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Ongoing Battle
Roblox community is recreating mass shootings
"We do not tolerate racism, discriminatory speech, or content related to tragic events"
Causing A Storm
Storms launch new game studio and partner with Voodoo
The studio has developed one game so far, AZ Run
It's Happinying
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl new details emerge
Pokémon Legends: Arceus given spotlight too
Very Onix-pected
Pokémon Unite mobile launch, Pokémon GO introduces Galar region and Pokémon Café Mix gets rebrand
Latest Pokémon Presents goes big on mobile
One Block At A Time
Roblox sees Q2 2021 revenue up 127% to $454 million
Player growth particularly strong in APAC
The Very Best
Be the first to see an exclusive reveal of the Top 50 Mobile Game Makers 2021
Who are the movers and shakers in mobile gaming? Find out this September
Royale Figures
Clash Royale generates highest monthly revenue for two years
The game has also seen a recent boost in downloads over the past few months
Ads Aid Acquisition
The value of Apple Search Ads
In a post-IDFA world will advertising on Apple Search become more valuable for user acquisition?
In It To Win It
App Annie and CrazyLabs partner for hypercasual game challenge with a $300,000 minimum guarantee
Any other published games promised $200,000
Three Of A Kind
More acquisitions made by Embracer with Demiurge Studios, Fractured Byte and SmartPhone Labs
The trio was purchased through Embracer subsidiary Saber Interactive
Checkmate
Kings of Games secures funding for Chess Universe
The studio was created by two chess Grand Masters
Recruitment Drive
Activision staffing up for "huge unannounced triple-A mobile project"
"Engineering, design, production, product, marketing, data - you name it…"
Investigation Underway
Update: Riot Games accused of delaying sexual discrimination and harassment investigation
The company is being investigated by the Department of Fair Housing and Employment
Destruction Directive
Nintendo awarded permanent injunction against illegal ROM site, RomUniverse
"Plaintiff’s evidence demonstrates a threat of continued infringement..."
Poc In Mobile
"I can't even think of one black game director off the top of my head, so there is an issue"
Nitrome's Markus Heinel discusses tools of the trade
Three Months
PUBG Mobile and Garena Free Fire set to receive ban in Bangladesh
TikTok also part of High Court ruling
Building Communities
Updated: Roblox acquires online communities platform Guilded for $90 million
Guilded will continue to operate as an independent product
20 Years Experience
Jagex continues hiring spree with former Codemasters CFO Rashid Varachia
Varachia will take on same role at the RuneScape developer
Like A Dream
Dream Sports acquires Indian mobile developer Rolocule Games
"This is a well-deserved validation for mid-core games in India..."
Hardheaded Decision
Rovio scraps casual strategy title Hardhead Squad
The servers will be shut down mid-November
That's Very Twisty
Internet-obsessed Merge Mansion closes in on $40 million revenue
10 million downloads since September 2020
Apply Now
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Hiring Now
XR Games secures $2 million in funding to open 20 new jobs in Leeds
"Immersive technology has huge potential in this industry…"
Indie View
How learning from past experience took WRP Studios to second place at The Big Indie Pitch
Lost Twins 2 placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Minecraft And Zelda
Nintendo Switch games make up entirety of Japan's weekly top 30
First time a single platform has dominated the charts for 33 years
Most Read
Hot Five: Digimon: New Century soft launch, Xsolla layoffs and highest-grossing mobile games ever
The hottest articles of last week
Winner Winner
PUBG Mobile dethrones Honor of Kings for July global revenue
The battle royale jumped ahead by almost $70 million
Hail Satin
Louis Vuitton's mobile NFT game hits 500,000 downloads in first week
"China is the biggest market to date driving downloads..."
Emea Pivotal
Hypercasual downloads up 15% in Q2 2021 with Bridge Race leading the charge
Supersonic is best placed European publisher
Fringe Events
Meet your next publishing partner, investor or pitch your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Our next online conference features many curated networking sessions designed to cater to a variety of attendee needs
Over The Moon
Former King and Z2 developers raise $5 million for Starform studio
The funding round investment will be used to scale the company to work on upcoming and future projects
Quality Inbound
Nexon highlights new games as Q2 2021 sales decline 21% to $510 million
Waiting for new blood to emerge
Here We Go Again
Rockstar Games rumoured to be remastering GTA trilogy for mobile
Set to include Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Five-year Payout
Rovio acquires Turkish hypercasual studio Ruby Games
$10 million will first be paid for 20% of shares
Expert Minds
Hear from the likes of Super Evil Megacorp, Zynga, Gamevil and more at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
First speakers announced for our next online conference - find out who you’ll be learning from next month
Indie View
How Summoners Fate is trying to build a new kind of turn-based tactics/deckbuilding game
Summoners Fate placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Parent Trap
90% of parents play mobile games in the US
"Today’s parents are so much more aware of modern technology…"
New Strategy
Glu Mobile CEO Nick Earl and COO Eric Ludwig leave company
Both will depart by the end of August
Everything Everywhere
From console blockbusters to mobile indies, how Genvid's streaming tech is creating mass engagement gaming
The shaping of a new way to play
Intriguing Indies
Nintendo Indie World Showcase - all 19 games shown off
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Toem, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, Gang Beasts and more
25% Rise
Over 800 mobile games make more than $1 million every month
Data was confirmed by App Annie as part of its "2021 Mobile Gaming Tear Down"
Casual Compendium
Homa Games expands beyond hypercasual
The fast-growing French publisher has started publishing casual board and puzzle games alongside hypercasual titles
Direct To Mobile
NCSoft reveals new Lineage entry, Lineage W
The game will come to mobile alongside the PC release
Scanning The Market
Pokémon GO creator Niantic acquires 3D scanning app Scaniverse
Scaniverse founder and CEO will join Niantic’s AR engineering team
Reformed Raccoon
Typhoon Studios reforms as Raccoon Logic, backed by Tencent
The founding team consists of veterans from Ubisoft, WB Games, EA and more
Plugged In Publishing
From concept to creation: Plug Head, a hypercasual hit game
How Sunday supported the creators of Plug Head through rejection, to achieve their dream and build a hypercasual hit
"rocket Ship"
Unity picks up remote working and streaming firm Parsec for $320 million
Deal looks to close for an estimated $320 million
Krafton Crumbles
Krafton shares fall by 20% following IPO debut
The decline is the worst seen in South Korea since 2004
Countdown To Launch
Celebrate the hottest new releases and updates in mobile games at tomorrow's Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #5
Multiple world exclusive reveals, news and gameplay shared over our two day consumer event