July 9, 2019

G-star

East meets West at G-STAR 2019, Asia's largest game exhibition in Busan, Korea, on November 14-17th - early bird registration now open!

Join over 2,000 trade visitors from 36 countries and nearly 700 exhibitors at Asia’s most accessible show

July 9, 2019

Crushes Candy Crush

Pokemon Go generates $2.65 billion in first three years

Worldwide catch ‘em all is on track to cross $3 billion in 2019

July 8, 2019

Html5

PGC Hong Kong: Black Snowflake CEO to host session on HTML5 games market

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

July 8, 2019

Revenue Split

Tencent uses clout to negotiate better revenue share on Chinese Android stores

Publisher secures 70/30 split instead of typical 50/50 share with app stores owned by the likes of Huawei and Xiaomi

July 8, 2019

New Classification

Chinese companies including Tencent want new age-rating system in the region

Follows frustration with the country's approval process

July 8, 2019

East Meets West

East Meets West: Honor of Kings spending its $728m in H1 2019, Tilting Point invests $20m in CookApps UA, and Nintendo talks 5G

Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market

July 5, 2019

Whole Lotta Cash

Mobile game spending for the first half of 2019 reaches nearly $30 billion

20.1 billion downloads showing a 3.2 per cent increase year-on-year

July 5, 2019

Esports

PGC Hong Kong: ENCE esports CEO Mika Kuusisto to speak about the future of competitive play

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

July 5, 2019

Switched On

Nintendo Switch Online surpasses 10 million subscribers

Membership program is growing steadily, says company president

July 5, 2019

Industry Trends

Nintendo on game streaming and 5G: “We must keep up with such changes in the environment”

Company executives discuss key industry trends and how its teams think about them

July 4, 2019

East Meets West

8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's East Meets West track

The series of talks stars speakers from the likes of JetSynthesys, Chorus Worldwide, Nexon M, NetEase, Scopely, Hatch and more

July 4, 2019

Import Tax

Update: Nintendo withdraws some Switch production in China amidst US trade war

Production moving to Southeast Asia according to sources

July 3, 2019

Auto Chess Unite

Tencent launching own Auto Chess on iOS and Android

Chess Rush versus Auto Chess versus Dota Underlords

July 3, 2019

Deal Struck

Tencent joins Drodo Auto Chess partnership to co-publish game in China

Players will now be able to login via messaging platform Tencent QQ

July 3, 2019

App Store Optimisation

PGC Hong Kong: Lab Cave CMO Enric Pedro on app store optimisation

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

July 2, 2019

Check This Out

DJ Marshmello debuts Joytime III album in new mobile game

Music artist partners with Gamejam on Marshmello Music Dance

July 2, 2019

Stakes Are High

Nexon acquires majority stake in Embark Studios

Former EA chief design officer and DICE founder Patrick Söderlund heads up the studio

July 2, 2019

Blockchain Gaming

PGC Hong Kong: 8Hours Foundation Shane Zhu on what’s next for blockchain gaming

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

July 2, 2019

Meeting Place

Your next business partner, investor, client is waiting at a Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 networking event

Don’t miss these fringe events included in our upcoming b2b conference

July 2, 2019

Top 50

PocketGamer.biz to unveil Top 50 Mobile Games Developers this summer - Have your say

Submit your suggestions by July 12th

July 2, 2019

Ua Party

Tilting Point to invest at least $20m in CookApps UA

Match-three game Toy Party gets marketing boost

July 2, 2019

Event

OpenSea, Blockade Games and Diginex join the next wave of speakers for the first Blockchain Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Two-day B2B games industry conference looks poised to make an impressive debut next month

July 1, 2019

Weekly Charts

Weekly global mobile games charts: Wizards Unite hits top 10 US download charts but is not a top grosser

Rankings from June 17th to June 23rd

July 1, 2019

Mobile Art Style

PGC Hong Kong: GameRefinery chief analyst Kalle Heikkinen to discuss mobile art styles across different regions

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

July 1, 2019

East Meets West

East Meets West: Nexon price scares off buyers, and gaming firms rally against new US-China tariffs

Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market

June 28, 2019

Nfts

PGC Hong Kong: Animoca Brands CEO Robby Yung on the importance of NFTs

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

June 28, 2019

Pitch & Match

Who will you do business with at Pocket Gamer and Blockchain Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019?

Find that important contact among the 500 world-class companies represented at our debut two-day B2B games industry conference in July

June 27, 2019

Event

Google, X.D. Network, Yoozoo Games and Superera join incredible Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 speaker lineup

Speaker lineup for the two day B2B games industry conference continues to grow

June 27, 2019

Superstar Sessions

Don’t miss Superstar Sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 27, 2019

Gotta Friend ‘em All

Pokemon Masters launches on mobile this summer

“The idea was to create a gameplay experience where you could not only befriend Pokemon but also trainers to battle alongside you”

June 27, 2019

Road To Hero

Oasis Games developing One Punch Man title for iOS and Android

First officially authorised game for Western countries

June 27, 2019

Stock Sold

India's Reliance Entertainment reduces ownership to 14.2 per cent of Codemasters

Racing firm's CEO Frank Sagnier says that OnRush has been played by 2.5m people as of March 2019

June 27, 2019

Survive Together

Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony unite against US tariffs on consoles

Joint statement addressed to US government asking to exclude consoles

June 26, 2019

Pgc Hong Kong 2019

PGC Hong Kong: Twitchy Finger founder and CEO Edward Li on future opportunities for developers

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

June 26, 2019

Instant Games And Hyper-casual

Check out the Instant Games and Hyper-casual track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 26, 2019

I Love Mena

Jordanian publisher Tamatem working with NokNok studio to bring I Love Mart to MENA region

Game to be renamed Bandar’s Farm to help become more culturally relevant

June 26, 2019

Acquisition

Gumi Cryptos acquires $1.67 million worth of shares in Double Jump.Tokyo

As part of this acquisition deal Gumi Cryptos received 891 non-voting shares

June 25, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Hong Kong: Superera VP Joe Tang on designing and creating a successful idle game

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong 2019 will take place on July 17th to 18th

June 25, 2019

West Meets East

Global trends, market insight and hyper-casual games: Inside West Meets East at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 25, 2019

14 Years Later

Israel becomes home to Nintendo’s second official store

Official New York outlet opened in 2005

June 24, 2019

Trade Trends

Partnerships, publishing and knowing the market: Inside Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 24, 2019

East Meets West

East Meets West: Tencent gaming phone, Apple's warning over US-China trade war, and Game for Peace could reach $1bn

Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market

June 24, 2019

Weekly Charts

Weekly global mobile games charts: Candy Crush Saga shoots down PUBG Mobile’s chances of topping gross ranking in the US

Rankings from June 10th to June 16th

June 21, 2019

Trade War

Apple: New China tariffs will favour foreign competitors, not US

iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods and Apple TV will also be affected in new proposals are enacted

June 21, 2019

Cheap As Chips

Artist who sold photo of potato for $1m joins Animoca Brands as creative director

Kevin Abosch will provide creative advice and direction on upcoming titles the Sandbox and F1 Delta Time

June 21, 2019

Esports And Kpl

Check out the Esports and Key Opinion Leaders track at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 21, 2019

Event

Just one week to save up to $180 on tickets to Blockchain Gamer and Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

The Mid-Term ticket price timer is counting down for next month’s two-day B2B games industry conference.

June 20, 2019

Event

Speak at the first ever Pocket Gamer Connects MENA this November

Join us for the two day B2B conference and take your place among the 80 speakers exploring this market

June 20, 2019

Monetiser

Monetisation design, profitability and gacha: Inside Monetiser at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong

Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong will run from July 17th to 18th

June 20, 2019

Live And Kicking

Four years on: How Travelling Millionaire’s regular events have garnered an engaged audience in the Middle East

"I owe everything I’ve learned to Travelling Millionaire and it has been a privilege working with a lot of talented people.