Making Of
Designing Doctor Who to be 'bigger on the inside' for mobile
Going all "timey wimey" with Maze Theory and Kaigan Games
What Are The Odds?
Casino was the second-biggest genre in the US in Q4 2020
It accounted for 17.2 per cent of mobile games revenue
Money Bags
Activision Blizzard's Kotick to recieve $200 million
As the company makes various layoffs
"complex Year"
Update: King confirms only one employee "affected" by Activision layoffs
Activision Blizzard reportedly lets go nearly 190 employees
You Better Werk
Leaf Mobile secures the rights for a RuPaul's Drag Race mobile game
To be developed by East Side Games
Foul Ball
Glu Mobile launches MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2021
The franchise has 45 million downloads
Indie Spotlight
Three Legged Egg founder Zoltan Lading on why Hungary is just as difficult as anywhere else for recruiting talent
"Nintendo Switch was an obvious choice of platform"
Vip Players
5 ways to deliver premium customer service to your VIP players
Goodbay's Sapan Shahani discusses effective ways to satisfy your big spenders
Career Boosters
Grow your games industry know-how with short, sharp webinars by Riot Games, Square Enix, Imperia Online, Roblox and more
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Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Playcrafting CEO Dan Butchko on the power of brands in game jams
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 kicks off on April 19th
Show Me The Money
Playstudios predicts $269.9m in revenue for 2020
It expects myVegas to aid performance in 2021
In The Clouds
Cloud games specialist Ubitus receives backing from Tencent
As well as Sony and Square Enix
Money Bags
Overwolf raises $52.5 million in Series C funding round
It also launched user generated content platform CursedForge
Helping Hand
Fundamentally Games teams up with Buzz Capital for new User Acquisition Testing Program
The company will offer support to devs at an earlier stage
Every Little Helps
Google Play commission to lower to 15% for first $1 milion
The change will come into effect on July 1st
To The Victors
Revealed: All the winners at the Pocket Gamer Awards 2021
After two and a half months of nominations and voting, the final count is in and the list of winners is out
Booked Up
Jagex and Dark Horse team up to release RuneScape companion book
The history of the iconic RPG will be documented
Over The Horizon
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Nintendo's fastest-selling game in Europe
Seven million copies have been sold since its March 2020 launch
Welcome To The Family
Zynga welcomes Bernice Wong as a new senior experience designer
She previously worked for Pixelberry Studios
Done Deal
"Being part of a larger company definitely brings security"
How The Chinese Room was acquired by Sumo Digital
Welcome Aboard
Bandai Namco Mobile hires Tania Anta as its new game developer
She previously worked for Ubisoft and Social Point
Incredible Indies
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Get Hyper
My.Games invests in hypercasual publisher Espresso Publishing
It has a minority stake but could acquire controlling shares
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: A Thinking Ape's Chloe Chan to host talk on top workflow hacks
PGC Digital #6 kicks off on April 19th
Good Show
Top-performing titles have a 45% higher D7 retention rate
Games live streams generated 11 billion hours in viewship in just over a year
Sitdown With Rollic
Rollic CEO talks Zynga acquisition, top-charting games, and how to dominate a fast-paced hypercasual market
Burak Vardal looks back on the last six months
Man Alive
Playstudios launches myVegas Bingo
The first mobile bingo game to have real-life rewards
Money Bags
Team17 experiences sixth straight year of growth thanks to new releases
Revenue grew 34% to £83 million
Biggest And Best
Klaas Kersting on why mobile gaming remains best for revenue and growth
Phoenix Games’ CEO on the future
No-brainer
FunPlus teams with AMC to bring The Walking Dead to State of Survival
"We're thrilled to partner with AMC and The Walking Dead to bring our two worlds together"
Building Up
Super Mario was one of LEGO's "most successful theme launches"
The interactive set was released last year
Event
Hamburg Games Conference gears up for first multiplayer online B2B event for the games industry on March 16th and 17th
New teaser video shows off the Virtual Expo, business area with video matchmaking and how easy it will be to get in touch with other HGC attendees
Switch It Up
Nintendo has sights set on record breaking Switch and software sales
A pro Switch is to be released later this year
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: How Epic Games’ acquisitions fuel its metaverse ambitions
The MTM team digs into Epic's purchases and how they'll power its digital worlds
Ninten-yay
Nintendo Switch games made up 51% of UK games sales in February
Switch hardware sales are up 81% so far this year
Lock And (re)load
Tomb Raider Reloaded unearths a soft launch
New action-arcade title set to launch in 2021
Playx4
Korean B2B gaming event PlayX4 to take place online on 10th - 14th May
Almost 300 games companies attended in 2019
Mobile Madness
Mobile was the top-earning games platform in 2020
The games industry is expected to have revenues of $189.3 billion this year
Live Reveal
Who will be the winners at tomorrow's Pocket Gamer Awards 2021?
The public has nominated and voted for its favourite mobile games. Join us for the live stream TOMORROW as we reveal which games take home the trophies
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: "User-generated content will take centre stage in the months to come," says Overwolf CEO Uri Marchand
PGC Digital #6 kicks off on April 19th
Hey Big Spender
US consumer spending hit $4.6 billion in February 2021
The Nintendo Switch continues to be the best-selling console
Proving Popular
Join Clash 3D continues to dominate the downloads charts
Zynga experienced its best ever month for installs
Most Read
Hot Five: Women in Games week, Supersonic hypercasual contest winners and Stillfront hires new SVP
The hottest articles from the last week
International Women's Week
"Games companies and media platforms need to take more responsibility when it comes to addressing toxicity and harassment"
Women in Games week culminates with BAFTA Games host Elle Osili-Wood
Women's Week
Miriam Aguirre: "Without support, a scenario can emerge where many women won’t even try to join the industry"
Skillz CTO Miriam Aguirre on making the industry accessible from leadership roles
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile Jobs Weekly: Former EA Mobile director joins Riot, Call of Duty: Mobile snaps up ex-Lionsgate coordinator and Stillfront appoints senior VP
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
Network And Connect
Join us for an informal online get-together this April at the Games Industry Gathering during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6
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International Women's Week
Kelly Vero: "Don't step down because you're 40 or 45. Step up and say that crunching is bullsh*t instead"
Vero shares with us her experience across 25 years in games
Excuse Me
PlaySide Studios is creating a Legally Blonde game
To be released on iOS and Android devices
Banned
TikTok gets the boot from Pakistan, again
Due to "obscene content"