600 Million Users
App Store developers have been paid 48% more since 2020
Apple has paid out $230 billion since 2008
Multiplayer Metaverse
233 Playground - the power of the platform
MetaApp looks to offer multiplayer titles a key to China
Star Power
Supercell's secret for growing Brawl Stars to a $1 billion success
"We hit our all-time daily active user record just a few months ago!"
Not So Sweet
Update: King investigated by PayPal for holding back funds via Royal Games portal
"The issue has proven more complicated than first anticipated…"
3,600 New Hires
Finnish games industry grows by 9% to nearly $3 billion in revenue
46 studios made a turnover of more than $1 million dollars
Hypercasual Have-a-go
Voodoo offering $1 million for new hypercasual hits
Summer Games Competition takes place between June 10th to July 15th
You Have My Sword
Phoenix Games takes over Knighthood publishing rights from King
Five million downloads since February 2020.
Presumably Late 2022
75% of mobile games activity growth under the pandemic is expected to stay
63% began playing more as a result
Two Way Transactions
Creativity, community and cash
Papaya Games outlines its unique approach to skill-based gaming
Audio Opportunities
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$447 Million
Sina Corp is looking at acquiring an 18% stake in Yoozoo Games
Encouraged by games growth under COVID-19 pandemic
Panel Smarts
PickFu streamlines testing services to provide better feedback
Pre-written poll questions speed the process
Crushed It
Stillfront acquires idle role-playing game Crush Them All from Godzilab
Deal signed and closed on June 7th, 2021
Sponsored
ByteBrew open beta attracts over 1000 developers
The ByteBrew platform offers a suite of features to help developers and publishers better understand their games and players.
In-game Innovation
Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers
As part of In-Game Ad Month, the founder and CEO of AdInMo speaks to PocketGamer.biz about the company's innovative approach to in-game advertising
Career Boost
Last chance to register: four essential games industry sessions start tomorrow
There’s still time to book for your desired PocketGamer.biz MasterClass - learn from the finest games industry mentors
40 Million Players
Black Desert franchise exceeds $2 billion revenue, Pearl Abyss expands Western presence
Amsterdam and Los Angeles growing
Most Read
Hot Five: Honor of Kings lawsuit, Jurassic World Alive generates $100 million and Take-Two takes home Nordeus
The hottest articles of last week
Warzone Mobile?
Activision building internal mobile games studio for "triple-A experiences"
New studio is based in Santa Monica, California
Top Talent Networking
Connect with developers and publishers with the Publisher SpeedMatch at next month’s online conference - sign ups available now
Seek amazing talent and get your game to market with our curated meeting sessions at July’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Industry Veterans
Jagex goes on hiring spree with experience from PlayStation, Bethesda and Insomniac Games
"Each of these new hires brings a wealth of industry experience…"
Growing Space
Quicksave Interactive raises $1.3 million to scale its HTML5 games
Konvoy Ventures led the round
Take The Opportunity
iOS 14.5 is live: Are you ready?
Bidalgo's Alon Tvina explains what to do
Indie View
Big Indie Pitch Finalist Forgotten Machine discusses ideas, inspirations and creating Arenas of Ryst
Ali Husain placed third in the competition with Arenas of Ryst
Move Over, Glastonbury
Niantic confirms Pokémon GO Fest 2021 will be music-themed
Taking place on July 17th and July 18th
Pitch Your Game
Calling indie developers - pitch your games in the Big Indie Pitch at next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Showcase your games to a panel of our expert judges for feedback and the chance to win amazing prices - open to mobile, PC and console developers
527 Individual Deals
Game deals in 2021 have reached $49 billion in value so far
Drake Star Partners digs into the data
Poc In Mobile
"It shouldn’t take a tragedy to make meaningful change in this industry"
Zynga's Keisha Krainer on the issue of diversity
Data Is Power
Skillz acquires Aarki for $150 million
First move since joining the New York Stock Exchange
Early Bird Savings
Early Bird ends tonight: last chance to save more than $420 on next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Prices for next month’s top B2B games industry conference go up at midnight tonight - don’t miss out and book now
Like Clockwork
Estonian developer Clickwork Games raises $1.2 million to "rejuvenate" idle genre
Headed up by former Hypestar games co-founder Marko Mänd
All That Potassium
Minion Rush races to one billion downloads and 90 trillion bananas collected
The runner was launched in June 2013
One-year Anniversary
Riot Games is bringing hero shooter Valorant to mobile
14 million active players
People Power
Has your game made the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2021 finalists?
Get your players to vote for it until June 30th if so
Transfer Market
Take-Two scores Top Eleven developer Nordeus for $378 million
$225 million paid upfront
Expert Voices
See into the heart of Tencent, Ubisoft, Zynga, Miniclip and more at next month’s top B2B games industry conference - all online
The first set of speakers for next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 event has been revealed, with the full lineup set to be a scorcher
Tel Aviv Hold’em
Comunix raises $30 million to scale video chat mobile game Pokerface
Series A was led by March Capital
425 Characters
Dark Horse Comics launches gaming division, Dark Horse Games
Hellboy, The Umbrella Academy, 300 and more
Discord+
Taking social networks multiplayer: How Noice raised $5 million for its vision
Jussi Laakkonen is back
Honor At Stake
Tencent facing lawsuit over 'inappropriate content' in Honor of Kings
"The game characters have tampered with the image of historical figures…"
Indie Spotlight
From filing for bankruptcy to Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game to the future of Mad About Pandas
"We never saw a penny from it..."
"nintendo Gallery"
Nintendo to convert Hanafuda card factory to museum in Japan
Uji Ogura Plant was built in 1969
Deal To Die For
Dead Cells mobile publisher Playdigious acquired by Fragbite Group
100 per cent of shares purchased
Broader Perspective
Master The Meta: Sony’s emerging ecosystem
How the PlayStation maker is building a formidable games business
Find Your Funding
Meet with the biggest games investors and secure your funding next month at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Get investor funding for your games studios to take your company to the very top with our next conference
Commanding
City battle strategy games are up 60% - $2.5 billion in Q1 2021
Crunching the data with App Annie
Creative Tension
Perfect game balance: The Thanos Fallacy
Glyn Fairweather discusses the value of imbalance
New Era
Outfit7 looks to grow 430 million MAU with new IP expansion
Mythic Legends and Swamp Attack 2 unveiled
Money Talk
What is CFO Resources?
How to better understand your game's finance
Good Works
SpecialEffect's One Special Day will return in October 2021
Building up for the big day