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Explaining Supercell’s M&A strategy, Wooga back to profitability, and Full XP snags new CTO
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The Weekly
The Weekly: Gaming's bigots have lost, there's life in Nintendo's handhelds yet, and mobile's E3 showing
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Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Ivan Kovalov on cognitive disorder and G30’s memory maze
"It is important that we understand other people and care for everyone around us, not just ourselves"
Karma
Can charitable platforms support good causes and also be a driver for player retention?
"Asking your player base to join you in making the world a better place and putting the decision-making in their hands a very powerful message to send to your player community"
Hot Five
Supercell invests in Redemption, SDKs aren't done yet, and MZ changes CEO
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The Weekly
The Weekly: Apple CEO on restricting mobile time, Brawl Stars' shaky future, and anything goes on Steam
Rounding up the week's games industry analysis and news from around the internet
Party Time
PocketGamer.biz's E3 2018 party and networking guide
We list the key parties in town
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Zach Gage on reinventing old classics and beating the clones
“I think it’s nice for the kind of people I'm going after, people who are not hardcore gamers but actually play a lot of games in their lives, but don’t think of themselves like that”
Hot Five
Zynga acquires Gram Games, Jam City job losses, and Voodoo raises $200m
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Indie Mavens
Indie games developer tips for making the most out of industry events
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Limestone Games tells us all about their stylish anime-inspired Aeon Must Die!
We chat to the winner of the first ever Big Indie Pitch in Estonia
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Gorogoa creator Jason Roberts talks getting into games and the genesis of the hit title
We get up close and personal with the stars of mobile games' indie scene
Hot Five
App stores to disappear, mobile industry’s GDPR woes, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery tops charts
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Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: State of Play's Katherine Bidwell on art inspirations and spinning plates
"I think with running a small company it’s about making sure all the plates are spinning and keeping the focus on achievable goals"
The Charticle
Despite strong criticism Jam City's Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is a top grosser
Outgrossing Cookie Jam and Panda Pop for IAPs in key markets
Hot Five
Project Cars coming to mobile, Glu's Design Home inspired revival, and Rumble Stars Soccer
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Indie Spotlight
"If you are an indie and you are making an indie game, I think it’s becoming very difficult to lead from the heart"
Darjeeling's Marc Lustigman on Homo Machina and Fritz Kahn's presentation of the body
Indie Mavens
Is ad revenue a good revenue generator for indies in 2018?
Our Indie Mavens weigh in
Hot Five
What makes the Finland games scene special, Space Ape Games on making hits and Idle Factory Tycoon hits 4m downloads
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Blockbuster Maker
Space Ape’s mobile games production funnel: Creating a genre-defining hit
Product owner Nick Mansdorf discusses three steps to judge a game's potential
Speaker Spotlight
PGC San Francisco speaker spotlight: Zorka.Mobi's Dmitry Liapin on dealing with influencers
Dmitry Liapin offers advice on influencer marketing campaigns and tells us what to expect from his talk
Google Io
AI shines at Google keynote event
The first day of the Mountain View showcase introduced us to a range of AI enhancements
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Laser Dog's Simon Renshaw on Ava Airborne and the passion of indie games
"Personally, I’m a big believer in doing what you really want to do. I draw the things I love for a living and I couldn’t imagine a better job"
Hot Five
Fastlane's rapid success, Facebook Instant Games adds in-app purchases and PUBG’s first week revenues
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Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: From tiny bubbles come big things
We speak to Pine Street Codeworks about their multi-awarding winning game Tiny Bubbles
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Little Lost Fox's Niamh Fitzgerald on Valleys Between and finding the balance
"Some of my favourite days are ones where I get to focus on game design or technical art"
Time Is Money
How does Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery monetise?
Casting a consumerius spell?
Ir Guide
Mobile games industry financials calendar
Keep up to date with financial releases with this handy guide
Indie Mavens
Is there an opportunity for indie developers on chat app platforms like Facebook Instant Games?
We caught up with Strange Flavour CEO Aaron Fothergill and Perchang’s co-founder Ben Murch to find out
Hot Five
Something's wrong in Finland, Rovio's post-IPO blues, and former Scopely and EA execs head up new studio
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Quo Vadis
Meet MoGi Group at Quo Vadis in Berlin
Global video games services company wants to meet with developers and publishers
Artistic Flair
Services Spotlight: Art outsourcer 5518 Studios
CEO Michael Casalino on working on Snoopy Pop and outside of games
Hot Five
Japanese mobile games trends for 2018, mobile stock winners and losers, and Tencent opens up mini-games platform
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Super Giveaway
How does Marvel Strike Force monetise?
A well-worn equation well used
Hot Five
Gender pay gap revealed, moving on from Sparcade to WorldWinner, and Gameloft's ads strategy
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Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Pixel Hunt’s Florent Maurin on Bury me, my Love and trading journalism for games development
"Bury me, my Love tells the story of a Syrian woman as she tries to reach Europe in hope of a better life. You just can’t write a game like that light-heartedly"
Hot Five
Snapchat snaps up PlayCanvas, PUBG and Fortnite mobile games face off, and Marvel Strike Force launches
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Smart Career
Jobs in games: Understanding creative opportunities in mobile
Devs share what it's like working in the mobile games industry
The Charticle
PUBG Mobile versus Fortnite Mobile: Which is performing better?
The battle royale commences
Iap Inspector
How does Shadowgun Legends monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Video
Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2017 video highlights
With the next event just weeks away, we thought it was time to revisit some of our favourite presentations from last year
Get Published
New mobile publisher Habby on the hunt for indie games
Profiling Habby - the hot new games publisher from Asia
Playable Ads
How Synative’s streaming tech aims to fix mobile’s UA challenges through playables
How short game trials can grab new users
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Alto’s Odyssey and the reinvention of the snowboarding genre
Team Alto’s executive producer Ryan Cash and producer Eli Cymet talk about growing as a studio, delays and capturing a feeling
Sweet Deal?
Why did Ubisoft acquire a developer of narrative-focused vampire romance games?
Charting 1492 Studio's Is It Love? series
Iap Inspector
How does The Sims Mobile monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Expert Insights
17 exclusive fireside chats from Pocket Gamer Connects London
HyprMX speaks to leading industry experts about their work in the mobile games industry
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Glu soft-launches new IP, student Roblox dev finds big success, and Mobile Legends faces off with Arena of Valor
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The Week In Jobs
Mobile game jobs weekly: Nordeus makes string of key hires, Gameloft to close Madrid studio, 80-plus EA Mobile vacancies
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Arcane Circus’s Molly Heady-Carroll on the accessibility of the mobile market and finding the balance in life
"Defining what you want and don’t want is vital to creating a clear plan for yourself to reaching your goals. This definition can be surprisingly different for each person"