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Mclaren On Mobile
McLaren 765LT races into New State in latest collaboration update
Skins available in Troi and Erangel
Hr Hero
Exient brings on former United Nations specialist Hunida Busefi
Bringing experience from outside of the games industry to aid diversity programme
Ip Expansion
FunPlus hires Josh Burns spearhead IP partnerships
DigitalDevConnect founder and 6Waves co-founder joins the team
Experienced Hires
Social First makes three key hires for dev ops, design, and new technology including blockchain
Marco Sandrini, Aki Raula, and Jari Ravantti join the team
Pg Connects Interviews
Video interview: Freeverse.io on living NFT assets and play-to-earn as a short-lived solution
"It's important to separate the intellectual property of the NFT and the NFT itself."
Gathering The Riffraff
Tencent provides "significant" investment to RiffRaff Games
Joshua Boggs rebrands MayDay, hires Guy 'Yug' Blomberg as studio director
Going Strong
SuperGaming's Silly Royale surpasses 17 million downloads following Squid Games-inspired event
Squid Games-inspired in-game event a key driver
All About Indies
Seven reasons why Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle is the place to be for indie developers
Get a glimpse of the number of opportunities available for indie developers at our upcoming May conference in Seattle
Jockeying Into Position
Former EA and Zynga veterans raise $3.5 million for blockchain mobile games
Beginning with horse-related NFT games Photo Finish Live and The Suites
Integration For Indies
Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs
Providing access to metaverse-building tools
Expanding Studios
Lockwood opens new office in Cambridge Science Park and expands key development hub
Lisbon studio is also expanding
Looking Past Facebook Stats
DIY Keyboard: from TikTok marketability to global success
DIY Keyboard reached the top five games charts in 70 countries. But this game never passed CPI according to Facebook KPIs - how did this game break the boundaries and come to life?
Into Android
Scuti expands marketplace to Android with solitaire game Mahjong Deluxe
Cross-platform rewards
Games Dev In Ukraine
iLogos on games dev in Ukraine: "Working in days of war is a heroic act. We call this a fight, not on the battlefield but on the economical frontline."
Games solutions provider discusses continuing full-cycle games production during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Frvr = Forever
Casual games platform FRVR raises $76 million
Over 1.5 billion players to date, with millions of DAUs
Buying On Binance
Axes Metaverse surpasses $4 million ahead of closed alpha version
14,000 chests sold during initial NFT sales
No Stopping Yet
AppQuantum surpasses 100 million downloads
Idle merge game Gold and Goblins is the most downloaded title
Lovely Luna
IronSource launches app marketing platform Luna
Combines capabilities of subsidiaries Bidalgo and Luna Labs
Time For Fun
Tripledot acquires mobile game livestream platform Live Play Mobile
Looks to aggressively scale its live bingo game
Going Bananas
Animoca Brands transitions Benji Bananas to play-to-earn, enters Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem
Begins with Benji Pass NFT collection, can be swapped for ApeCoin
Pg Connects Interviews
Video interview: Playstack on creating in-game ads that better suit the players
"In some instances, there are more adverts than gameplay."
F2p Funding
Lila Games raises $10 million to develop its first F2P shooter
Series A led by Rainfall
Hypercasual Takes The Pie
Unity: Hypercasual game creation increased 137% in 2021
Report looks at revenue, monetisation, retention, engagement, and more
Big Savings
Last chance to save on your ticket to attend the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022!
Buy your tickets to our April 5th ceremony before prices rise at midnight tonight
Budge In
Tilting Point acquires children's mobile game developer Budge Studios
Gains access to popular children's IP
Joining The Dragon
Triple Dragon brings on Ritesh Thadani as head of business development
Former COO of Playstack and Pollen
Helpful Hires
Imagendary Studios hires Jason Hayes and Matt Cordner for audio and art skills
Both hires previously worked for Blizzard Entertainment
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: Playrix’s Marianna Vallejo on the importance of positive company culture and how to encourage more women into the games industry
“Aside from verbal encouragement and inspiring social network posts, I think the main incentive can be some kind of compensation for childcare”
Partner Up
Google Play brings new features for higher earning developers
Developers must generate over $5 million monthly and must be in "good standing" to qualify
Sonic Boom
SEGA announces Jinke as exclusive licensee of Sonic the Hedgehog mobile titles
Entertainment firm declared exclusive licensee of Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom in mainland China
Score And Earn
Update: Volt Games raises $1.5 million, led by Voodoo
Follows earlier pledge of $200 million to fund blockchain games
Hypercasual Knowhow
Homa Games acquires RisingHigh Academy for hypercasual development
Aims to create an "active and supportive" hypercasual games community
Collaborative Challenge
GameRefinery and CrazyLabs begin developer challenge with prizes up to $35,000
Testing marketability and retention
Party Time
Wondering where to network at GDC 2022? We have all the details!
If you’re headed to GDC, join us for our unmissable Metaverse Mixer next Tuesday, March 22 after hours
Crush It
Wildlife Studios is entering the blockchain, NFT, and Web3 space
Starting with flagship title Castle Crush
Community Made
Supercell expands Brawl Stars community competition to allow 2D designs
Winning designs have a chance to be feature in the game
Mobile Advertising
PocketGamer.biz presents the Mobile Monetiser Summit: Explore the future of mobile advertising
Attend this free half-day summit on April 5 to discover the latest trends and opportunities for monetisation
Server Services
Overwolf acquires server monetisation firm Tebex for $29 million
Generated over $500 million for creators since launching
Capital Raised To $6 Million
PopScreen Games closes series A funding round with Garena
Funding will accelerate development and expand the PopScreen team
International Women's Day
Infinite Arcade's Ekin Eris: "Compared to traditional businesses, the gaming scene in Turkey is more developed in gender equality."
The change to remote working, more women wanting to join the games industry, and ensuring the company values align with your own
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: “Our efforts of today will empower the women game developers of tomorrow.”
Renee Gittins of Phoenix Labs on how videogames are a key tool to empower women and minorities
Improved Experience
Xbox Cloud Gaming increased performance for iOS devices
Led to 35% increase in average play times
More Four-day Work Week Announcements
BANDAI NAMCO Mobile trials four-day working week
New working structure to focus on employee wellbeing while retaining innovation in F2P market
Gaming Grant
Code Coven receives $100,000 from Unity to run limited developer courses
Four eight-week long courses to run through 2022
Three Tiers
Vodafone Idea and Nazara launch mobile games subscription service Vi Games
Over 1,200 Android and web-based games available
Cumulative Campaign
Crypto Golf Impact pre-release to reward almost $150,000 to users
Distribution to 7,000 random Neopin wallet holders ahead of March 25 launch
Monetising Malaysia
Boost launches Boost Connect storefront to reach Malaysian gamers
Includes "must-have" mobile titles such as Genshin Impact, Free Fire, PUBG Mobile, and more
Four Finalists
NFL & Skillz Game Developer Challenge finalists revealed
Brainstorm Games, iGamebank, Play Mechanix, and Session Games in for a chance to have NFL-themed title officially published on the App Store and Google Play
Guessing The Growth
Global Industry Analysts: Mobile games market to reach almost $140 billion by 2026
Expected to reach $94.8 billion by the end of 2022