New Boss
Saad Choudri appointed as Miniclip CEO
The role has been taken over from Jurgen Post
Xmas Mixer
Reconnect with industry friends and meet new faces at the Pocket Gamer Xmas Mixer
Celebrate the start of the festive season and network with games industry professionals on December 7th
Welcome Home
Playrix launches new studio with Daily Magic as co-developer
Working remotely between US and Europe on Homescapes
Mobile Games Index
Bagelcode and Socialpoint dominate new Mobile Games Index from adjoe and Statista
Data experts adjoe and Statista take a deep dive into the global mobile games leaders with the first edition of the Mobile Games Index
Tale Of Two Oses
UA cost for core games are rising, especially on iOS
But casual games are getting cheaper to advertise
Eyes On China
Swrve now gives Western mobile game devs a full picture of their performance in China
Swrve is fully operational in China on AWS
Live And Kicking
Why user generated content is key in Trivia Crack
Etermax chief product officer Mariano Fraguila talks content delivery and experimentation
News
Playtertainment announces $5 million funding round
Previous seed funding round raised £3 million
Bidding Wars
GameAnalytics launches mediation platform HyperBid
Promises developers will get the highest bid from the highest offer every time
New Worlds
Classic MMORPG remake Ragnarok Origin now live
Gravity's got a new game
Add On
Anzu adds David Cox as a strategic advisor
Ad platform strengthens team
Rethinking Ua
Paving the way for success without the IDFA
The numerous benefits of tapping into non-personalised ad traffic
Green Fingers
Sybo Games partners with Ecologi to plant 200,000 trees
Play 2 Plant event in Subway Surfers will see players contributing to tree planting goal
Key Period
Tapjoy’s report highlights the importance of advertising to mobile gamers during the holidays
Two-thirds of users will play mobile games at least three times per day
Starring Role
Unity acquires Weta Digital, its tools and 275 staff for $1.6 billion
A cash plus stock deal
Happy Campers
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp surpasses $250 million
Nintendo’s second best performing mobile title
More Eyeballs
Zynga sees Q3 FY21 sales up 40% to $705 million
Hypercasual games boost ad revenues
Hypercasual Hit Factory
Introducing PlayEmber - a new hypercasual heavy hitter
Join-venture between App Design Company and Boomhits is aiming to shake up the hypercasual games market
On The Up
Roblox sees Q3 FY21 revenue rise 102% to $509 million
Roblox was played for more than 11 billion hours this quarter
Mark-up
AudioMob raises $14 million at $110 million valuation
Will scale recently opened offices in London and Abu Dhabi
Merging The Worlds
Niantic to license its Lightship ARDK dev kit to developers
Also establishes $20 million fund to invest in devs
Open All Hours
App Store developer submissions to remain open during Christmas
Previously Apple would close down for the holidays
Making Of
How Retro Bowl went from a simple RPG to a number one sports game
New Star Games' Simon Read talks the making of a touchdown mobile game
Nfts Everywhere
Ready Games goes live with NFTs in Icon: Avatar Fashion Metaverse
Epik is the exclusive NFT technology provider
Minting
Zynga appoints its first VP of blockchain gaming
Matt Wolf will lead the charge
Easy Play
Zynga announces TikTok-exclusive music dance game Disco Loco 3D
Now entering soft launch
Millions For Mods
User-generated content platform Mod.io raises $26 million
Forecasts user-generated content will increase by 400% by 2025
Vroom
Nascar’s crossover with Roblox sees the addition of next gen race car
Follows a contest held on Reddit
Drowzee Delays
Pokémon TCG Live release pushed back to 2022
To provide players with a "more polished" experience
Event Latest
Gamesweek Zurich launches this week - sign up now
Gamesweek Zurich will take place for the first time from November 8th to 14th, a games festival turning the city of Zurich into a gaming experience
Israeli Investment
Voodoo makes "significant" investment into Israeli casual games developer Teskin
Developer of Jewels Planet, Jewel Empire and Candy Deluxe
Reasons To Attend
Six reasons why you won’t want to miss Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT
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Carry On Clashing
Clash Mini begins soft launch in Canada and Nordics
Supercell reveals more details about upcoming Clash titles
Diversify & Optimize
Apple’s privacy changes have reduced advertising costs for mobile puzzle games
Moloco's Henry Wang on planning for the future
Firing Ahead
Free Fire continues to outpace PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile
Growth is accelerating
Another Partnership
Miniclip partners with Byss Mobile to scale Nitro Jump Racing
Will provide post-launch support and updates
Last Chance
Meet your next business partner via curated matchmaking sessions at PGC Digital NEXT
You could meet your next publishing partner, investor or unearth hidden gems in game developers at our next online conference
Id Now
Niantic introduces Niantic ID allowing players to link accounts across titles
In-game usernames will not change
Steady Ship
G5's Q3 FY21 sales up 1% to $38 million
Gross margin up to 64%
Delayed Kickoff
Mobile release of Konami's eFootball 2022 postponed until spring 2022
The Premium Player Pack has been removed from sale
Usa Expansion
MPL appoints Xbox and Twitch veteran Matt McCloskey as GM of North America
Will oversee platform's growth in US
Pull Over
Kwalee’s Traffic Cop 3D tops App Store charts in USA, UK, and Canada
Top 10 casual game in 41 countries
Bank Shot
Miniclip partners with Coda Payments to expand 8 Ball Pool sales
Offers wide array of worldwide payment options
Accio Revenue
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened surpasses $228 million in less than two months since launch
Has best first month for Harry Potter mobile game
Milestone
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes hits $1.4 billion on 100 million downloads
EA Mobile's top game
Last Chance
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Up And Up
EA reports "strongest second quarter" in company history for Q2 FY22
Net revenues increased 29%, reaching $1.8 billion
Social Sharing
Medal.tv acquires Gif Your Game and Fuze.tv
Solidifying presence as social network within the PC and mobile games space
Lowered
Google Play Store tweaks payment terms in South Korea
Follows a new law passed in August
News
FarmVille 3 launches worldwide with special bonuses on offer for the first two weeks
Debuting on mobile and MacOS