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PGC Digital: The impact of cheating in games
"It is an internal fight between security and those that are attempting to hack or cheat"
Touchdown!
Skillz secures multi-year deal with the National Football League
The pair will host a global game developer challenge
Welcome To The Family
Leaf Mobile snaps up East Side Games for $125 million
“We are tremendously excited to officially welcome East Side Games, a leading Canadian publisher and developer of mobile games, to the Leaf Mobile family"
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PGC Digital: Hypercasual specialist CrazyLabs nears four billion downloads globally
Approximately half a million in four months
On Brand
Performance vs. brand mobile marketing: Is it worth choosing?
Performance marketing is often perceived as an alternative to brand marketing. In fact, these two directions answer different requests
Match Set
Candivore raises $12m for match-three title Match Masters
To go towards user acquisition
Staying Private
Nope, it doesn't look like Epic Games is going public yet
Fortnite giant is seemingly focused on private investment for now
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PGC Digital: Taking user acquisition and retention to the next level
"As UA managers, we have the tools to decide what KPIs we pursue"
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PGC Digital: Why it's never too early to show a publisher a game
The topic was discussed in length during The Art of Publishing session
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PGC Digital: JUMP's Carlos De Las Heras Peña on the benefits of content micro-personalisation
"Becoming a data-driven gaming service is no easy task."
Welcome Aboard
FunPlus hires Chris Petrovic as new chief business officer
"Chris's career as an industry leader will empower our teams across the world to create, produce, and expand our brand of gaming experiences to wider markets and build upon our current ones"
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PGC Digital: Utilising in-game advertising with Adverty
"Imagine your game itself and advertising through the whole gameplay while still focused on the user experience. Making money without interruption"
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PGC Digital: Dimoso's Jacki Vause on bringing PR and UA together
"PR brings the added value you can't quite measure,"
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PGC Digital: Playdigious CEO discusses why practically any Nintendo Switch game can be brought to mobile
"There is pretty much only benefits to bring it to mobile"
Check Those Ads
Luna Labs partners with Adjust, tech allows studios to create self-optimising playable ads
"Being able to understand the user's entire playable experience, from initial impression, user interaction, to install, is extremely powerful for creative optimisation"
Rip
Bethesda co-founder and CEO Robert Altman has passed away
No cause of death has been given at this time, Altman was 73
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PGC Digital: Bringing ASO and user acquisition together
"ASO is the process of improving an app's visibility in app stores throughout its lifetime and maximise its appeal to users"
Hot Five
Hot Five: AppLovin acquires Adjust, Clash Royale turns five, and Big Run Studios hires new producer
The hottest articles of last week
Its Today
Get ready! Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 starts in less than an hour!
Kick off the new year of events with unlimited 24-hour networking, 1,500+ attendees, 14 conference tracks, roundtables, fringe events and more
Deja Vu
Blizzard confirms "multiple" free-to-play World of Warcraft games are on the way
"We intend to deliver more frequent premium content"
It's About Time
King president confirms Crash Bandicoot: On the Run launches in March
"We're super excited about working on this very iconic IP"
Never Forget
Former EA vets team up with mobile firm Wildlife to form new studio
The studio will set up shop in San Francisco
Fuse Has Been Lit
Apex Legends may see mobile soft launch in Q2 2021
Game set to roll out before end of fiscal year 2022
Special Shoutout
Meet the amazing sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Celebrating the finest companies backing us for our fifth digital conference. Thank you to each and every one!
Hot Drop
Apex Legends set to drop on Nintendo Switch in March
Respawn's shooter arrives on the platform March 9th
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: 'The best way to show you can make games is to make games,' says Auroch Digital CEO
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
Poc In Mobile
Hatch Entertainment Cloud Engineer Khoa Mai on why "diversity enables companies to reach the masses"
"Becoming well known and popular is usually the goal for lots of firms."
Security And Protection
The latest edition of the PocketGamer.biz RoundTables is now available on YouTube
Explore the design and implementation of security and protection measures in mobile games with our latest RoundTable
Happy New Year
Celebrate Chinese New Year with a special offer for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Enjoy 20% discount on all tickets for the incoming year of the ox
Catch Of The Day
Big Run Studios hires former Big Fish Games senior producer Anna Rix
Rix's addition marks the expansion of a second development team
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Refine your industry visions and values at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
One of 14 featured tracks
Eggman Or Robot-brick
Sega partners with LEGO on Sonic the Hedgehog set
The design was approved by 10,000 fans
Cracking Ar, Gromit
From Bioshock and GTA to Wallace and Gromit; Susan Cummings' journey into AR
"We're essentially bringing Bristol to you"
2021 Predictions
2021 mobile trends to watch, according to ironSource chief design officer Dan Greenberg
Hyper-casualisation, social games and more
Phoenix Rising
Phoenix Games acquires match-three mobile studio SmileyGamer
"It’s been great to have had the opportunity to grow SmileyGamer from the ground up"
Live And Kicking
How Supercell continues to grow multi-billion dollar hit Clash Royale five-years on
"There’s a reason that battle passes are so popular in the industry nowadays"
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Jump data lead Carlos De Las Heras Peña on how data tech will transform the gaming sector
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
Acquired
AppLovin set to acquire Adjust for $1 billion
Adjust has grown significantly in the last year
The Best In Mobile Games
Voting is now OPEN for the Pocket Gamer Awards 2021!
Celebrate the best in mobile and handheld gaming: vote for your favorite games now.
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Get high definition insight with Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
One of 14 featured tracks
All In
Com2uS acquires majority stake in Kritika developer AllM
The deal includes mobile games subsidiary Funflow
Indie Spotlight
How Apple Arcade's Secret Oops started life as a PlayLink game for PlayStation
"AR technology was progressing very fast back then and we were fascinated by the shared experience capabilities"
No Brainer
Mobile developer Easybrain acquired by Embracer Group in $640m deal
$640m in stock and a potential extra $125m as a bonus
Schedule Revealed
The final conference schedule for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 has been LOCKED IN!
Find out what’s happening on stage next week as our fifth digital conference goes live. Are you ready to do business?!
Acquired
Embracer Group picks up Aspyr Media for potential $450m
$100 million, plus up to $350 million in bonuses
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Kimaru Talent founder Rumiko Matsumoto on why fewer studios are building teams in San Francisco
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
Target Acquired
Can opt-ins save niche targeting?
App marketers will once again have to take a step back and re-evaluate their practices
Down To Business
Apple’s Small Business Program is now open. Will it change anything?
AdColony's Liz Waldeck-Pinckert discusses the new perks for iOS developers
Coming Up Trumps
Coin Master reigns supreme in Casino mobile gaming
Crunching the data with App Annie
Gain Valuable Knowledge
Get expert advice from games industry leaders with the IGDA Mentor Café at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Industry leaders share their knowledge and expertise in short sessions during next week’s online only conference