September 5, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Jestercraft’s Klaus Kääriäinen to deliver talk on hybrid monetisation

“When learning to make games the sooner you start to create something the sooner you can realize what it takes to make full-blown entertainment products”

September 5, 2019

East And West

What we learned at the Bridge between East and West summit in association with Mintegral

Speakers deliver sessions on hyper-casual, monetisation and the opportunities available in China’s mobile games market

September 5, 2019

Pgc Helsinki Videos

13 top videos from PGC Helsinki 2018 to whet your appetite for 2019's event on October 1st and 2nd

A look back at some of last year's great talks

September 4, 2019

Keep Talking

Indie Spotlight: Steel Crate Games co-founder on the uncertainty of premium mobile games

If you don't enjoy the process and experience of game development, there are far more likely paths to wealth

September 3, 2019

Jobs In Games

"Game design isn’t all about grand ideas and blue-sky visions of exciting new games"

“The devil is in the detail”

September 2, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Funday Factory’s Emil Kjaehr to discuss game developer life lessons

“First thing I'd say is that you should be willing to relocate! In the Nordics, for instance, studios mostly cluster around a few large cities”

September 2, 2019

Hot Five

Rush Wars heads into soft launch, Supercell analysis, and Zynga's growth track

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

August 30, 2019

Region Focus

Region focus: A deep dive into the MENA games industry

Kickstarting a series of features looking at the opportunity and challenges of the burgeoning MENA mobile games sector, we take a broad look at the reality of the market

August 30, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Full HP Ltd’s Murad Musakaev to discuss balancing priorities between growth and retention

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is being held from October 1st to 2nd

August 29, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Quicksave’s Elina Arponen to host a talk on the challenges of games as a business

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki is being held on October 1st to 2nd

August 28, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Gametapas’ Juan Gril to host talk on game depth in hyper-casual games

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to 2nd

August 28, 2019

Indie Spotlight

Indie Spotlight: Olivér Papp on why it's important to acknowledge your learnings at the end of a project

"You gained so much knowledge and experience during your journey and you should acknowledge it"

August 27, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

PGC Helsinki: Homa Games’ Jon Hook to discuss the future of hyper-casual games

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki takes place from October 1st to October 2nd

August 27, 2019

Hot Five

The transformation of Finland's games industry, Nutaku closes in on 40m registered users, and the Top 50 Mobile Game Makers revealed

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

August 26, 2019

Super Stars

As Rush Wars hits soft launch, how are Supercell’s other games doing?

We analyse the recent performances of Hay Day, Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars

August 19, 2019

Hot Five

Dr. Mario World makes $1.4m in first month, Loot Crate goes bankrupt, and JaffaJam wants to shake up hyper-casual

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

August 15, 2019

Gamescom 2019

PocketGamer.biz's Devcom and Gamescom 2019 party and networking guide

The best parties and events in Cologne

August 12, 2019

Hot Five

Roblox on track for $100m dev payouts, Fyber launches FairBid, and Angry Birds Movie 2 is the highest-rated video game film

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

August 11, 2019

Roblox Developers Conference

$100m dev payouts, 1.2 billion hours of engagement a month: What we learned at the Roblox Developers Conference

The Roblox team discussed the game’s growth, the latest developments on the platform and its predictions for the future

August 7, 2019

Indie Spotlight

Platonic Games co-founders on risking it all to form the studio

"It’s going to be our biggest and riskiest project so far"

August 6, 2019

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: Futureplay's Chris Wilson on going from food apps to marketing manager

"Though food tech and gaming are very different industries on the face of it, there are many similarities in the foundations of app marketing"

August 5, 2019

Indie Mavens

What monetisation models work best for indie developers in the current mobile games market?

The Indie Mavens share their thoughts on the different monetisation models on offer to small studios

August 5, 2019

Hot Five

Apex Legends heading to mobile, EA Mobile's declining revenue, and Nintendo offers free Joy Con repairs

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

July 29, 2019

Hot Five

Facebook pulls Instant Games from Messenger, Zynga taps classic major IP and whatever happened to Wizards Unite?

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

July 25, 2019

The Other One

Whatever happened to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite?

Monetizer Mavens opine

July 24, 2019

Indie Spotlight

Indie Spotlight: Alike Studio on developing successful premium games and creating Very Little Nightmares

This week we put the spotlight on twin brothers Xavi and Marc Terris and the team at Alike

July 23, 2019

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: Big Pixel Studios' Lorchan Trapp on how to be an environment artist

"People seem to assume there's a hidden 'make art button' in the software we use and don't understand that it actually takes a lot of time and skill to develop good art"

July 22, 2019

Hot Five

One dev's journey from police constable to level designer, PlayStation vet heads to Disney, and the Yogscast CEO steps down

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

July 16, 2019

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: Level designer Jay Foreman on going from Kent Police force to making games at King

"Suddenly I’d gone from policing the streets of Kent to policing the mean streets of Stormwind as a game master for Blizzard"

July 15, 2019

Nfts

PGC Hong Kong: WAX strategic advisor Malcolm Caselle to host talk on the purpose of digital goods and NFTs

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

July 15, 2019

Hot Five

Azerion acquires Woozworld, Million Victories raises $1.4m, and Clash of Clans has its best month in two years

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

July 12, 2019

Pg Connects

PGC Hong Kong: Dark Horse Digital director Jason Frazer on how to apply knowledge from one field to another successfully

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

July 11, 2019

Market Trends

PGC Hong Kong: Kunlun Korea GM Sean Lim on mobile market trends

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

July 10, 2019

Blockchain

PGC Hong Kong: Liquefy CEO Adrian Lai on the importance of tokenisation in esports

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

July 10, 2019

Indie Spotlight

Quite Fresh owner Stefan Åhlin on the life of a solo developer

"I feel really lucky to be working with something I love doing at the same time as being in control of my day to day"

July 9, 2019

Live Ops

PGC Hong Kong: Touchten Games CEO Rokimas Soeharyo on growing live ops

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

July 9, 2019

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: East Side Games' Elin Jonsson on the misconceptions of being a games producer

"I know how incredibly hard it is to run a studio, and I don’t take my current job for granted"

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

Hot Five

Marshmello debuts new album in mobile game, Nintendo Switch Online passes 10m subs, and Candy Crush's surprise success

The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week

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 4, 2019

Esports Academy

4 videos from Pocket Gamer connects Seattle 2019's Esports Academy track

The series of talks includes speakers from the likes of PiiK Games, Riot Games, Genvid Technologies, ESP Gaming and more

July 4, 2019

Developer Toolkit

Check out these Developer Toolkit videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019

Featuring speakers from the likes of 2034 Complex LLC and SuperGenius Studio

July 4, 2019

Growth Track

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Growth Track

Track sponsored by Minimob

July 4, 2019

Trade Trends

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Trade Trends track

Track sponsored by GameAnalytics

July 4, 2019

Develop: Brighton

Mobile game dev sessions to attend at Develop: Brighton 2019

Our top picks of the mobile-related talks at this year's show

July 4, 2019

Monetizer

7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Monetizer track

The track, sponsored by Vungle, features speakers from the likes of Nordeus, Rogue Games, Game of Whales, 12traits, Wooga and more

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

Indie Track

9 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Indie Track

The series of talks from the track includes speakers from the likes of A Thinking Ape, Unbound Creations, Seismic Squirrel, East Side Games, Niantic and more

July 4, 2019

Pgc Videos

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Instant Games and Hyper-casual track

The series of talks from the track, which was sponsored by Facebook Gaming, features speakers from Mintegral, Double Coconut, Microsoft, East Side Games, Metamoki and more

July 4, 2019

Live Ops

5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019's Live Ops Landscape track

Featuring speakers from the likes of Wooga, PlayFab, Playkot, Keywords and A Thinking Ape.