More Play
64% of Millennials spent more time mobile gaming in past year
Results from Tapjoy's survey
Heating Up Hypercasual
Voodoo launches 'unlimited value' hypercasual development competition on 10 October
First prize guarantees a minimum of $1 million
Accelerate Development
Niantic acquires developer experience firm Hoss
Will assist in accelerating development of Lightship ARDK
Future-proof
What will you do when iOS and Android game CPMs eventually equalise?
Moloco's Henry Wang on planning for the future
Recap
The eighth digital edition of Pocket Gamer Connects was sensational
219 speakers and 1,200 attendees from 73 countries
What's Next?
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Save The Date
Discover what's NEXT in mobile games at the 9th digital edition of PG Connects
Explore new markets, new technologies, new opportunities, and beyond this November
Going Going Gone
Habbo pixel art NFTs sell out, generating $14 million of trading in 24 hours
Over 2,500 collectors participated in auction
20 Years
G5 Entertainment celebrates 20th birthday with special campaign for players
Presents for everyone
Boom Times
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis raises $152 million on a $3 billion valuation
Andreessen Horowitz leads the round
Making Of
How Behind the Frame tells a story from the painter's eye
Silver Lining Studio producer talks inspiration and storytelling
Moba Cash In
Mobile MOBAs generate $300 million a month
Honor of Kings leads the way
Head In The Cloud
Bluestacks X brings Android games to Mac, Linux, iOS and more
Currently offers over 200 Android games
Capital Move
French hypercasual dev 8SEC opens Paris office
Lyon startup is growing fast
Perfect Deal
Reliance partners with Simteractive to publish Eden Isle: Paradise Resort
Building from beta to global publishing
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: The Roblox approach to designing in the metaverse
"We incorporate the player and their uniqueness into the composition"
Nextgen
Next Games' second Game Developer Academy kicks off 4 October
Learning with hands-on experience
No Play
No new games were approved for release in China during August or September
Banhammer is swinging
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Jam City's Josh Yguado talks acquisitions, IP integration and the future of mobile games
Nowhere near peak gaming, he says
New Way To Pay
Voodoo buys Beach Bum to diversify monetisation from ads to IAPs
Israeli startup did $70 million in past 12 months
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PGC Digital: The importance of live ops
Imperia Online's Aleksandar Ivanov explains live ops and why you should use them
Powers Up
Product Madness acquires Polish mobile developer Playsoft
Looking to power-up its mobile games pipeline
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PGC Digital: How to enhance the first time user experience
Electric Square UX designer Kristina Miles talks retention
Kards On Mobile
1939 Games raises $5.3 million to bring Kards to mobile
Will land on iOS and Android in 2022
Going For Growth
AppFollow update promises increased insight
New update to AppFollow toolkit for optimised app growth is live
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PGC Digital: How to ideate in the hypercasual games space
Sunday Games' André Noller discusses standing out from the competition
News
Supercell-backed Trailmix releases its debut game Love & Pies
A recipe of puzzles and personalisation with a dash of mystery
Top Table
Joakim Achrén appointed Fingersoft's board
Finnish entrepreneur adds status
Funding Boom
Startup conglomerate Kepler Interactive raises $120 million from NetEase
Another roll-up player rolls up
Making An Impact
Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year
China, Japan and US are top three spenders
Speaker Spotlight
Roblox's Morgan Tucker on designing for the Metaverse
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
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PGC Digital: How to approach conflict with publishers
Six industry pros get together to talk best practices
Staffing Up
Admix expands, hiring Stefan Adamczyk as VP of Global Partnerships
Ex-AdColony SVP moves on
We're Jamming
Cookie Jam Blast breaks $100 million in lifetime spending
Data from App Annie
Bigger Screen
Genvid and Intel combine for 5G Project Monarch livestream gaming test
Downloads and installs not required
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PGC Digital: How to balance monetisation and increase retention
Facebook strategic partner managers talk boosting ad exposure
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PGC Digital: How to design in-game ad placements
AdInMo head of game design Nathan Bell gives 8 top tips
Word Up
Word Crack celebrates its tenth anniversary
Has surpassed 100 million downloads
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PGC Digital: What to expect from a publishing deal
Square Enix's Ed Perkins lists the dos and don'ts
Plain Speaking
Panivox decloaks its RichCast voice-driven interactive platform
Next generation of narrative audio experiences
Three Up
Big Idea Games, Golden Parachute and Mustard Games join N3twork's platform
More games, more scale
Making Of
How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick
TT Games Brighton studio head Jason Avent talks iteration
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PGC Digital: What makes a successful ad creative?
SocialPeta's Summer Liu discusses the key roles of creatives and how to optimise them
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PGC Digital: What do players want today that they will want tomorrow?
Admix CEO Samuel Huber discusses a resilient player-centric business model
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PGC Digital: IDFA effect on UA performance
Four industry pros explain the effects of changes in privacy and ways to adapt
Looking Good
Sulake launching 12,500 Habbo avatar NFTs
Auction for 10,000 will take place this week
Live Events 2022
Steel Media to return to live events in 2022, join us for the Pocket Gamer world tour!
Where will you connect with the global games industry next year?
Continue Spending
Weekly consumer spend on mobile games increases 35% in Q3 2021
Led by Roblox, Genshin Impact and Pokémon Go
It’s Today
It’s here - Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8 is live today
The leading B2B mobile games industry conference starts today and there’s still time to get involved
Speaker Spotlight
Miikka Luotio discusses the expansion of in-app payments
Find out more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8