Going Public
Roblox shares to be listed at start of March
Company will be trading under RBLX "on or about" March 10th
Money Bags
App spending set to cross $270 billion a year by 2025
Europe is expected to lead the growth in revenue
Jobs In Games
"To see an idea drawn on digital paper turn into something playable is incredible"
Megagon Industries' Noah Carev on how to get a job in art
Helping Hand
UKIE launches new Devices For All campaign
The trade body has called on games companies to donate devices such as laptops to schools
Join The Party
Apple tries to bring Valve into its dispute with Epic
The Fortnite creator recently took its battle to EU antitrust regulators
Best Of Mobile Gaming
Celebrate the best in mobile gaming with Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #3 THIS WEEK!
Mark it in your calendar! The digital consumer showcase event returns to put the spotlight on developers as they present their exciting upcoming titles across multiple platforms.
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: what Stillfront’s results tell us about the company’s future
Gaming's dark horse reports astonishing year of M&A
What A Clash
Join Clash 3D tops the download charts for January 2021
The first time Among Us has not been at the top since August 2020
Going Public
Huuuge officially begins trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange
The IPO has been valued at $442 million
Taking Flight
Rovio appoints Ben Mattes as its SVP for future of gaming and Angry Birds brand strategy
He first joined the Angry Birds creator last summer
Seeking Protection
CD Projekt issuing DMCA strikes to stop Gwent source code social media posts
Follows this being stolen in a cyberattack earlier in February
Welcome Aboard
Celine Pasula to become Ubisoft RedLynx managing director
"I am extremely excited to start leading such a skilled and vibrant studio"
Welcome To The Family
Netmarble snaps up a majority stake in Kung Fu Factory
The WWE: Champions creator will become a Netmarble US subsidiary
Money Bags
Rovio continues to see good profitability despite drop in revenue
The Angry Birds creator generated $329.7 million in 2020
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga enters console market, Crash Bandicoot creative lead interview, and LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas
The hottest articles of last week
Aim, Fire
Rovio confirms April launch for upcoming fantasy RPG Darkfire Heroes
The game has been in soft launch since August 2019
Welcome To The Family
Lucid Sight snaps up multiplayer game engine Colyseus
It will launch a cloud-based version later this month
Crash Grab?
King's pursuit to create "the Crashiest Crash game ever"
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run creative lead talks mobile adaption
You're Out
Velan to make a dodgeball game called Knockout City for EA
Set to launch later this year
Get Connected
Social media platform eFuse raises $6 million in funding
Known as the "Linkedin for gamers"
Money Money Money
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund invests $3 billion in major games companies
Split across Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts and Activision
Poc In Mobile
"To improve diversity across all industries I implore each and every individual to care"
Rovio senior game designer Harshal Karvande on how people need to push diversity
Going Digital
GDC to go all digital again in 2021
In-person plans have been scrapped due to COVID-19
Xplatform Play
Zynga’s plan to accelerate growth in 2021
COO Matt Bromberg on the road ahead
Welcome To The Family
EA completes its purchase of Codemasters
The pair hope to usher in "an exciting new era for racing games"
Mentally Strong
New study finds that 91% of gamers recognise the importance of mental health
Toxic behaviour in games continues to negatively impact mental health
Switch It Up
The Nintendo Switch successor needs to have "new forms of entertainment"
The Switch is at the midpoint of its lifecycle
Gamedev Seminar
Check out the inaugural Mobile GameDev Seminar 2021
Hear from leading industry professionals from Rovio, Facebook Gaming and more
Be Ready
Mobile firms band together to form the Post-IDFA Alliance
To offer support following Apple's IDFA changes
Winning Combinations
Very accessible, highly competitive: the top grossing Bingo games
Crunching the data with App Annie
Making Of
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure's journey to plant one million trees around the world
"We’ve already planted over 450,000 trees so we’re almost halfway there!"
Welcome Aboard
Room 8 hires Eric Williams as senior director of business development
"Eric Williams shares the team’s values to the fullest"
Your Next Event
Mark it in your calendars! Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 goes live on April 19-23
Make new connections and learn from the games industry’s top experts as the biggest mobile games B2B conference returns online this Spring!
Pgc Digital
2021 off to a flying start with last week's Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Connecting the global games industry to network, do business and learn from experts
On The Hunt
Zynga set to enter console market with Star Wars: Hunters
The FarmVille maker appeared during last night's Nintendo Direct
Switch Direct
Skyward Sword, Splatoon 3, Mario Golf and more coming to Nintendo Switch
Announced as part of the latest Nintendo Direct
Money Bags
Netmarble saw substantial growth in 2020
It generated $2.25 billion in FY2020
Webinar
Webinar: Join Tenjin, Gamejam and Mintegral as we look forward to mobile in 2021
The webinar kicks off on February 18th at 6pm GMT
Keep Watching
Twitch and Facebook Gaming break viewership records
More than two billion hours were viewed on Twitch in January
Top Of The World
Honor of Kings reigns as top-grossing mobile title in January 2021
Followed by PUBG Mobile
This Instant
Artie secures $10 million in seed funding to make instant games
It will eliminate the need for additional app downloads
The Epic Continues
Epic takes case against Apple to EU antitrust regulators
The company wants to "restore competition on iOS"
Let's Get Creative
IGDA teams up with Grant for the Web to create the Diverse Game Developers Fund
$300,000 will go towards aiding with prototypes, scholarships and game jams
Book Your Place
Develop your existing skills and learn new ones with the next series of PocketGamer.Biz MasterClasses
Access essential insight from the finest games industry mentors with these deep-dive workshops
Cold Feet
Microsoft acquiring Bethesda gave Google cold feet about Stadia games business
Search giant talked up how well everything was going just five days before announcing it was closing its first-party studios
Cloud Nine
Gamestream partners with Telekom Slovenije and Bouygues Telecom
"The Gamestream telecommunications partnership network continues to expand at a rapid rate across the globe"
Indie Spotlight
BeautiFun Games studio head Aniol Alcaraz and the adventure of Professor Lupo: Ocean
"It’s difficult for indies to survive nowadays"
Dream Team
AdInMo partners with digital out of home network Lemma Technologies
"Our partnership with AdInMo is an attempt to offer advertisers easy access to multi-screen audiences across DOOH as well as the mobile ad realm"
Dream Team
Newzoo forms partnership with Apptopia
"Together, we aim to create unique and valuable insights into the world of mobile games and beyond"
Trainers Unite
Pokémon Unite regional beta set to launch in Canada
Players must be over the age of 16 and can only be accessed on Android devices