Proving Popular
PUBG: New State exceeds 10 million pre-registrations on Google Play
The game will launch later in 2021
King Of The Hill
Honor of Kings top-grossing mobile title in March 2021 generating $257 million
Followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: Runner-up Minidragon tells us all about their latest game Tiny Fantasy
We discuss all things pitching, development, and being an indie developer with two-time Big Indie Pitch winner Minidragon
Switch Exclusive
Monster Hunter Rise ships five million sales
Franchise has exceeded 70 million shipped units
Welcome Aboard
Krafton adds four new board members
Ahead of its launch of PUBG New State
Money Money Money
Tencent's Timi Studios hit revenues of $10 billion in 2020
The largest Tencent-owned studio
Get Connected
Kwalee to host 16 April event to connect with Indian developers
Offering one-to-one mentorship
Making Bank
Three Kingdoms Tactics hits $1 billion in lifetime revenue
96% of player spending is from China
Welcome To China
Supersonic Studios expands to bring hypercasual to China
Going global with extra bonuses
Adventurers Assemble
As Niantic soft-launches Pikmin AR game in Singapore, new details sprout
Pre-registration available across iOS and Android
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Why Bytedance is acquiring Moonton for $4 billion
Owen Soh breaks down the latest M&A
Splash The Cash
Nexon invested $874 million in Sega Sammy, Konami, Bandai Namco and Hasbro
Best use of spare money
Chasing Cats
Tom and Jerry: Chase soft-launches in Japan and South Korea
NetEase decline to comment on future
Playx4
Korean B2B gaming event PlayX4 to take place online on 10th - 14th May
Almost 300 games companies attended in 2019
International Women's Week
"It’s the success and development of female executives that will change perceptions about gaming"
Women in Games week continues with Playtika's Jenny Raichel
Show Time!
Universal Studios Japan to open Super Nintendo World on March 18th
The Orlando-based park will open in 2025
Big Indie Pitch
Behind The Frame paints its way to victory at the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
We explore the top games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Poc In Mobile
LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas if you live in a developing country
"It was easier to offer someone with less experience that was based locally"
Thank You, Next
China approves League of Legends: Wild Rift, Super Mario Party, Diablo Immortal and 30 other games
Pokémon Quest and Rayman Legends also all make the cut
Happy New Year
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a special offer for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Enjoy 20% discount on all tickets for the incoming year of the ox
All In
Com2uS acquires majority stake in Kritika developer AllM
The deal includes mobile games subsidiary Funflow
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: We discuss stargazing, gardening and winning The Big Indie Pitch with Miracle Tea
Bradley Smith discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch #4
Making Of
Why Crunchyroll believes now is the right time to bring Princess Connect! Re: Dive to the West
"The team knew it would be a tremendous success and a potentially great fit for the Western market"
Indie Spotlight
How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day
"The biggest challenge is acknowledging that success is the exception and failure is the norm"
Sponsored
Finding success in 4x strategy games
A preview of the new mobile game genre report from Google Play
Game On
Chinese games regulators gave approval to 1,411 games last year
1,311 were domestic games while 97 were imported
Switch It Up
Nintendo Switch made up 87% of Japanese console sales last year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sits at the top of Japan's charts
Switch It Up
The Nintendo Switch hits one million official sales in China
The number is higher when grey markets are included
Big Indie Pitch
Drimia Interactive proves the fun never has to end as Aztec Ride takes the first Big Indie Pitch crown of 2021
We reveal the top three games from our recent Digital Big Indie Pitch #5
Ninten-no
Super Nintendo World opening delayed due COVID-19
A new date will be set when the state of emergency lifts
New Partnership
Tilting Point forms live-publishing partnership with South Korean firm Storytaco
"Storytaco has done a great job of creating a narrative-driven game that has captivated audiences, and this partnership allows us to bring that thrilling storyline into the hands of even more players"
Ask Iwata
Next Level Games was an anomaly - don't expect more Nintendo acquisitions anytime soon
Prior to this, its last purchase was Monolith Soft in 2007
Entering China
Pixel Federation enters Chinese market with Diggy's Adventure
"We are very excited to bring our most popular game to Chinese players and we hope to steal their hearts"
Imposter
Among Us clone 'Werewolf Among Us' accumulates 663k lifetime downloads, 100k in a single day
International version 'Murder Party' picks up 19,000 downloads too
Ninten-yay
Take a tour around Super Nintendo World on its new website
Due to open on February 4th
Put 'em Up
Call of Duty: Mobile fires through $14 million in its Chinese launch week
The game has generated $644 million in lifetime revenue
Getting The Boot
Apple purges 39,000 titles from its Chinese App Store
As a result of apps not having a license
Welcome Back
Huawei returns Tencent's games to its storefront
Following removal due to a revenue share dispute
Rip
Yoozoo Games CEO and chairman Qi passes away at 39
Allegedly due to being poisoned
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding
Billy Hui discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in November
Getting The Boot
Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store
Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year
Free Falling
Human: Fall Flat hits two million Chinese sales in six days
It shot to the top of the charts
Coming Of Age
China introduces a new age-rating system for games
The categories are eight-plus, 12-plus and 16-plus
Ninten-yay
Nintendo to show off its new theme park in a showcase later today
No gameplay will be shown
Falling Upwards
Human Fall Flat mobile soars to top spot in China following release
The Curve titled released in the region with support from X.D. Network and 505 Games
G-star Success
Over 850,000 people watched G-STAR TV from the top South Korea conference
G-STAR 2020 reaches a huge audience over twitch with a new digital exhibition, and sets new records!
Evolving Partnership
Tilting Point enters funding partnership with Joycity, invests $40 million in Gunship Battle: Total Warfare
Looking to grow audience internationally and in the US
Indie Spotlight
Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert on the allure of Apple Arcade
"We are developing another Apple Arcade title"
Lockdown Lift
Five mobile games have made more than a billion dollars in 2020 so far
PUBG Mobile, Honor of Kings and Pokemon GO all make list
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Reincarnated
Square Enix pushes Nier Re[in]carnation release to 2021
No word on when it will come to the west