Seeded
Order of Meta raises $1.5 million in a round led by Play Ventures
Will release its first game in 2022
Magical Launch
Harry Potter: Magic Awakened gives NetEase its first Tencent-beater since 2016
It's the biggest game of 2021 in China
Indie View
JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army
Dance Army placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Asia's Finest
Tickets for G-STAR conference available now
Korea's games event returns this November with b2b discounts available when you buy a Pocket Gamer Connects ticket
News
IronSource acquires Tapjoy for $400 million
The intention is to increase IronSource’s SDK footprint
Indie View
Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat
Sneacat placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Make New Connections
Connect with developers, publishers and investors at the new PG Investor and Publisher Connector
Welcome to a brand new free event where game developers meet prospective publishers and investors
Fashion Sense
Zynga's High Heels hits one hundred million downloads
The hypercasual hit has had over one hundred million downloads in only 11 months attracting leading fashion house Kenneth Cole as a partner
Spread The Load
Lucid Sight raises $2.6 million to bring Colyseus Arena multiplayer tech to the cloud
The service handles server management, infrastructure and scaling
Thinking Differently
Supercell-invested startup Papukaya decloak, talks about making games for non-gamers
Now hiring too
Card Sharp
Murka to acquire solitaire development company Mobile Deluxe
Studio acquisition will diversify Murka's portfolio and provide the company with over one million daily average users
Get In Free
Here are six ways you can attend Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT - free
You can attend next month’s top B2B mobile games industry conference without spending a single penny
Disputed
Kixeye shareholders file lawsuit against Stillfront over $30 million earnout
The allegation is breach of earn-out agreement
A New Way To Pay
The slow inexorable rise of Skillz
Andrew Paradise on a decade to the tipping point
Monetise The Metaverse
Anzu partners with Roblox creators, bringing in-game ads to platform
Will provide an additional revenue stream for creators
Deep Dive
Analytics platform Dive integrates with Roblox
40 million DAUs to mine
What To Do
6 top tips for game devs to adapt to app store and privacy regulation changes
Find out more on 26 October
Ad Insight
81% of media buyers plan in-game ad spending increase over next 12 months
Results of Admix survey of 400
What's Next?
Get your holiday season all wrapped up
Discover ways to help grow your game downloads and increase your year-end sales
Already Growing
Ragnarok Origin reaches 400,000 pre-registrations
Adds Genshin Impact’s Lilypichu and ProZD as voice talent
Ada Lovelace
Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day
We talk to some inspiring women in tech and find out their tips and advice for other women wanting to break into STEM fields
Now Live
Tilting Point and Carry1st publish SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off in Africa
One game, 54 countries
Rocket Fuel
Ludus invests in three Turkish mobile game startups
Istanbul cluster is blooming
Switchcraft Sorceress
Wooga launches magical themed match-3 Switchcraft worldwide
Features wider diversity in narrative, such as sexuality and disability
New Head
My.Games appoints Philippe Sauze as Head of Europe operations
Sauze brings over 17 years of industry experience
Inspiration Online
Mobile marketing is crucial for a successful app in the post-COVID-19 era
SocialPeta provides insight into global ad campaigns to help developers find their inspiration
Tangled Web
Apple files appeal against in-app links to alternative payments ruling
The federal judge has ruled in favour of Apple for nine of ten counts
Hypermoney
Homa Games raises $50 million to scale hypercasual
Series A was led by Northzone
Anti-competition Agony
App Store payments are anti-competitive rules Dutch antitrust authority
Demanded changes to in-app payment system following investigation
Games Growth
Weekly consumer mobile games spend grows by 35% in Q3 2021
Emerging markets are contributing to the ongoing increase in consumer spend
Mgvc Makes Moves
My.Games Venture Capital invests into Tworogue Games and Wideview Games
Acquires minority stake with option to purchase full control in future
Cracking
Trivia Crack Adventure does 10 million downloads
Launched in November 2020
Still Growing
MTG appoints Daniel Frechen as new Head of M&A and Strategy
Looking to continue its build-and-grow activity
Growth Initiative
Nazara raises $42 million to fund growth initiatives and acquisitions
Will issue 1,429,266 equity shares
Big Backing
Bitkraft Ventures launches $75 million fund for blockchain gaming
Will invest in cryptocurrency, NFTs and blockchain equity
Ballistic For Blockchain
OP Games raises $8.6 million to combine blockchain, NFTs and DAOs
Plans to support 500 games by end of 2022
Not Dead Yet
6 years on The Walking Dead: No Man's Land does 23 million downloads, $151 million revenue
Will host in-game anniversary events
In Play Insight
How mobile games can monetise to their full potential with In-Play
Admix's Chloe Cave and Natalia Pakhomova share their insights on how to make the most of brands' unprecedented focus on gaming
New Entrant
MZ and Rovio vets launch Original Games with $6 million seed round
Investment led by Play Ventures
News
Zynga closes $525 million StarLark acquisition, expands portfolio with Golf Rival
Zynga’s international footprint expands with a studio in China
News
FeoFun and Black Candy are first winners of IronSource's Supersonic Superstars contest
The second group of winners will be announced in November
Open To Offers
The Offer Wall brings new opportunities for publishers and advertisers
Create more seamless monetisation
Splash Out
AppLovin purchases MoPub from Twitter for $1 billion cash
Will integrate into existing mobile ad platform
Genshin Strikes Gold
Genshin Impact has best month ever, generating $342 million in September 2021
Generated highest monthly revenue for a mobile game this year
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Supercell is the only dev with a top 10 strategy game that isn't 4X
Clash of Clans is the outlier
Deal Or Deal?
Game M&A and funding volume hits $71 billion in 2021 to-date
Volume is already more than double 2020
Big Indie Pitch
Musical traffic game Mr. Traffic wins the first ever Big Hypercasual Pitch
Winner breakdown
Welcome Back
Zynga opens pre-registration for FarmVille 3
Players can flock to the game on November 4th
Last Chance
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Last chance to book your Super Early Bird ticket
Transforming Brand Success
Top War Transformers brand integration sets new day one revenue record
The high profile brand integration from Hasbro, managed by Yodo1, pushed TopWar up the global mobile game charts