Plugged In Publishing
From concept to creation: Plug Head, a hypercasual hit game
How Sunday supported the creators of Plug Head through rejection, to achieve their dream and build a hypercasual hit
Smart Money
People, talent and teams - MGVC's winning formula for investment
My.Games Venture Capital discusses the company's approach to investment and the new $30M game drive campaign
Publishing Power Up
Take your game to the next level with AppGallery
Huawei's AppGallery marketplace offers developers and publishers an array of tools to enhance games and improve functionality
Stream For Success
Why the mobile games industry should start caring about cloud gaming
GameStream co-founder explores the rapidly evolving streaming games market
Rising Stars
Sakura Games reveals its Rising Star philosophy and how it hopes to work with Disney, EA and Epic
Jordanian educational game makers Sham and Jana Al Bdour scoop Rising Star trophy at PG Mobile Games Awards
Ad Astra
Exploring the potential of InGamePlay brand ads
AdInMo and Impact Unified discuss the value of in-game ads and the growing potential for developers, publishers and players
Disruption Sparks Innovation
Disruption accelerates three shifts for gaming businesses
Facebook's Michael Bertaut explores new opportunities for success in the rapidly evolving global mobile market
Poc In Mobile
"Hiring managers should actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups"
Pocket Gems' Nihit Sinha advises ways to enter the games industry
Don't Go Alone
Warriors of BizDev: A guide to raiding in the world of game development
How to make your business quests more successful
Live And Kicking
Why after 10 years of Jetpack Joyride, now is the right time for a sequel
"Creating this sequel was almost a moral obligation..."
Ready Portalone?
Why PortalOne is merging mobile games, TV shows, celebrities and prizes
CEO Bård Anders Kasin talks us through the vision
Jobs In Games
PUBG Mobile producer Rick Li on getting into games and adapting the battle royale from home
"The number of hardcore mobile players is rising and games are becoming increasingly complex"
Making Gamers Tick
How to launch a successful mobile gaming app
Huawei's head of global gaming partnerships offers insight into the telco giant's support for new games from developers and publishers worldwide
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode Two
Join the PocketGamer team for the second episode of the new PGbiz Podcast. Featuring special guest Ella Romanos, co-founder and CEO of Fundamentally Games
Sponsored
Left or right? How data warehouses make it easy to make decisions
GameAnalytics offer nine practical ways in which data warehouses help you make informed decisions
Making Of
Why NetEase believes Frostpunk is different to every other game on the market
NetEase producer Chao Luo on bringing the PC giant to mobile
In-game Awesome
Rovio VP of advertising Jarkko Rajamäki discusses in-game ads approach
"There is necessarily no one size fits all solution..."
Roll The Dice
How to grow a profitable audience within a niche genre
How taking a holistic approach to user acquisition and monetisation helped WildCard grow the audience for its classic games
Done Deal
Jam City president Josh Yguado speaks out on Ludia acquisition and going public
"It will provide us access to a permanent source of capital…"
Soccer Star
How did Cristiano Ronaldo appear in Garena Free Fire?
Sportquake and Free Fire explain how they integrated the football icon into the mobile game's universe
Live And Kicking
How Nexon adapted KartRider Rush Plus for mobile
23 million players and counting
Boom Boom
BoomHits announces world's biggest hypercasual competition with $2 million prize fund
BoomHits CEO Jon Hook talks about the label's plans to disrupt the hypercasual market
Indie View
How Compiled World's Anton Kasabutski built Nimble Dash after work
Nimble Dash placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Making Of
How Huntdown looks to embody the best parts of 80s arcade shooters
"We're convinced these types of games don’t age..."
Gear Up
Looking for your mobile games studio to be acquired? Here's what recent M&A data is telling founders
Pollen VC's Martin Macmillan highlights the trend
Mass Marketing
InMobi's Saurav Dutta on rethinking in-game advertising
The ongoing evolution of in-game ads
Flying Solo
How Portal, Little Nightmares and Limbo inspired Nakul Verma
The Playbae founder won The Big Indie Pitch with In My Shadow
More Than Silver Linings
The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio
"Stories are the heart of our games"
Bandai Namco Barcelona
Building Better: Bandai Namco Mobile's new approach to development
Chief publishing officer Massimo Caporale discusses building its new Barcelona studio in the midst of a pandemic
Indie View
Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX
Gamedia HIX placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Good To Go
What are the key KPIs for a successful hypercasual game?
Ducky’s CEO Ivan Fedyanin runs some numbers
Prehistoric Play
Why Ludia believes there's still an audience for Jurassic World Alive and location-based games
"There is still space to explore and experiment…"
Indie View
Play Curious co-founder Jesse Himmelstein discusses Big Indie Pitch winner Crispr Crunch
Jesse Himmelstein won The Big Indie Pitch with Crispr Crunch
Star Power
Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success
"We hit our all-time daily active user record just a few months ago!"
In-game Innovation
Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers
As part of In-Game Ad Month, the founder and CEO of AdInMo speaks to PocketGamer.biz about the company's innovative approach to in-game advertising
Take The Opportunity
iOS 14.5 is live: Are you ready?
Bidalgo's Alon Tvina explains what to do
Indie View
Big Indie Pitch Finalist Forgotten Machine discusses ideas, inspirations and creating Arenas of Ryst
Ali Husain placed third in the competition with Arenas of Ryst
Poc In Mobile
"It shouldn’t take a tragedy to make meaningful change in this industry"
Zynga's Keisha Krainer on the issue of diversity
Discord+
Taking social networks multiplayer: How Noice raised $5 million for its vision
Jussi Laakkonen is back
Indie Spotlight
From filing for bankruptcy to Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game to the future of Mad About Pandas
"We never saw a penny from it..."
Broader Perspective
Master The Meta: Sony’s emerging ecosystem
How the PlayStation maker is building a formidable games business
Creative Tension
Perfect game balance: The Thanos Fallacy
Glyn Fairweather discusses the value of imbalance
Sponsored
Admix In-Play: An interview with Paul West, VP partnerships at Admix
Bridging the gap between mobile games and advertising
Masterclass
Celia Hodent on the importance of cognitive science and a UX framework to improve your game
There is no guaranteed formula for crafting games but clear ingredients do exist
Jobs In Games
The intersection of psychology and games with PeopleFun director Matt Streit
"I think psychology gets misunderstood a lot"
Less Is Less
Undoing the duopoly in mobile game distribution
GameBake's Michael Hudson makes the case
Core Values
From book club to YouTube: The rise of Star Stable Online
CEO Johan Sjöberg tells the story
Switching It Up
Why the Subnautica series has turned to Switch to make a big splash
Project lead David Kalina explains the technical challenges
Making Of
$340 million and counting: How MLB Tap Sports Baseball is still growing strong
Every baseball season offers new opportunities
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Garena Free Fire publisher Sea’s earnings breakdown
Garena Free Fire boasts 100 million daily active users