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Life Finds A Way
Jurassic World Alive roars to $100 million-plus revenue and 25 million downloads in three years
Over 300 million dinosaurs unlocked
Big Data
GameAnalytics launches new market intelligence platform GameIntel
Over 140,000 games leveraged for data
Sonic Rangers?
Sonic Central debuts Sonic Colors: Ultimate, Sonic 2022 and mobile partnerships
Sonic Dash, Sonic Forces and Sonic Racing all receive new content
Seeing Is Believing
Unreal Engine 5 is now in early access
Full launch in 2022
It's A Whopper
Ten Square Games' Q1 2021 revenue up 83% to $46 million
Fishing Clash continues to drive growth
It's Happening
Nintendo Switch Pro unveiling imminent
Reportedly launching in September or October
Sponsored
Admix In-Play: An interview with Paul West, VP partnerships at Admix
Bridging the gap between mobile games and advertising
Masterclass
Celia Hodent on the importance of cognitive science and a UX framework to improve your game
There is no guaranteed formula for crafting games but clear ingredients do exist
Krongregational
Double Loop raises $8 million for its first game for unconsidered gamers
Takes total funding to $10.5 million
Faster Faster
Applications now open for Carry1st and CrazyLabs' Cape Town-based hypercasual accelerator
First companies will start in September
Affordable Training
Last chance to save 50% off five essential MasterClass courses
Develop essential skills and discover new business practices from top games industry mentors
Jobs In Games
The intersection of psychology and games with PeopleFun director Matt Streit
"I think psychology gets misunderstood a lot"
Less Is Less
Undoing the duopoly in mobile game distribution
GameBake's Michael Hudson makes the case
Big Social Beasts
New social gaming platform Noice raises $5 million from Supercell, Unity and Remedy founders
Come on feel the...
Fourth Office
Homa Games lands in Lviv, opening its fourth office
Ambitious hypercasual publisher opens new Ukraine studio
Backlash
Indian politician calls for Battlegrounds Mobile India ban
Union Minister Ninong Ering is not happy
Promoting Within
Rovio appoints VP of marketing Kieran O'Leary to COO
CTO Petri Hyökyranta also moves to leadership team
To The Moon
Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #4 showed 43 games to 2 million viewers
Our two-day mobile gaming extravaganza reached over five million socially
Barry Is Back
Update: Halfbrick Studios soft-launches Jetpack Joyride 2: Bullet Rush
Available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Spain
Codename Steampal
Valve to announce portable PC based on Nintendo Switch?
Expected to run Steam games via Linux
Giving Back
Kristian Segerstrale launches Game Founders for Climate 2021
Matching up to $500,000 in climate change funding
Go-faster Stripes
Free Fire announces collaboration with McLaren Racing
Cross-promotion meets in-game items
Job News
Facebook's global director of games Leo Olebe joins Google
Departs after more than five and half years
For The Players
Sony confirms it's exploring "mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises"
CEO Jim Ryan spoke about the move in a corporate strategy meeting
Core Values
From book club to YouTube: The rise of Star Stable Online
CEO Johan Sjöberg tells the story
New Korean Games
PlayX4 2021 opens Korean gaming to the world
Online event brings together developers, publishers, distributors, marketers and more
Switching It Up
Why the Subnautica series has turned to Switch to make a big splash
Project lead David Kalina explains the technical challenges
Event Latest
CGC|NFT 2.0 - the non-fungible token conference goes live on June 10-11
One month left until the next CGC|NFT event, featuring the likes of Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, TRON and more.
Event Latest
Hamburg Mobile Summit LIVE! goes online on June 16-17
A fully online 2 days event featuring top speakers
Unstoppable
Sega unveils Sonic 30th anniversary event and celebratory video
Sonic Central will take place on May 27th, 2021
Legals Signed
FunPlus appoints Dianne Schepers as new general counsel
Building out the management team
Big Indie Pitch
Shadow based puzzle-platformer In My Shadow wins The Digital Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) #7
Winner breakdown
Recruiting Now
Gamigo hires Simon Prytherch as new head of mobile development
Two games set to launch in the near future.
The Game Has Changed
How mobile game developers are using football sponsorship to reach new audiences
SportQuake explores the ongoing evolution of the beautiful game
Mini Tencent
Miniclip continues its own mini-rollup, acquiring Supersonic Software
Long time indie sells out
Give Me A Break
Italian government looks to approve up to $1 million tax credits for local game devs
Approval needed from European Union
Making Of
$340 million and counting: How MLB Tap Sports Baseball is still growing strong
Every baseball season offers new opportunities
More To Come
Netmarble's Q1 2021 sales up 7% to $512 million
The Seven Deadly Sins drives growth
More Data
Sensor Tower acquires Pathmatics
Building out the pipeline
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Garena Free Fire publisher Sea’s earnings breakdown
Garena Free Fire boasts 100 million daily active users
Espansione
Italian game industry headcount up 45% since 2018 to 1,600
Maturity of companies also rising
Voodoo X Snapchat
Snapchat gaming is different: it's curated; it's hypersocial
Snap Games and Voodoo explain their partnership
Incredible Indies
Indies - get your FREE access to Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 this July
Network with publishers and investors, pitch your games and learn from top industry experts
All You Can Play
Netflix rumoured to be considering a game subscription service
Expansion into non-linear content?
More Games
NetEase Connect 2021 showcases new mobile games including Frostpunk: Rise of City
Chinese giant has a full slate
Tasty
Big Run launches Big Cooking, including Skillz integration
Includes real-money competitive elements
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Court Case Continues
Tim Cook set to testify at Epic vs Apple trial
CEO said to have prepared for numerous hours