January 8, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: JoyPac's Jeppe Bisbjerg on the future of hyper-casual games in APAC

"Hyper-casual is not going anywhere, but the genre is morphing quickly and will probably start to incorporate more mature meta-systems to sustain super fans for longer periods"

January 8, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Dodreams' Edvard Groundstroem on adapting to an increasingly savvy market

"Social gaming is definitely not a 'new' thing, but I’m fairly certain the unicorns of tomorrow are going to bring even deeper social dimensions to their audience"

January 8, 2019

Case Study

How Zorka.Mobi and Azur Games put together a pre-release influencer marketing campaign for Infinity Ops

Racking up 1.3 million pre-registrations by focusing on Latin America

January 8, 2019

Advertising

How Mediation is a perfect option for small games studios seeking ad monetisation revenue

A look at what Chocolate Ad Mediation offers developers

January 7, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: yellowHEAD head of ASO Itai Keshet on organic and paid user acquisition

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

January 7, 2019

Pgcl

Speaker Spotlight: Zorka.Mobi's Dmitry Liapin on the role of AR tech in the past and future of the games industry

"A few years ago mobile games became awesome because of VR/AR technology"

January 7, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Funday Factory's Emil Kjaer on keeping your developers happy while building branded games and managing stakeholders

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

January 7, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Century Game's Heaven Wu on opportunities for casual games in China

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

January 4, 2019

Controversial Themes

LBC Studios CEO on growing to a 30-person team from Hempire's success

Weed-themed gaming

January 3, 2019

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Evil Zeppelin reveals all about their studio and their Big Indie award winning game Quest 4 Fuel

We chat to the third place prize winner from our bumper Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 18

January 2, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: MiTale CEO Natasha Trygg on experimenting with design and not sticking with what's safe

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

January 2, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Stick Sports CEO Paul Collins to explore how blockchain will impact games industry economics

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

January 2, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Edge Esports COO David Yarnton on the future of the $500 million competitive gaming industry

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

January 2, 2019

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu on creative destruction, fearless indies and corporate rebels

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

January 1, 2019

Indie Mavens

The mobile games that stood out most to indie developers in 2018

Our indie mavens weigh in

December 31, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Black Trumpet Games discusses The Big Indie Pitch and their game Runick

We chat to the runner-up of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC

December 31, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Niebla Games talks pitching all over the world

We chat to Niebla Games, who walked away with the third place prize at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2018

December 28, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Codex7 Games talk winning The Big Indie Pitch with their PvP realtime sea battle game Pirate Code

We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy

December 28, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Afterburn tells how mixing golf and puzzles helped them grab The Big Indie Pitch crown

We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC

December 28, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Geogrify CEO Kate Edwards on falling backwards into games and what's next for the industry

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

December 27, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Kwa Qua tells us all about their experimental game all about surrealistic drawings

We chat to the winner of the Big Indie Pitch at the first ever Big Indie Fest

December 27, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Gamejam CEO Christian Calderon on hyper-casual and mobile ads industry consolidation

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

December 26, 2018

Games Of The Year

PocketGamer.biz's Games of the Year 2018

The Editorial team picks their favourite games this year

December 26, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Pixowl COO Sebastien Borget on The Sandbox and blockchain-powered games

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

December 24, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Rusto CEO Sako Salovaara on mobile trends

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

December 24, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: We learn more about Battlebrew's idle clicker that's filled with cute bunnies on magical floating islands

We chat to the recipient of the third place prize at the second Korean Big Indie Pitch

December 24, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Amazing Soul Games Studio CEO Jorge Castaño on the business of games and the blockchain

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

December 21, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Tamatem's Hanin Suradi on data-driven UI/UX for the MENA region

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

December 21, 2018

More Is More

Despite spending over $1 billion Zynga’s M&A activity isn’t over yet

CEO Frank Gibeau is unsated

December 21, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: Angry Kid tell us all about Pixel Express and coming third at The Big Indie Pitch

We chat to the third place finalist at the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC

December 21, 2018

Indie View

The Big Indie Interviews: We talk adapting retro beat em ups for the mobile market with the G-STAR Big Indie Pitch winner ThinkBIT

We chat to the winner of the second Korean Big Indie Pitch which took place at G-STAR 2018

December 20, 2018

Unity Icon Collective

Unity Icon Collective aims to offer ready-made triple-A assets on the Asset Store

First pack is free for Unity Pro users

December 20, 2018

Ich Bin Ein Berliner

From Gram Games to Voodoo: Alexander Willink's vision for the new Berlin studio eyeing a future outside of hyper-casual

"Berlin has a unique video games community that embodies a passion that is exciting and vibrant, while highly skilled"

December 20, 2018

2019 Trends

Get ready for 2019 with these key mobile trends

Check out what Lab Cave experts are saying about upcoming Stores’ features, keywords strategies, KPIs and other mobile predictions for the next year

December 20, 2018

Invested

Atomico's Alexis Bonte on what's to come for the investment landscape in the games industry

"I believe that with the lower valuations and rising marketing costs we are going to see continued consolidation in the industry"

December 18, 2018

Branching Out

Reigns publisher Devolver getting ‘more serious’ about mobile, F2P and China

Hires ex-Appler Mark Hickey

December 18, 2018

Key Data

How to predict mobile game launch week installs

A deep dive into calculating key factors that affect downloads on release

December 17, 2018

Assuring Quality

MoGi Group brings a new level of quality to quality assurance

The global QA specialist details its expansive offering

December 17, 2018

War And Peace

InnoGames on taking over Warlords from Wooga and making it all its own

“We had to keep track of our existing community, whatever changes we did had to be considered with them in mind as they like the game as it is”

December 14, 2018

Time To Recalculate

Why the 70:30 App Store revenue split is doomed

The old order is passing

December 14, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: Softgames' Alexander Krug on the future of messenger games

"Messenger Games have already been a huge success story for us, and I expect this trend to continue in 2019"

December 14, 2018

Uk Review

UKIE's Jo Twist: "The UK games industry is one to be proud of, and despite the current challenges facing it"

We caught up with Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of the UK's trade body, to get a feeling for how the sector is doing

December 13, 2018

Eastern Stars

Is Supercell's Brawl Stars set to rise in the East rather than the West?

Recent soft launch performance indicates Asia audience preference, but is it enough?

December 12, 2018

Spellbound

Voodoo Development Magic: Transforming labyrinth puzzler Tenkyu into a globe-trotting hit through simplicity

Over 30 million players have downloaded Tenkyu since its launch in July 2018

December 12, 2018

Speaker Spotlight

Speaker Spotlight: SYBO's Astrid Lamhauge on creating a culture of high-performance

"If we want long-term success and longevity, we need to become better bosses and better at creating and cultivating great company cultures"

December 12, 2018

Growing Up

India set for first-ever independent games trade body

Local studios come together as sector matures

December 11, 2018

Walking The Line

The delicate balancing act behind midcore match-three Sega Heroes

Finding core-casual sweetspot

December 7, 2018

Indie Mavens

Where do indies and innovative ideas fit in the current mobile games market?

Our indie Mavens weigh in

December 7, 2018

Halo Effect

Why the Epic Games Store could reposition Android as the gamers’ mobile ecosystem

The power of open

December 6, 2018

Breaking Out

Patents, platforms and IPO: How mobile-first esports platform Skillz is planning for bigger things

CEO Andrew Paradise explains