Reaching Rpgs
Ten Square Games acquires 24.8% of Gamesture for $3.5 million
Will expand the firm's portfolio to include RPGs, such as Questland and Slash & Roll
International Women's Day
Zynga's Nicole Hartvig David: "To attract more women in gaming, we need to ensure that they are equally represented as the face of the industry"
Maternity and paternity leave, childcare, and inclusive activities needed for greater gender representation, says Zynga VP of marketing Nicole Hartvig David
Most Read
Hot Five: Supercell removes games from Russia, Netflix Games appoints Roberto Barrera, and Embracer Group completes Asmodee acquisition for $3.01 billion
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Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: "Engaging with people with different perspectives with openness and curiosity can transform a team and what that team can make"
Original Fire Games' Carolina Mastretta on inspiring leaders and why diversity in the workplace is so important
Indie View
Very Big Indie Pitch runner-up Hamdo Games discuss pitching Our Last Halloween
We talk to Hamdo Games' Parham Sorooshian about The Very Big Indie Pitch
Indian Esports
Indian esports and game streaming platform Loco raises $42 million
Backed by PUBG Mobile developer Krafton
Tracklist Reveal
Discover the topics you can expect to explore with leading experts at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
PG Connects is returning to Seattle with a bang! Don’t miss out on seeing these unmissable tracks
Four Years Of Fun
Honkai Impact 3rd artwork exhibition celebrates four years of global launch
Will visit locations worldwide, including Berlin, New York, and San Paolo
Bringing Blockchain Brain
Playtika hires Jacob Mendel to leverage blockchain expertise
Having led blockchain initiative at J.P Morgan and Intel
In Game Ads
50% of mobile publishers will be using in-game ads by the end of 2022
Half of the world's game publishers will be making use of in-game ads by the end of 2022 according to bullish predictions from ad-specialist Adverty CEO Thorbjorn Warin
Retro Revival
SNK to bring 10 retro games to cloud games platform Piepacker
Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown IV, The King of Fighters ‘98, and more
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: Eve Crevoshay of Take This focuses on the importance of prioritising your well-being
"We don’t serve everyone unless everyone is represented at the design table."
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: Cami Smith explains why perseverance is key to success in the games industry
"[The games industry] is an industry filled with passion, new ideas, and storytellers that create incredible environments, characters, and sounds."
Ar Acquisition
Niantic acquires 8th Wall to empower AR metaverse
Expanding the reach of Niantic Lightship tools
International Women's Day
"To all women considering joining the games industry or building their own company - I did it. You can too."
Game Jolt's Yaprak DeCarmine discusses breaking out of gaming's social strata, the importance of passion, perseverance, and kindness, and four key priorities when forming your own company
Bringing Bloom
Orlando Bloom joins King of Avalon as a limited-time playable character
Orlando the Nightshard enters medieval Europe
Warzone On The Go
Activision to bring Warzone to mobile
Aiming to tap in to enormous mobile market
Co-head Of Games
Galaxy Interactive appoints Ryan You as co-head of gaming division
Will also operate as partner and managing director
Big Reveal
Meet the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022 finalists
The finalists are now unveiled! Take a look at all the finalists for this year’s Mobile Games Awards ahead of our Central London ceremony on April 5
Third Round
Makers Fund raises $500 million for third investment fund
Will continue to invest in founders that are "evolving and innovating" the games ecosystem
Advising Aviagames
AviaGames appoints former Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl as senior advisor
Earl will advise on business and content strategy, and more
Reversing A Ruling
EA’s $11 million fine over loot boxes overturned
As ruled by the Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division
Experienced Team
Scopely makes $20 million investment in Burlingame Studios
Studios will partner to develop an "all new experience"
International Women's Day
Updated: Mobile Mavens: bringing more women into the mobile games industry
Platform female trialblazers, stop punishing parenthood, and combat imposter syndrome
Skill-based Spending
Tether Studios surpasses $250 million lifetime revenue
Over 30 million downloads across 27 titles
Modern Mobile Gaming
Tapjoy: Women play on mobile more times per day than men
Over 50% of mobile gamers prefer ads over pay-to-play
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: "If you have faith in your skills and expertise those will prevail."
Jacki Vause of Dimoso on the next great opportunities for the mobile games market
International Women's Day
"The number of female designers in the games industry is higher than ever, but this doesn’t apply to developer and management roles"
Playable Factory's Gökçe Nur Oğuz talks the women joining the Turkish mobile games industry
Sporting Sales
Monster League Studios launching NFT esports platform Mokens League
Prioritising gameplay
Pg Connects Interviews
Video interview: AWS Game Tech on the diverse functionality of cloud gaming
AWS Game Tech's Eric Morales details the evolving needs met by cloud gaming and functionality, both for the developers and players
#raisethegame
Ukie: 56% of games industry professionals prefer a hybrid working model
The firm's second UK games industry census examines the effects of the pandemic on working attitudes and diversity of workforce
Social-first Games
Playwind Games raises $4 million, backed by Garena
Will use the funds to support development and future growth
P2e Esports
Ignite Tournaments raises $10 million to create mobile P2E esports platform
Back by Animoca Brands
Rovio Removes Games
Rovio pulls games from Russia and Belarus
In-app purchases disabled for games that have already been downloaded
Revenue Rise
Flexion sees 52% Q4 revenue growth to $13.8 million
Strongest quarter in company history
Unified With Unity
Anzu joins Unity’s Verified Solutions Partner programme
The first in-game advertising company on the programme
Zero Cell Count
Supercell halt game downloads in Russia and Belarus
Removes titles from app stores, new downloads prevent, access for existing players to be suspended
Loot Box Lawsuit
Take-Two faces class-action lawsuit over loot boxes
Claimant seeks $5 million in damages
Snapdragon Esports
ESL Gaming partners with Qualcomm for multi-genre mobile esports competitions
Snapdragon Pro Series will provide "high quality" mobile esports experiences
Cricket Collab
Vorto Gaming partners up to bring blockchain to Cricket Star Manager
Vorto Gaming, Gold Town Games, and CS Games collaborate
International Women's Day
Emma Raz: How I found my way into gaming
NumberEight's Emma Raz profiles her change from cybersecurity to mobile gaming, what she loves about the industry, and ways it can better support women
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: "No matter how empathetic someone may be... they will still never know how it feels to be any other person"
Fertessa Allyse of Funko Games on the portrayal of women in games
Aquisition Approved
Update: Embracer Group acquires Asmodee for $3.01 billion
Additional consideration of almost $400 million to be paid upon conditions being met
Ad Partnership
Bidstack partners with Xaxis to provide ads across portfolio
Will provide access to Bidstack's 70+ games portfolio
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2022: Celebrating the women of Steel Media
From editorial and events, to sales and marketing, women are leading the way at Steel Media
Donating Profits
Room 8 pledges 2022 net profits to humanitarian aid in Ukraine
Will support initiatives focused on rebuilding the country and supporting refugees
Standards Stated
South Korea approves new app marketplace rules
Apple and Google required to allow third-party payments
Speaker Spotlight
IWD22: "The 'metaverse' trend has been significantly overblown and disproportionately emphasised"
Kate Edwards of Geogrify’s on inclusive game-making
Raising Round
Griffin Gaming Partners raises $750 million for its second fund
Biggest games-based VC fund to date will focus on Web3 and social platforms
Interoperable Transferrable Permanent
The economy of the metaverse - why NFTs are big news for branding
Owen Ma, co-founder and head of partnerships at Epik, explains why NFTs may be the future of licensing in games