November 19, 2020

So Many Ads

Kwalee will utilise AdInMo's advertising platform for Off The Rails 3D

"It's the ideal title with which to explore the potential of integrated in-game advertising with AdInMo, from both player experience and monetisation standpoints"

November 19, 2020

Yodo1

Android app stores in China: many stores, one solution

Yodo1 discusses the different app stores in China and how to get listed on them

November 19, 2020

Oh Joy

Nintendo gets hit with another Joy-Con lawsuit

"This defect significantly interferes with gameplay and thus compromises the Witch and Joy-Con controller's core functionality"

November 19, 2020

Keep Out

New guidelines will prevent players from bringing politics into Animal Crossing: New Horizons

It follows Joe Biden's use of the game for his political campaign

November 19, 2020

Fight For Fairness

Epic Games is not fighting Apple "for a lower commission"

"Epic is fighting for fair competition among mobile platform companies, stores, and payment processors"

November 19, 2020

Money Money Money

Skillz experiences a successful quarter with $60 million in revenue

"These are exciting times at Skillz. During the quarter, we achieved an important milestone by entering into a business combination agreement with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp"

November 19, 2020

Making Of

How SMG Studio fought Animal Crossing and a global pandemic to launch Moving Out

SMG Studio founder Ashley Ringrose speaks on the crazy year of 2020

November 19, 2020

The Game Awards

Among Us, Genshin Impact and Call of Duty: Mobile are nominees at The Game Awards 2020

Animal Crossing: New horizons is up for Game of the Year

November 19, 2020

Interview

Fundamentally Games’ Oscar Clark on game monetisation design and building value into your game

"Understanding the Player lifecycle means we understand how their perception of value changes over time and this introduces new opportunities to build ongoing and more sustainable value."

November 18, 2020

Big Indie Pitch

Rallyallyally takes the crown with its 180 twist on the casual racing genre

We explore the top three games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4

November 18, 2020

Catch Em All

Niantic increases the level cap in Pokemon Go

As part of the Beyond update

November 18, 2020

Be Tactical

Strategy titles hit $2.8 billion in player spending in the US in the first 10 months of 2020

Clash of Clans was the top-grossing title

November 18, 2020

Splash The Cash

Embracer acquires A Thinking Ape and 11 other games studios

Company now operates 58 developers

November 18, 2020

Have Some Drive

My.Games partners with Google for a new accelerator programme

Game Drive is aimed at mobile games studios

November 18, 2020

Widget

How can iOS widgets help games improve their performance on mobile?

Starloop Studios' Pau Bonet discusses how widgets can benefit your mobile game

November 18, 2020

New Acquisition

Epic acquires facial animation firm Hyprsense

"Joining Epic gives us the opportunity to deliver new solutions and experiences on a massive scale"

November 18, 2020

I See You

Epic Games brings video chat to Fortnite through Houseparty

Available on PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5

November 18, 2020

Connects Climax

The last online Connects event of the year was our biggest yet!

More than 2,000 games industry professionals engaged with last week's Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4 and its two new fringe events

November 18, 2020

Helping Hand

Apple to aid small businesses by reducing its App Store commission

"Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy and the beating heart of innovation and opportunity in communities around the world"

November 18, 2020

Down Under

Epic Games is taking Apple to court in Australia

"It's another set of laws under which Apple's practices are clearly in violation. And another chance to get this issue really thoroughly examined"

November 18, 2020

Remote Working

"The future of remote work is going to be hybrid," says Yodo1 AI team leader Christopher Dossman

"Imagine teleporting instantly from a crowded, busy office to a secluded mountain retreat or an exciting city."

November 18, 2020

Drive By

Sports and driving games account for 4.5% of iOS games revenue in the US

Japan is the most lucrative market for the category

November 17, 2020

It's The Law

Media law firm Wiggin acquires digital entertainment practice Purewal & Partners

"We are very excited to welcome Jas Purewal and his team to our digital entertainment practice"

November 17, 2020

Capture That

Amazon launches mobile games capture app for Android

To come to iOS devices at a later date

November 17, 2020

Roundtable

Join us on December 3rd for our next PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session

All about the rules of advertising, in association with AdInMo

November 17, 2020

Under Attack

Capcom hit with a ransomware attack

Past and present employee data is at risk

November 17, 2020

Beautiful Games

Square Enix Montréal design team on crafting beautiful gaming experiences for small screens

PGbiz chats to the design team behind mobile titles Lara Croft GO and Hitman GO

November 17, 2020

It's Mario

Nintendo to launch new LEGO Mario sets

Character and power packs will be available too

November 17, 2020

In The Clouds

My.Games launches a new cloud gaming service

My.Games Cloud is in beta in Russia

November 17, 2020

Get Hyped

Voodoo selects six winners for its hypercasual competition

They won a publishing contract and $100,000

November 17, 2020

Braking Out

Why Project Cars is turning to mobile

Slightly Mad Studios' Joe Barron discusses moving to mobile, Fast & Furious and why now is the right time to find a new audience

November 17, 2020

Money Money Money

Netmarble hit $535 million in total sales for Q3 2020

"We continue to see strong results at the end of our third quarter with significant overseas sales coming from our line-up of existing games"

November 17, 2020

Switch It Up

Nintendo experiences its best October sales since 2008

"Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite continue to provide one-of-a-kind gaming experiences on the TV or on the go"

November 16, 2020

Going Virtual

Resolution Games secures publishing deal with Odd Raven Studios

“Resolution Games has proven to be a leader in the VR space by providing top titles and being the most proficient studio at multiplayer and cross-platform games"

November 16, 2020

Shoot Em Up

Mobile studio Lila Games secures $2.8 million in seed funding

"Lila Games is made up of an outstanding founder team, and they are focused on a very sizable genre that has room for innovation on mobile"

November 16, 2020

Master The Meta

Master the Meta: With $43M, why VENN has a lot to left to prove

The MTM team dives into VENN, which hopes to be 'MTV for gaming'

November 16, 2020

An Imposter!

Among Us picks up the most downloads in October 2020

Followed by Sybo Games' Subway Surfers

November 16, 2020

Redforce

RedForce Games founder discusses benefits of partnering with Voodoo

Anand talks RedForce's journey to hypercasual and how Voodoo's support saw the company flourish

November 16, 2020

Raise Your Game

MunkyFun and Zeeppo accepted into N3twork’s $50 million Scale Platform

League of War: Mercenaries and Chaos Road get boosted

November 16, 2020

Interview

Elite Game Developers’ Joakim Achren on how to raise investor money for your game

"Since gaming is showing such unprecedented growth numbers, all the world's investment capital is looking to games."

November 16, 2020

New Studio

Zynga opens new development studio in Austin

"We believe that the Austin talent market is highly compatible with our mission of bringing triple-A console visuals and deep, compelling gameplay to mobile platforms"

November 16, 2020

Go To G-star

G-STAR Global Game Exhibition 2020 starts tomorrow - don’t miss out and save big now!

Join the most important games show in Asia (100% online) and do business with the big names from the Asia-Pacific games space

November 16, 2020

Accessibility Awards

Alanah Pearce and AbleGamers host inaugural Video Game Accessibility Awards

The show celebrated the games that give high efforts to improving accessibility and inclusion

November 16, 2020

Growing Industry

Nearly 80% of UK developers work outside London

"The video games industry can play an important role in levelling up the economy"

November 16, 2020

Money Money Money

Mobile games saw $58.7 billion in player spending between Q1 and Q3 2020

An increase of 26 per cent year-on-year

November 13, 2020

Pgc Digital

PGC Digital: Bringing creative media and social media together to create the metaverse

"The metaverse is best defined as a future iteration of the internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe"

November 13, 2020

Money Money Money

Unity experiences 53% revenue increase in first quarter since IPO

“We are very pleased to start our public company journey with such a strong quarter"

November 13, 2020

Pgc Digital

PGC Digital: Forming music and gaming partnerships

"Travis Scott and Fortnite have set the bar quite high for what partnerships can look like"

November 13, 2020

Make An Impact

Genshin Impact reigns supreme as the top grossing game in October

Tencent had three entries

November 13, 2020

Pgc Digital

PGC Digital: The importance of diversity and inclusivity in teams

"Protect the culture. Get rid of the bad and grow the good"