August 13, 2020 1.5 Million Users Live and Kicking: How World of Tanks Blitz has battled its way up through the charts for six years "If your project is successful it bestows some power on you"
August 13, 2020 Mix It Up GDC 2021 will be hybrid of physical and digital events Will be held from July 19th to July 23rd
August 12, 2020 Game Taxonomy Sensor Tower expands platform with new Game Taxonomy and ARPDAU features Game Taxonomy developed in partnership with Deconstructor of Fun
August 12, 2020 You're A Winner Voodoo to award $100k and a publishing contract to the winner of its hypercasual competition It will be held through September
August 12, 2020 Narrative And Culture Playtra Games’ founder and CEO Dan Bernardo on different cultures creating different narrative structures for media and entertainment “What we see today is an emphasis on watching games more than playing them and LGBTQ+ representation are products of what happened to the industry a couple of years ago.”
August 12, 2020 New Acquisition Testronic acquires Whyttest to expand its QA capacity "I'm delighted that Whyttest is now part of the Testronic family"
August 12, 2020 The More You Know New research demonstrates the positive impact of videogames on young people's literacy They can also help with creativity, empathy and wellbeing
August 12, 2020 China Ua User Acquisition in China: Capturing the world's largest mobile gaming audience Yodo1 explains the audience and channels you should be using
August 12, 2020 Still Running Subway Surfers has surpassed three billion downloads Adding 500 million downloads since May 2019
August 12, 2020 Welcome Aboard Sybo hires ex-Gram Games VP of product Jeremy Stein to head up its Copenhagen studio "With multiple top-grossing mobile games to his credit, Jeremy's proven success is a big win for SYBO"
August 12, 2020 Embrace Diversity Report: 46 per cent of all gamers are female The majority of gamers are above 20 years of age
August 12, 2020 Bluff Plus Interview: How Zynga mixed casual card gaming with strong social mechanics in Bluff Plus Zynga Turkey general manager Buğra Koç talks us through the design and development
August 12, 2020 Helping Charity Quakecon at Home raises more than $30,000 for charity The online event took place over the weekend
August 12, 2020 Expansion THQ Nordic appoints Eric Wuestmann as its first North American CEO "We certainly see an opportunity to expand our team on the ground in North America"
August 12, 2020 Financials Stillfront Group revenue up 148% year-on-year in Q2 2020 The growth has been attributed to recent acquisitions
August 12, 2020 Apple Arcade Indie Spotlight: How Amanita Design's Radim Jurda created the prototype for Creaks as his diploma thesis "The games that have impacted me the most are usually indie games"
August 12, 2020 Money Money Money PUBG Mobile shoots through the most mobile games revenue in July 2020 Lineage M had its best month since April 2018
August 12, 2020 Money Money Money US games spending hits a quarterly high with $11.6 billion in Q2 2020 "During the pandemic, many have turned to video games not only to keep them preoccupied, but also to stay in touch with family and friends"
August 11, 2020 Reasons To Attend 20 reasons why you need to (virtually) attend Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 250 expert speakers, 21 conference tracks, 1,500+ industry professionals, exciting fringe events - next month’s online conference is set to be a cracker!
August 11, 2020 By The Book The EU is keeping an eye on Apple and the App Store "The Commission is aware of these concerns regarding Apple's App Store rules"
August 11, 2020 The Dream Pitch HeyStephenHey’s Stephen Hey on his dream pitch “To me the innovation is not in the game content but in how the industry is reinventing ways to market.”
August 11, 2020 Milestone Summoners War breaches $2 billion in lifetime revenue It also broke 116 million downloads
August 11, 2020 Welcome Aboard Activision Blizzard names MLB executive Tony Petitti as its new sports and entertainment president "I couldn't be more excited to use my own 30 years of sports and entertainment experience to help Activision Blizzard realise its ambitions"
August 11, 2020 Bluff Plus Zynga launches new casual card game Bluff Plus Zynga Turkey gets its first game launched since being acquired in 2017
August 11, 2020 Too Much Pay EA shareholders vote against its exec compensation payment plan It is rare for a plan like this to be rejected
August 11, 2020 What's Your Genre? Report: 49 per cent of mobile players pick a new game based on genre "With this genre report, we sought to understand people's motivations for downloading a specific game"
August 11, 2020 Financials Sega Sammy experiences a loss in Q1 FY2021 despite increase in free-to-play revenues F2P titles generated $98 million
August 11, 2020 Jobs In Games Remote Working: Playrix's Mikhail Klyuev on how to become a game producer "Make the most of your peak productivity hours and spend this time working with no distractions"
August 11, 2020 Put 'em Up ByteDance is looking to fight back against Trump and the US ban of TikTok "Will try every possible way to fight back"
August 10, 2020 Financials DeNA's game profits are on the rise earning $200.5 million in Q1 FY2020 Overall revenue dropped four per cent year-on-year
August 10, 2020 Pgbiz Roundtable Join us on August 11th for our "Monetise, not Bastardise" PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session Discussing new methods of monetisation, brought to you by AudioMob
August 10, 2020 No More Nicknames Chinese gamers will need to use their real names to log in for online gaming from September So the government can track time spent on games
August 10, 2020 Master The Meta Master the Meta: Understanding Zynga's remarkable trajectory and newest acquisition News and insights from the Master the Meta team
August 10, 2020 Helping Out TIGA answers House of Lords inquiry into employment and Covid-19 Trade association outlines four measures to help the industry
August 10, 2020 Wanna Merge? Tencent is looking to merge streaming platforms Huya and DouYu It would seek to be the majority shareholder
August 10, 2020 Money Money Money Microsoft's worth jumps up by $77 billion after announcing plans to buy TikTok in the US It is valued at $1.6 trillion
August 10, 2020 Being Prepared TikTok is returning money to advertisers ahead of its possible US ban It will honour ad campaigns it can still complete
August 10, 2020 Moving On Street Fighter boss Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom after nearly 30 years "I've been with the Street Fighter brand for a long time, experiencing good times, bad times, and even non-existent times"
August 10, 2020 Going Nowhere AT&T appears to be keeping hold of Warner Bros. Interactive "Warner Bros. Interactive remains part of the Studios and Networks group"
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August 10, 2020 Most Read Hot Five: Zynga acquires Rollic, EA discusses WB Games purchase, and Blizzard staff request pay rise The hottest articles of last week
August 7, 2020 #blacklivesmatter POC in Mobile: Why Amanotes publishing manager Micke Joseph Moisa believes creative freedom is key to better diversity "I don’t think people should go the extra mile to prove more than non-coloured people."
August 7, 2020 Going Digital Digital sales made up 55.6 per cent of Nintendo's software revenue in Q1 FY21 Around 50 per cent of Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales were digital
August 7, 2020 Stripped Back Facebook Gaming launches app without Instant Games for iOS "Unfortunately, we had to remove gameplay functionality entirely in order to get Apple's approval"
August 7, 2020 Takin' Care Of Business Mobile games jobs weekly: Sega president Kenji Matsubara resigns, Improbable welcomes new head of publishing, and more Ubisoft exits The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
August 7, 2020 Hard Work Recognised Voltage entertainment increases the pay of Lovestruck writers following 21 day strike "While we work together to move forward, releases will be on a slower schedule at first"
August 7, 2020 Switch Up Your Pitch Glu Mobile’s senior vice president Chris Akhavan on why your publisher pitch is not working on investors “I think over the next year we'll see the games industry work hard to offer people more meaningful ways to connect with each other through games since our “normal” ways of connecting have been greatly disrupted.”
August 7, 2020 You Larvitar To See It Pokémon Café Mix generates 2.9 million downloads in first month, tops $1 million revenue Pokémon Smile accumulates over half a million installs
August 7, 2020 Game Of The Show Ukie unveils 15 finalists for its UK Game of the Show award Winner to be crowned on August 24th
August 7, 2020 Financials Nexon has its best Q2 to date as it generates $610.4 million "Nexon is performing exceptionally well"