Winner Winner
Introducing the winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Celebrate the big wins and catch up with all the highlights
Pes Is Dead
Konami rebrands PES to eFootball, moving to free-to-play
The game will roll out across multiple platforms
Xcom Goes Mobile
Update: XCOM Legends soft-launched in Malaysia and the Philippines
Being developed by Iridium Starfish
Toss A Coin
The Witcher: Monster Slayer has now launched
The location-based augmented reality game brings the series’ monsters to life
Industry Best
Genshin Impact, TiMi Studio, Tencent win big at the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Industry celebrated in 22 categories during live/digital hybrid central London event
Sign Up
Applications now open for NFT game accelerator Launchpad Luna
Animoca Brands and Brinc combine to speed innovation
Three Of A Kind
Konami unveils Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel and Yu-Gi-Oh Cross Duel for mobile
Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel also unveiled for Nintendo Switch
Great Guns
Tilting Point raises $235 million to accelerate studio acquisition strategy
General Atlantic leads first equity raise
What A Story
Monster Hunter Stories 2 has already hatched over a million sales
JPRG launched globally on July 9th, 2021
Home Sweet Home
GDC 2022 confirmed to return to San Francisco as in-person event
First in-person conference for two years
Digital Event
Gamescom 2021 roster includes Bethesda, EA, Sega, Ubisoft and more
Taking place between August 25th and 29th, 2021
New Mmorpg Hits
Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds storms the most downloaded Q2 2021 charts in Japan and South Korea
Crunching the data with App Annie
What’s Next(ers)
Nexters' Q2 2021 bookings up 40% to $154 million
Will float via SPAC in Q3 2021
Scoped Out
Scopely invests $50 million into Omnidrone, Pixel Toys and Tag Games
The three development studios are located in Spain, England and Scotland
Beyond A Billion
Tencent buying UK studio Sumo Group for $1.3 billion
Chinese giant continues global rollup
"correct Understanding"
Nintendo denies Switch OLED profit margin increase
The company also debunked ongoing Switch Pro claims
Live Awards
Join us in London tomorrow for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
Our prestigious awards return live for our first live event of the year
Ready Portalone?
Why PortalOne is merging mobile games, TV shows, celebrities and prizes
CEO Bård Anders Kasin talks us through the vision
Largest Event Yet
Women in Games Global Festival taking place this September
Virtual event includes awards ceremony, games jam and esports tournament
Making Of
How Inkle Studios created a hit in 100 days
"Let’s make something really fast, and really fun..."
Most Read
Hot Five: Dead Cells China success, Epic gets one over on Apple and Netflix moving into games
The hottest articles of last week
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PGC Digital: Gina Jackson describes practical steps to stop burnout
"We are obsessed about presentees, about sitting here and working all the hours, we are not obsessed with outcomes."
Hiring Now
10 games industry jobs to apply for this week
Job vacancies from Sega, Activision Blizzard, Square Enix and Bandai Namco
Firing By
Garena Free Fire surpasses one billion downloads on Google Play
The game is only the third to reach this milestone
Aggressive Pricing
Steam Deck pricing 'critical' to mobile space, says Valve's Gabe Newell
"Price point was secondary... and painful"
Gabe Boy
Valve reveals Steam Deck handheld, launching from $399 this year
The Steam Deck will begin shipping in December 2021
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PGC Digital: 'Real enthusiasm about the product or service cannot be faked,' says Aftershock Media's Matt Rutledge
"The benefit of influencer marketing is that you get that instant rapport..."
Cook Cracks Down
Apple phasing out remote working, say employees
Employees will have to spend three days in the office a week from September
Gen-erous
Genvid raises $113 million to launch Genvid Entertainment and more massive interactive live events
Netflix executive Cindy Holland joins firm as an advisor too
Ready To Unite
Pokémon Unite set to launch on Switch next week, mobile to follow
The game is due to be released on Wednesday 21st July
Brave
Square Enix commits to mobile with Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights
The game will be released on iOS and Android in Japan
Pgc Profile
When worlds collide, the merging of digital and physical in games
Serial entrepreneur Thomas Fellger on the growing convergence of the real and virtual worlds and the future of games
Stadia Splits
Google Stadia to give revenue share based on how often games are played
Developers who add their games to the service will receive 70 per cent cut of overall revenue
Rune For One More
RuneScape developer Jagex picks up new hires from EA, Smilegate and Ubisoft
"We’re extremely happy to be in a position where we can bring so many new and talented people…"
Netflix Of Games
Netflix sets sights on video games, hires EA Mobile and CCO Mike Verdu
First set of games expected to arrive in next 12 months
On The Right Track
PGC Digital: Pixel Federations' Train Station 2 has accumulated $25 million in lifetime revenue
The milestone was confirmed by Pixel Federation's Martin Gajarsky
Attend Free
Win a pair of tickets to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
You could join us for the first live games event of the year - free
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PGC Digital: 1Up Capital's Maximilian Seeburg on why you need to "know your numbers"
Seeburg discusses different options available to game developers seeking funding
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PGC Digital: Industry pros discuss what defines a hypercasual game
Four industry pros explain their studio’s stance on developing hypercasual hits
Jobs In Games
PUBG Mobile producer Rick Li on getting into games and adapting the battle royale from home
"The number of hardcore mobile players is rising and games are becoming increasingly complex"
Blitzing
Disney Emoji Blitz strikes 40 million downloads
The milestone has been hit as the game reaches its fifth anniversary
Live & Digital Event
Final days to grab a ticket to the PG Mobile Games Awards 2021
Come mix winners, drinks and canapes in central London on July 20th
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PGC Digital: Sunday Games on making hypercasual profitable
Developers of hit hypercasual games Cat Escape and Plug Head
Making Gamers Tick
How to launch a successful mobile gaming app
Huawei's head of global gaming partnerships offers insight into the telco giant's support for new games from developers and publishers worldwide
A New Resolution
Resolution Games closes $25 million round of funding to expand IP
"We see vast potential in VR and that the market is maturing"
Rolling The Dice
Australian MP to put forward bill proscribing loot boxes in video games
The bill proposes games containing loot boxes are rated R18+
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PGC Digital: Belka Games' Pavel Sudakov on how to make R&D rock
Head of R&D at Belka Games Pavel Sudakov gave advice on how to make your R&D rock
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode Two
Join the PocketGamer team for the second episode of the new PGbiz Podcast. Featuring special guest Ella Romanos, co-founder and CEO of Fundamentally Games
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PGC Digital: Sega's Rowan Tafler breaks down marketing basics and why 'no one really cares about your game'
Sega Searchlight brand director spoke at PGC Digital #7 on the do's and don'ts of marketing
It’s A Battleground
Battlegrounds Mobile India fires to 34 million users and 16 million DAUs
The title is exclusively available in India via the Google Play store