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2020 In Review
CoolGames founder Laurens Rutten on the 'continuing growth of gameplay outside traditional app-stores'
As part of our 2020 in review series
2020 In Review
Why Kolibri Games' Daniel Stammler believes Call of Duty: Mobile's continued success is one of the big winners in 2020
"It's a great display of what our platform has to offer"
2020 In Review
Gameloft CFO Alexandre de Rochefort on the impact of cross-platform games during COVID
As part of our 2020 in review series
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: HipHopGamer on being 'authentic and fearless' in an ever-growing gaming sphere
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
Reasons To Attend
17 reasons why you need to virtually attend Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
250+ speakers, 14 conference tracks, 1,500+ industry professionals, exciting fringe events - February’s digital conference is set up to kick the new year off in style!
Making Of
How Shadow Fight Arena looks to offer something on mobile that console and PC is lacking
"The main problem was related to human resources as it was a real challenge to find experienced specialists"
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding
Billy Hui discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in November
2020 In Review
Runescape product director Matt Casey looks ahead to 20th anniversary in 2021
"We’re launching it all over again"
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: "staying on top of trends involves being a gamer yourself" says Roundhill Investments' Mario Stefanidis
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
Unlimited Networking
Connect with industry professionals around the world with the MeetToMatch platform at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
The meeting platform is a core component of the online conference in February, and it’s free to all attendees
2020 In Review
King CTO Steve Collins: "2020 was made that little bit more tolerable through the power of games"
As part of our 2020 in review series
Indie View
The Big Indie interviews: Baronnerie Games explores building an award winning roguelike deckbuilder whilst trying to survive as an indie
Étienne Ponton-Bouchard and Marc-André Gagnon discuss coming 3rd at our Digital Big Indie Pitch in October
Mtm 2020
Master The Meta: 2020 in review
A lookback of our MTM column this year
One Million
Survival Hunter Games: American Archer achieves over 1 million downloads in five months through AppGallery partnership
The already popular mobile game leveraged AppGallery’s marketing capabilities to boost its growth in new markets
2020 In Review
"Mobile is no longer the only option for people doing commutes or travelling," says Dead by Daylight producer Valentine Dessertenne
Behaviour Interactive launched the horror title in June earlier this year
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Eaton Smith LLP's Chris Taylor on gaming's endless possibilities
PGC Digital #5 kicks off on February 8th
2020 In Review
Voodoo publishing lead Alexander reflects on a huge year in hypercasual
Part of our 2020 year in review series
What's Next?
After 2020’s boom, how should hypercasual developers prepare for 2021?
Andrey Mikhlin makes some predictions
2020 In Review
Rami Ismail talks 2020 trends, the closure of Vlambeer, and his mobile game of the year
Part of our 2020 in review series
Marketing Types
Mobile marketing creatives in 2020: trends, types, visions
AdQuantum's Pavel Shishkin discusses marketing trends in 2020
Getting The Boot
Apple is preparing to remove more apps from the Chinese App Store
Continuing from the ISBN issues earlier this year
Asynchronous Or Synchronous
Why "2021 will be the year of mobile esports" according to Ryu Games' Nick Contino
"I think we’ll see all of the big players jump into the space"
A Good Deed
The ESA Foundation raises $468k for various charities
It will also be used to fund its scholarship programme
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Sketchbook Games' Mark Backler on not giving up on getting into games
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5 kicks off February 8th
A Dynasty
Yoozoo launches Dynasty Scrolls worldwide
The series has 200 million registered users in China
2020 In Review
Ubisoft Mobile executive director Jean-Michel Detoc on 2020, staying connected, and the evolution of mobile
Part of the PGbiz 2020 year in review series
Indie Spotlight
How Top Gear's "car football" inspired Lavaskull to create Soccer Rally: Arena
"There is still opportunity, but it’s rare that an indie can go without a publisher"
New Acquisition
Moon Active snaps up mobile games dev Melsoft
"We were searching for a company that has the right products and at the same time shares our culture and values that will allow us to grow together in synergy"
Journalist Bar
Get free consultation on your games with the Journalist Bar at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
Get on the experts’ radar as our PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz journalists offer feedback on your games digitally
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Loot Boxes
Report: 31% of young gamers don't know how much they spend on loot boxes
"We are calling for parents to be aware of the risks of loot boxes when buying presents this Christmas"
What A Year
Voodoo's portfolio saw over two billion downloads in 2020
It also had 300 million monthly active users
Winner!
Huawei names Free Fire as the best shooting and multiplayer game on AppGallery
Archero, AFK Arena and Asphalt 9 were also winners
Nailed It
A hypercasual love story: how Acrylic Nails utilised the CLIK Dashboard to cross 30 million downloads in less than 8 weeks
The app hit the milestone in less than 8 weeks
Free Falling
Human: Fall Flat hits two million Chinese sales in six days
It shot to the top of the charts
Money Money Money
Mobile app marketing specialist Liftoff secures backing from Blackstone
“We’re excited to be partnering with Blackstone, one of the premier private equity firms in the world"
Independent
Digital Extremes will maintain creative independence after Tencent takeover
"We will continue to create great content for Warframe, and we will remain creatively independent"
Public Potential
Playtika IPO shows revenues and debts of $2.3 billion
It aims to raise over $1 billion
Connect With Top Talent
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Need To Know
Raw Fury makes its publishing agreement public
“We believe having publisher contracts out in the open helps level the playing field"
Got Stock
Stillfront and Embracer Group dominate the stock market
Both companies have made various acquistions this year
#freefortnite
Epic Games returns to its #FreeFortnite campaign
It sent out packages to journalists and infleuncers
Switched
The Nintendo Switch is entering the "midpoint" of its cycle
"We believe we're just at the midpoint of this life cycle on this platform"
Positive Influence?
Game influencers could get hit by weird additions to US coronavirus relief bill
Amendments to the legislation could give companies an edge in handling how their IP is used
Going Digital
The digital games market grew 15 per cent in November
Mobile was up nine per cent year-on-year
Possible Deal
ByteDance is looking to acquire mobile games publisher CMGE
Its company stake would be worth $275 million
Remote Work
"It’s a passion job, in that every angle and approach is appreciated but inspiration can come at any time," says N3twork Tetris director Mari Burns
"For those who don’t play video games, I think it’s misunderstood as a filler of time"
An Imposter!
Among Us hit 500 million monthly active users in November
Majority of users are on mobile
Gobble Gobble
Bandai Namco teams with the NBA for Pac-Man content
"Everyone at Bandai Namco Entertainment is extremely proud and excited to bring Pac-Man together in partnership with the NBA"