Unity Unity Playground aims to open game development up to kids Scriptless asset suite seeks to provide a stepping stone for young users looking to get into the engine
December 5, 2018 Teach Supercell clashes games skill shortage with free new coding school Finnish developer puts significant funding behind the free Helsinki program
November 30, 2018 Masterclass “Games are for everyone:” Space Ape on breaking misconceptions and helping people find their way into the industry “Our studio is overflowing with knowledge, I think it would be selfish not to share it”
September 28, 2018 Acquisition News Chinese tutoring services provider snaps up chidren's apps developer Dr. Panda Companies to work on "new models for future education"
September 7, 2018 R&d Scotland set for $11.6m games research and development centre Students also stand to benefit with work experience through InGame partnership
September 6, 2018 Ban France bans mobile phones during school Phones, tablets and smart-watches banned during school hours for under-15 students