Welcome Aboard
Admix makes two additions to its global leadership team
"Rob Norman and Nigel Morris foresaw the dramatic shifts to digital and social, long before others in the industry were ready"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Why Electronic Arts is acquiring Glu Mobile
The MTM team explains EA's decision to snap up Glu for an eye-watering $2.1B
Top Dog
Kwalee is top British mobile games publisher by downloads
"Our outlook is truly global, and we strive daily to reach hundreds of millions of players around the world"
Remote Relationships
Virtual but not distant: Building strong relationships remotely
Square Enix Montréal producer Derrick Aynaga shares his top tips for remote management
The Best In Mobile Games
Tell your community! Voting is OPEN for the Pocket Gamer Awards 2021
Nominations have closed and the next stage is here: make sure your games are put in the spotlight
Phone Case Study
The hypercasual publishing process: The story of Phone Case DIY
CrazyLabs takes a look at the success of developer Crikey's creative design game
In The Clouds
Microsoft is testing xCloud streaming via browsers
Public trial coming in the near future
Money Money Money
Colossi Games secures $2.5 million in seed funding
"This new funding will enable us to bring the game to life in a more advanced state and create more game-changing entertainment"
That's Just Super
Supercell saw great success in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic
"We, of course, are incredibly lucky to work in the games business"
Jobs In Games
"Investors will not give fuel to a fire that isn't already burning," says Shotcall CEO Thomas Gentle
Shotcall CEO and co-founder Thomas Gentle discusses his route into games.
Big Indie Pitch
Behind The Frame paints its way to victory at the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
We explore the top games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Check Those Ads
In-play ads dubbed 'most exciting format' for developers in 2021
According to a report from Admix
Come One Come All
Link's Awakening dev Grezzo is hiring for "medieval" and "stylish" project
Looking for a programmer, effects designer and UI designer
Game On
Google to bring "more than" 100 games to Stadia this year
"Over the next few weeks and months, players can expect to see everything from action-filled RPGs to competitive co-op titles and nimble platformers"
Competition
Unity claims its "real competition" is companies still making own engines, not Epic
But CFO Jabal points out the firm's dominance over the Fortnite maker in many areas
Welcome Aboard
The N3twork Scale Platform partners with Emerald City Games
It is set to publish its 10th game
Yoohoo
Yooka-Laylee dev Playtonic launches Friends publishing label
Firm is already working with three studios, details of first projects coming "soon"
Money Money Money
US consumers spent $4.71 billion on games products in January 2021
The Nintendo Switch proved to be the most popular hardware
Straight To The Top
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury experiences better launch than the original
It had the third best Switch release in the Mario franchise
On The Up
Roblox increases its US market share to nearly 5%
Just behind Playrix and King
Most Read
Hot Five: Blizzard working on free-to-play World of Warcraft, China approves 33 games, and Crash Bandicoot launches in March
The hottest articles of last week
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: "Gamers with disabilities have extra challenges on top of what you have already built"
Microsoft is set to re-launch its new Xbox Accessibility Guidelines on February 16th
Check Those Ads
Gadsme enters the in-game ads market
First company to enable CPC, CPA and CPI performance campaigns
A Good Deed
Solitaire Grand Harvest forms partnership with WWF
More than $100,000 will be donated throughout 2021
Poc In Mobile
LEGO's Ankur Suri explains the difficulties with visas if you live in a developing country
"It was easier to offer someone with less experience that was based locally"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Designing games with infleuncers in mind
"As each year passes it has become more imperative for influencers to be involved at each stage of a game"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Why Switch games need to hit a 70% rating or above for Nintendo to "deal with you"
The process was explained via Greenlight Games CEO and founder Dean Day
Making Of
How Rivengard looks to breathe new life into mobile turn-based strategy titles
"We felt that there was still a segment that was under-represented on mobile."
Helping Hand
Niantic launches Black Developers Initiative
To aid Black game and AR creators
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: How to build a good company culture
"I believe a lot of time and investment is needed on building and training for healthy team dynamics"
New Studio
Ten Square Games set to open Berlin studio, ex-Wooga Patrick McGrath at helm
Fast-growing studio adds third Euro location
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Making lasting changes to company culture
"For changes to be lasting it has to change the company DNA"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Why gaming is useful for activism
"Video games themselves can be political"
Welcome Aboard
Jacob Krüger joins Miniclip as head of user acquisition
"Looking forward to helping to drive growth, solve challenges and learn a lot in the years ahead"
Money Bags
Zynga experiences record breaking year with $1.97 billion in revenue
"In an unprecedented year, our talented and resilient teams finished Q4 strong, delivering our highest quarterly revenue and bookings in Zynga's history"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: 'A big part of live ops is being able to react,' says Square Enix's Albert Custodio Martinez
Topic discussed at length during Live Ops Landscape track
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What to expect from esports in 2021
"It has always been the year for esports. It sees phenomenal growth year-on-year"
So Life Like
Epic's MetaHuman allows you to create digital people quickly
“Up until now one of the most arduous tasks in 3D content creation has been constructing truly convincing digital humans"
It's A Match
Tilting Point to invest up to $60 million in Match 3D
"The potential of Match 3D was always incredible"
Switching It Up
Why the Asphalt series always made sense for Nintendo hardware
"The game’s performance on Nintendo Switch surpassed all our expectations."
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The benefits of adding a social influencer to an esports roster
"There are not enough negatives to outweigh any of the positives"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: King business manager Luka Jackson breaks down the importance of in-game events
"It's really important to understand the overall impact of your event"
Out Of Town
Sony to shut down Toro and Friends: Onsen Town
"We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all our players who have supported us so far. We will try our best to come back with a better game and with better service"
Such Discipline
Take-Two says it lost Codemasters to EA due to its "disciplined approach"
CEO and chair Zelnick admits that it was "disappointing" to not snap up the UK racing specialist
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What to consider with M&A
"You can think about the price on what you are acquiring by looking at its potential,"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The benefits of Google Firebase
The platform is utilised by over 2.5 million apps and games
Proving Popular
Google tops the publisher download charts for January 2021
Voodoo, AppLovin and CrazyLabs were in the top five
In The Clouds
Gamestream teams with Chunghwa Telecom to launch iOS cloud gaming app in Taiwan
"At Gamestream, we're pleased to see the Hami 5G iOS app available now in the App Store. This perhaps indicates greater receptiveness to cloud gaming on the part of Apple"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: What makes everlasting hypercasual experiences?
"The moment when you find yourself stuck into rules, that's when you're doing it wrong in a sense."
Say What?
SayGames surpasses two billion downloads
As it launches $10 million developer growth initiative