K-factor
PGC Helsinki Digital: Tracking your game's "K-factor" and understanding organic growth
A panel of experts discuss how UA campaigns can help your game in other ways
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: get up to speed on mobile ads at PGC Helsinki with AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers
PGC Helsinki takes place September 14th - 18th
It's What's Happening
PGC Helsinki Digital: Nearly 17 million Animal Crossing 'Tweets' were sent in 12 days
"Twitter loves gaming and gaming loves Twitter"
Rapid Growth
PGC Helsinki Digital: How Belka Games adjusted its strategy and grew from 30 to 300 employees
Changing company culture and business development strategies to ensure you grow properly
Only 3% Of Downloads
PGC Helsinki Digital: Battle royale made up 20% of total time spent across mobile games in the first half of 2020
Five billion global downloads were made in the genre of hypercasual too
Aging Art
PGC Helsinki Digital: How app store optimisation saw Lab Cave's Love & Dating Story increase installs by 314%
Aging up art and using colour psychology to boost installs
Prepare For The Future
PGC Helsinki Digital: N3twork director of UA Matthew Saunders on preparing for an IDFA-less future
Learning lessons from the past to deal with the future
Most Read
Hot Five: Sybo Games partners with the NFL, Ludia launches Lovelink, and how Cuphead found ever-lasting success
The hottest articles of last week
Arm Acquisition
Nvidia to acquire Arm from SoftBank for $40 billion
Preparing for the "age of AI" with the acquisition
Starts Today
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 and Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital #1 starts in less than an hour!
Our biggest online-only conference yet featuring unlimited 24-hour networking, 1,500+ attendees, 21 conference tracks, roundtables, fringe events and more
Character Building
Speaker Spotlight: writer Paul Cornell shares his experience of character creation with Pocket Gamer Connects
What will game creators learn from the award-winning novelist, Doctor Who screenwriter and Marvel comic creator?
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Brush up on Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 tracks at the show
Growing Unity
Unity senior director of marketing Mark Robinson on how the games industry has changed over the past 12 months
"The industry is thriving and data/analytics has played an important role in the growth"
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Take a look at the live ops landscape at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 tracks at the show
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Go Beyond Games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
Find Your Next Job
FREE entry for games industry jobseekers with careers week at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020, Sept 14-18
Looking for the next step in your professional career? Be the first to find new job adverts and get advice from recruiters at next week’s online conference
Speaker Spotlight
Agora developer evangelist Joel Thomas gives his advice on getting into the games industry
PGC Helsinki Digital kicks off on September 14th
Editor's Choice
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital: 15 of the most exciting sessions
Our editor's picks for the sessions you can't miss
Takin' Care Of Business
Mobile games jobs weekly: Rovio hires former Wargaming head, Kwalee expands in China, and Hutch looks to bolster team
The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
"oversight"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot apologises for Tom Clancy's Elite Squad backlash and toxic company culture
Video was uploaded online hours before second Ubisoft Forward event
Event
CGC | LIVE – the all-new digital edition of Cutting-edge Games Conference announced
CGC LIVE goes online on September 22-26 - make sure you sign up now!
Player Very Well Known
PUBG Mobile fires past $3.5 billion revenue, accumulates $500 million in two months
Battle royale has picked up 770 million installs
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: App Radar CEO weighs in on the K-Factor at PGC Helsinki
PGC Helsinki Digital kicks off on September 14th
Poc In Mobile
Games for Good founder Deborah Mensah-Bonsu: "I think studios need to be brave in telling different kinds of stories"
"I think it takes everyone looking around their colleagues to see who's missing or not represented and challenging that"
Special Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
Celebrating the finest companies backing us for our annual Helsinki conference gone online
Industry Visions & Values
Learn all about industry visions and values at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of fifteen tracks at the event
Event
Network with the talent behind the BIGGEST games next week at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
Amazing 250+ speaker roster includes the studios behind smash hits and stellar success stories! You can meet them all online, September 14-18
Tenjin's At The Ready
Tenjin platform director Matthaus Krzykowski on the big changes to come to the industry in 2021
"I don’t see a bigger trend than changes because of iOS 14"
Arcade Anniversary
How Apple Arcade helped Grindstone find an audience
"We got reviews on nearly every major site, print magazines and newspapers"
Not So Mini
What top mobile publisher Miniclip can offer developers
Three billion downloads and 60 million DAUs later, Miniclip isn't planning on slowing down
Diamond Sponsor
Say hello to our Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital Diamond Sponsor Agora!
Chat with the team and check out their talks at the upcoming show
A Real High-class Bout
From Xbox and Nintendo to Tesla and Netflix: Studio MDHR COO Maja Moldenhauer on the ever-lasting success of Cuphead
"There is a huge appetite out there for traditional 2D animation"
Making Of
How a Global Game Jam lead to the creation of The Lullaby of Life on Apple Arcade
"We had no experience of building a game that could be played on different devices"
Third And Thirty
Sybo Games partners with NFLPA to bring NFL players to Subway Surfers
For three weeks only
Competitive
Guild Esports to become first esports firm to become public through LSE
"Guild will be the first esports franchise to join the London stock market"
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Discover the Incredible Indies at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks
In Or Out?
Mobile Dev Memo launches the MDM Investment Syndicate
"Members of the syndicate can decide whether they want to invest in any given deal or not"
Quiet Clash
Nifty Games soft-launches NFL Clash in UK and Germany
Had quietly been available in Mexico and Brazil since August
Going Digital
Apple to host "special" event on September 15th
"I wouldn't count on the iPhone 12 being part of any unveiling"
Apple Arcade Debut
Hello Games' Sean Murray talks the "emotional rollercoaster" of shipping a game and how The Last Campfire came to light
"As challenges go, I don't think you can get much bigger than Covid-19"
Performance Index
Appodeal's 2020 monetisation performance index unveils impact of COVID-19 on eCPMs of in-app ads
The report grants valuable insights on the top-earning mobile ad networks
It's A Date
Ludia launches first interactive dating game Lovelink
Available on iOS and Android
Switched
Nintendo increases Switch production by up to 30 million units in its current fiscal year
Has also asked developers to prepare games in 4K
Schedule Revealed
Final conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
Plan your time at next week’s online-only games industry conference
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Miniclip's Anh Luong demonstrates publishing prowess at PGC Helsinki
PGC Helsinki Digital takes place on September 14th - 18th
Welcome Aboard
Rovio hires Andy Muesse to head up its Stockholm studio
"It's awesome to officially welcome Andy into the Rovio flock"
Indie Spotlight
How Cat Nigiri co-founders are running a studio alongside full-time day jobs
"The biggest challenge for any developer is always trying to find funding to create games"
Court Case
Apple files counterclaim against Epic over Fortnite's direct payment option
It is after "restitution and disgorgement of all earnings"
Hdc 2020
Huawei HDC 2020 begins September 10th with development updates, product reveals and expert keynotes
The annual conference will showcase news and updates from the mobile giant
Pgc Digital
Learn more about esports and influencers at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital
One of 15 featured tracks