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Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GOUpdate: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now
Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 TALKING HEADS

Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

With our second online-only conference only two weeks away, the speaker roster is nearing its final form. Read on to see who you’ll be learning from next month

Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 PGC DIGITAL

Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

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Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO SCRABBLE GO SUCCESS

Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO

Speaking with PierPlay CEO Lorenzo Nuvoletta about the game's huge initial success

Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY

Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now

From Crossy Road Castle and Sayonara Wild Hearts to LEGO Builders Journey and Sonic Racing

IGDA launches Indie Collective group to aid smaller studios

IGDA launches Indie Collective group to aid smaller studios

as Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong

Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong

NFL owners are voting on whether to renew Electronic Art's franchise license or not

NFL owners are voting on whether to renew Electronic Art's franchise license or not

as Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

Gamestream secures $3.8 million funding for B2B cloud games platform

Gamestream secures $3.8 million funding for B2B cloud games platform

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

Manchester United F.C. raises lawsuit against Football Manager makers

Manchester United F.C. raises lawsuit against Football Manager makers

Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google

Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google

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The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for catsThis Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in ChinaChina’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19This Week In China: ChinaJoy 2020 goes ahead and FriendTimes Inc. changes its name
The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats INDIE VIEW

The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats

What does it take to make a game that's fun for both humans and cats?

This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China THIS WEEK IN CHINA

This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China

The biggest stories straight from Beijing

China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19 CHINA COVID-19 GROWTH

China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19

Yodo1 digs into the data

This Week In China: ChinaJoy 2020 goes ahead and FriendTimes Inc. changes its name THIS WEEK IN CHINA

This Week In China: ChinaJoy 2020 goes ahead and FriendTimes Inc. changes its name

The biggest stories direct from Beijing

Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong

Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

Japanese developers and publishers join together for New Game+ Expo on June 23rd

Japanese developers and publishers join together for New Game+ Expo on June 23rd

MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch

MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch

Report: Nintendo is not holding a Direct for the foreseeable future

Report: Nintendo is not holding a Direct for the foreseeable future

NetEase unveils Norse mythology-inspired mobile AAA game Project Ragnarok

NetEase unveils Norse mythology-inspired mobile AAA game Project Ragnarok

NetEase's mobile games catalogue pushes revenue to $2.4 billion

NetEase's mobile games catalogue pushes revenue to $2.4 billion

Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road faces delay due to the coronavirus

Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road faces delay due to the coronavirus

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Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO SCRABBLE GO SUCCESS May 26th, 2020

Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent four years perfecting Scrabble GO

as The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats INDIE VIEW May 25th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats

6 Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire? WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE May 25th, 2020

Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

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Features

Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now AN APPLE (GAME) A DAY May 26th, 2020

Update: All 122 Apple Arcade games available now

237 53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad SOFT LAUNCH May 26th, 2020

53 top games in soft launch: From Angry Birds Casual and Hay Day Pop to Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Tom Clancy's Elite Squad

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual HYPERCASUAL SHIFT May 22nd, 2020

Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual

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Data & Research

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14% 17% OVERALL GROWTH May 26th, 2020

SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%

US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020 MONEY MONEY MONEY May 18th, 2020

US games spending achieved an all-time quarterly high in Q1 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list MEL-LIONARE May 15th, 2020

Former King chairman Mel Morris tops the 2020 UK gaming rich list

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PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #5: Garena Free Fire 80m DAUs, Gamescom goes digital, and more!

PG.Biz Round Table: Games Industry in the Time of COVID-19 (in association with Tamatem)

PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #3: Jens Begemann leaves Wooga, Jagex gets sold again, and more!

BIG INDIE PITCH: MOBILE WINNERS | PGC Digital #1

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Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google Hot Five May 25th, 2020

Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google

Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic Mobile Mavens Apr 28th, 2020

Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic

as Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing? The Charticle Feb 27th, 2020

Pokemon Day: How are The Pokemon Company's recent mobile releases performing?

Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts Data & Research Dec 4th, 2019

Monster Strike leaps up global top grossing charts

Profiles

Digging Deep Project CEO Rosemary Lokhorst on why social games are becoming even more important DIGGING DEEP May 7th, 2020

Digging Deep Project CEO Rosemary Lokhorst on why social games are becoming even more important

Headup Games founder and CEO Dieter Schoeller on how the games industry has changed over the last 15 years KEEP YOUR HEADUP May 6th, 2020

Headup Games founder and CEO Dieter Schoeller on how the games industry has changed over the last 15 years

Dr. Tommy Thompson on why he turned his attention to AI in video games AI AND GAMES May 5th, 2020

Dr. Tommy Thompson on why he turned his attention to AI in video games

Masomo VP of product Sertac Picakci on the big trends to come in the next 12 months MASOMO INSIGHT May 4th, 2020

Masomo VP of product Sertac Picakci on the big trends to come in the next 12 months

Job News

Update: Ubisoft game director Scott Warner joins Tencent's TiMi Studios NORTH AMERICAN GROWTH May 21st, 2020

Update: Ubisoft game director Scott Warner joins Tencent's TiMi Studios

Blackout Blitz dev Big Run Studios hires Benjamin Jordan as new CTO NEW SMARTS May 20th, 2020

Blackout Blitz dev Big Run Studios hires Benjamin Jordan as new CTO

Retro Studios hires Adad Morales as its new VFX lead artist WELCOME ABOARD May 12th, 2020

Retro Studios hires Adad Morales as its new VFX lead artist

Annapurna Interactive hires Capybara Games co-founder Nathan Vella WELCOME ABOARD May 7th, 2020

Annapurna Interactive hires Capybara Games co-founder Nathan Vella

Deals

as Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous SPLASHING CASH May 26th, 2020

Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous

MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership LEVEL UP May 21st, 2020

MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership

as MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch MYGAMEZ FUNDING May 21st, 2020

MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch

Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding SCALING UP May 20th, 2020

Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding

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Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 (Online) May 26th, 2020

Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 (Online) May 26th, 2020

Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2

as The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats The Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1 (online) May 25th, 2020

The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats

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