Steady Growth
My.Games reports steady YoY revenue growth of 2.3% for Q3 2021
Mobile games contribute 75% of overall quarterly revenue
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25 Every Month
Pokémon Masters EX adds new in-app bundles
The recent dev letter outlines upcoming plans for the game
More Catching
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have a nostalgic early-purchase bonus
Pokémon Legends: Arceus has gifts for early purchasers too
Event
Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum live event returns
Hong Kong's DELF offers international online access this December 10th to 12th
Terraria Triumphs Again
Terraria Mobile sells over one million units three week after Chinese debut
Will roll out to Greater China territories starting next year
News
Sentry begins catching and monitoring issues in Unity
More than 800 game development companies currently use Sentry
News
Chipotle is the first restaurant brand to open in Roblox
This comes as part of Chipotle’s 21st Boorito celebration
Live And Kicking
Five years on, how Gardenscapes changed the match-three market
The game hit 11.5 million DAU in 2020
Funding Fanatics
Thunderful Group acquires Robot Teddy for $13.7 million
Will lead newly established in-house investment arm, Thunderful Investment
Ka-ching
US social casino users still spending post-pandemic; Q2 2021 was a record $260 million
iOS social casino spending in US reached $1 billion during height of pandemic
Pg Connects
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New Tricks
The Play-to-Earn evolution
How blockchain is changing gaming and its communities
Bloomin' Lovely
Niantic and Nintendo launch Pikmin Bloom
Will roll out globally, starting with Australia and Singapore
Done Deal
Behind the scenes of Sumo's $8.3 million acquisition of Auroch Digital
Sumo commercial director Dean Trotman and Auroch studio director Tomas Rawlings talk
Business Time
Why Mamboo Games is making the leap from hypercasual to hybrid-casual
CEO Ivan Leshkevich talks about the studio's future as it focuses on hybrid-casual games
Rewarded
Animoca-backed Gamee launches Arc8, its blockchain mobile gaming platform
Play and win crypto
New Ways
Admix raises $25 million to monetise the metaverse
Advertising tech is moving with the times
News
Next Games and Netflix launch Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales
The game features exclusive content based on the Stranger Things series
Expansion
Outfit7 relocates head office to Limassol
Will scale team to support company growth
Jumping The Baby Shark
PUBG Mobile partners up with Baby Shark
Players will be able to earn emotes and themed gear
Optimize This
How ASO influences metrics: a closer look
Azur Games gets into deep details
Forging New Alliances
Goodgame Studios launches in-house publishing arm, starting with mobile
Its debut is War Alliance from Magnific Games
Making Of
Why Heroes of the Dark is Gameloft Sofia's most ambitious project yet
Gameloft game lead Damian Damianov talks the difficulty of creating a hybrid mobile game
Marketing Magnification
IronSource acquires mobile marketing outfit Bidalgo
Second acquisition during October
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U-turn
ByteDance lays off Ohayoo employees following CCP gaming crackdown
News follows restrictions on under 18s play time
Ad Insight
How to prepare your game’s monetisation strategy for the future
Learn about the growing trends in app monetisation and what you can do to stay ahead of the curve in Episode 5 of the PocketGamer.biz Podcast
Heir Apparent
PUBG: New State will launch worldwide on November 11
Has surpassed 50 million pre-registrations
Highlighting Diversity
Wooga's Switchcraft leads the way for casual puzzle mobile game diversity
63% of main cast come from BIPOC backgrounds, with 38% LGBTQ+
Get Job
Nordic Game Talents aims to help game dev recruitment in Nordic region
Three day event starts 27 October
Slash & Earn
Play Store subscription rev share lowered to 15% from January 1
On-demand music streaming and eBook services eligible for 10% service fee
News
The Battle of Polytopia IAPs have generated $185,000 for African solar power investment
Investments made through Swedish company Trine
Play & Learn
Language learning game Influent lands on iOS devices
Brings new features and language packs
Beyond Games
Tracks for November's Beyond Games conference have been revealed
10 exciting and innovating tracks are heading your way this November, from exploring the metaverse to discovering the latest transmedia trends
Meaty Milestone
SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off surpasses 50 million downloads
Coincides with launch of Halloween event
New Hire
Skillz appoints Vatsal Bhardwaj as chief product officer
Will aid in scaling the teams, operational practices, and systems
Buzzing
Garena leads $12 milllion round into Kazoo Games
It's building midcore casual games
Mobile First
Going mobile-first, Facebook Gaming now has 45 cloud games available
Partnering with leading mobile game publishers, including Jam City, My.Games and Gameloft
Roblox Rave
Roblox announces World Party, its first metaverse music festival
Virtual performances from EDC Las Vegas 2021 roster starts 23 October
By The Numbers
Power in numbers: Improbable on why you should enable crossplay
A new report from Improbable highlights the value of crossplay in reaching the planet's 3.2 billion gamers
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Return To Source
Jagex Partners to publish RuneScape-inspired Melvor Idle
First game from Perth-based Games by Malcs
Idle World
How N3TWORK grew Idle Inn Tycoon’s revenue to $2 million in three months
The Idle Opportunity
Packing The Pie
Social gaming platform Piepacker raises $12 million for mobile expansion
Backed by Lego Ventures
Record Revenue
MAG Interactive records strongest year in company history, reaching $33.3 million
Q4 net sales grew by 26%
Time For Giving
IronSource’s SuperXmas campaign offers hypercasual holiday cheer
Games will receive cash prizes based on release date and CPI
Poc In Mobile
Hutch head of art Ravinder Singh Ruprai on challenging the status quo
"We must ensure that the goal of equal representation is actually equal"
Huawei Global
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Boosting Blockchain
Animoca Brands raises a further $65 million at +$2 billion valuation
Investors include Com2uS and Ubisoft