Toon Blast revenue rockets to $200 million in its first year

Toy Blast follow-up reaches milestone thanks to a successful celebrity marketing campaign

• Revenue
• Toon Blast

Looking inside the Monetiser track at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki touches down in Finland from September 11th to 12th

• Finland
• Helsinki
• PGC
• PGC Helsinki
• Speakers
• events

China’s gaming crackdown pushes Tencent towards further age restrictions in Honor of Kings

As part of a government campaign to prevent myopia amongst children and reduce gameplay time

• China
• Kids
• Regulation

Scotland set for $11.6m games research and development centre

Students also stand to benefit with work experience through InGame partnership

• Education
• Scotland
• Dundee
• Partnership

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp reaches $50 million in worldwide revenue

But the mobile life-sim is still the slowest-growing of Nintendo’s three mobile titles

• Revenue
• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Gameloft, Wargaming, Bandai Namco and more support War Child's Armistice 2018 charity fundraising campaign

Money to go toward supporting children affected by war

• Charity
• War Child Armistice

UK publisher PlayStack acquires Finnish developer Hisome

Studio renamed PlayStack Oy and will be responsible for development and finding new partners

• Publishing
• Finland
• Acquisition
• London

NantWorks invests in H1Z1 developer Daybreak and forms new publishing division

Mobile versions of H1Z1 coming

• Battle Royale
• H1Z1

Square Enix COO Mike Sherlock passes away

"Mike was a principled and charismatic leader who led by example. He was extremely proud of the progress and success we have shared over the years"

Celebrating the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

All the companies who help make Europe’s biggest mobile B2B games industry event possible

• Helsinki
• PGC
• PGC Helsinki
• Events
• PGCHelsinki
• Sponsors

France bans mobile phones during school

Phones, tablets and smart-watches banned during school hours for under-15 students

• France
• Education

Mobile internet giant Cheetah Mobile secures publishing rights for Ministry of Games' Trade Town

Cheetah Mobile beat multiple publishers to win the deal

• China
• Publishing
• Helsinki
• Deal
• Sponsored

Dead Cells is selling four Nintendo Switch copies for every one sold on PS4

Roguelike slasher manages to outsell on Switch despite console’s smaller install base

• Sales
• Nintendo Switch
• Dead Cells

Hollow Knight topped Nintendo Switch eShop charts in Europe last month

25 per cent cut and fourth free content release help propel Hollow Knight to No.1

• Charts
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo eShop

AppLovin acquires in-app header bidding company MAX Inc

Discoverability platform expands services to include the new header bidding solution

• Advertising
• Acquisition
• Marketing