November 19, 2018

Jobs In Games

From Crackdown to mobile: Outplay's Phil Wilson on how to snag a job as vice president of operations

"We have successful games that are several years old and we’re continuing to build our portfolio. That excites me more than any triple-A pre-launch hype ever could"

November 16, 2018

Faustian Bargain

Why Diablo Immortal’s detractors won that battle but have lost the war

Blizzard’s difficult decision

November 16, 2018

Surf's Up

SYBO TV will be a "one-stop destination" of bite-sized entertainment for Subway Surfers fans

Head of brand marketing and licensing Naz Amarchi-Cuevas discusses extending the IP outside the mobile games space

November 15, 2018

Business Chat

How to build a successful business with messenger games

How one company is making money out of these popular new platforms

November 15, 2018

Keys To The Kingdom

“We can’t wait to bring Disney stories and characters to life on mobile”: Jam City on its big new partnership

We caught up with Jam City president and COO Josh Yguado following yesterday’s partnership reveal

November 14, 2018

Monetisation Design

A guide to barebones monetisation in mobile games

Oscar Clark walks developers through key considerations when designing effective ways to get players to invest their time and money in your game

November 13, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Resonance House's Rosemary Lokhorst on using games to support young people facing chronic or serious illnesses

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

November 13, 2018

Indie Spotlight

How an Oscar-nominated animator went from working on The Breadwinner to creating mobile games

“I wouldn’t trade the indie experience for the world"

November 13, 2018

Brexit Nightmare

Living with Brexit: "The complete legal basis for staying in the place I consider home was suddenly brought into question"

InnoGames implementation manager discusses the impact Brexit has had on his life and why he obtained German citizenship

November 13, 2018

Social Influence

Network effect: Looking at the impact of social in games

Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab takes a deep dive into the data from her company's gaming platform

November 12, 2018

Having A Blast

How Plarium worked with its players to develop Lost Island: Blast Adventure

A look at the symbiotic relationship between players and developers

November 12, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: CCP's Sam Barton on bringing Eve Online to mobile with a little help from the players

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

November 9, 2018

Princely Summit

A diverse Jordan Gaming Summit reveals the potential of the MENA region

His Highness Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II attends games conference in Amman

November 9, 2018

Developing Story

Nanobit on the opportunity for narrative games in China

"If it’s bigger than the US, and the US is our biggest market, and we can make a game that fits into that space then it’s what we need to do"

November 7, 2018

Winning Feeling

"Change always finds resistance, especially with a technology like blockchain"

Codeglue co-founder Peter de Jong on winning the Alto Cryptogame Challenge

November 7, 2018

Indie Mavens

Maintaining a work/life balance as an indie games developer

The Indie Mavens air their views and tips

November 7, 2018

Company Profile

From games developers to a mobile growth company: Lab Cave has increased its revenue almost 2,000% in five years with innovation, hard work and data

Find out what were the key factors that permeated the company's innovation and success trajectory

November 6, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Rovio's Sophie Vo on making the most of user research in early stage development

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

November 6, 2018

Artificial Intelligence

4 ways China’s AI industry could transform video games in the country across the world

Mobvista investigates the hot new tech and its potential effects

November 6, 2018

Game Advertising

Facebook marketing partner ZingFront aims to be a key ad creative player in global markets

A look at the company's SocialPeta and UnrealFront products

November 5, 2018

Back To Hell

Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences

Biting the hand that feeds you?

November 1, 2018

Get Bigger Faster

Frank Gibeau on how IP licensing will help Zynga to the next level

Jetfuel for the mobile generation

November 1, 2018

Best Of Both Worlds

How Super Bit Machine hopes Armajet will ride Fortnite’s coat-tails to cross-platform success

Fighting on both fronts

October 30, 2018

Recycling Ad Dollars

How AppCoins hopes to monetise unbanked app store users via blockchain

Creating value flow

October 29, 2018

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: Hutch's Matthew Pelly on how to get a job as head of QA and customer support

"We are not here to rubber stamp releases and it is a fatal mistake to step into that role"

October 26, 2018

Overworked

How can we tackle the games industry's crunch problem?

The Mobile Mavens have their say on working conditions

October 26, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: DIGIT Game Studios' Om Tandon on advanced UX prototyping and finding the fun

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

October 23, 2018

Indie Spotlight

Indie Spotlight: Neutronized's Gionathan Pesaresi on making Super Cat Tales 2 in a tough mobile market

"If you consider that Super Cat Tales 2 took almost a year from its start to release, you can imagine how hard it is to compete with publishers dropping a new hyper-casual game every two weeks"

October 23, 2018

Globe Trotting

Yoozoo VP on finding the next great games market and the importance of localisation

“It’s down to them because games publishing and making there will be very different to how they are in China”

October 22, 2018

Voodoo Magic

Voodoo Development Magic: How H8 Games launched Helix Jump, one of the hottest games of 2018

This special series focuses on how developers have built mobile's biggest hits, with help from publisher Voodoo

October 22, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: London Venture Partners' Jon Bellamy on industry trends and the differentiation factor

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd

October 22, 2018

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: How Simon Fenton became head of games at Escape Studios and his advice for devs breaking through

"Stay hungry and passionate, work hard and build your experience. You’ll get your chance."

October 19, 2018

Region Focus

Region Focus: The opportunities and challenges facing South Korea’s lucrative games industry

In-depth analysis of the sector with comment from executives at Netmarble, Com2uS and Pearl Abyss

October 19, 2018

Fab

Unity on the long and challenging road to developing workable nested prefabs

"We were building something, not for ourselves, but everybody else"

October 18, 2018

Indie Focus

How the Busan Indie Connect Festival is connecting developers with consumers

Event director Dustin Lee gives us the lowdown on the show

October 18, 2018

Trendy Sector

What's up with the South Korean games market?

Mobile and PC MMOs rule the roost in a sector-defining part of the world

October 18, 2018

Lineage Of Ips

Netmarble on Lineage 2 Revolution's runaway success and finding the next big hit

Simon Sim talks up the company's global strategy and M&A activity

October 17, 2018

Studio Profile

South Korean developer Ekkorr on Endless Frontier making $60m and the importance of sharing ideas

CEO Myeong Yong Shin offers up the details on the studio's work

October 17, 2018

Meewow

How a Plants vs. Zombies producer and a former NFL team tech lead are shaking up idle games

The bold philosophy of MeeWow Games

October 17, 2018

New Horizons

Animoca Brands' Yat Siu on why mobile games are leading the charge to take blockchain mass-market

Time to gain scale

October 16, 2018

Looking Eastward

The quiet opportunity for games developers in Iran

With projected games revenues of 602m for 2018, it could be a fair market indeed

October 16, 2018

Space Odyssey

Toys-to-space: The making of Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle for Atlas

"It was something that none of us had ever done before"

October 16, 2018

Studio Profile

NHN Entertainment on dealing with South Korea regulations and topping the mobile charts with a fishing game

Publishing business department director Sang Ho Kim discusses the company's vast operations

October 16, 2018

Social

At Game Closure the future of gaming is social

The studio's Battle Cats Galaxy and Fishing Star QUICK are currently on the LINE QUICK GAME platform

October 15, 2018

Studio Profile

Webzen: "There is a lot of pressure to always acquire a new cash cow"

CEO Tony Kim gives us the lowdown on the company's plans

October 15, 2018

Summoning A Hit

Com2uS on Summoners War's rapid expansion and applying lessons learnt to Skylanders: Ring of Heroes

"I think that gaming is a hits-driven business in the same way that publishing is a hits-driven business"

October 12, 2018

Finding A Sweet Spot

Etermax on balancing the fresh with the familiar in Trivia Crack 2

Back for another spin

October 10, 2018

Breaking In

Can Snowprint’s Legend of Solgard break King’s midcore curse?

Studio CEO Alexander Ekvall discusses working with the Candy Crush maker as part of the latter’s new publishing initiative

October 9, 2018

The Big Freeze

"I don’t think the Chinese government is ready to lose its title as the world’s biggest games market"

Taptica division CEO Rivi Bloch discusses market expansion and the big freeze

October 9, 2018

Jobs In Games

Jobs in Games: SYBO's Amy Kalson on how to get a job as a games lead

"My advice to aspiring game makers is to study psychology. We make things for humans so understanding the human mind is vital for success"