August 20, 2020 Fallout Update: Fall Guys clone 'Fall Gang: Knockout' accumulates 81,000 downloads before being removed from App Store The iOS title generated $3,500 after adding a premium option
August 20, 2020 Back In Business The National Videogame Museum will reopen on August 22nd It was forced to close due to COVID-19
August 20, 2020 Best Of Both Bossa Studios embraces remote working in its new structure Staff can choose to work from the office or at home
August 20, 2020 Sequence Complete YoYo Games adds Sequences to GameMaker Studio 2 As part of the version 2.3 update
August 20, 2020 Above And Beyond Making Of: Revolution co-founder Charles Cecil details why a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky took 26 years to get made "The game has kept the most extraordinary level of enthusiasm and became a cult adventure game"
August 20, 2020 Big Upcoming M&a Transcend Fund’s principal Graham Gockley on what the next big acquisitions are and what is driving them “The growth of mobile has been steady and relentless, signaling that the market will continue to expand as more people have access to great games and more practices born from mobile (like free to play) will permeate other platforms over time.”
August 20, 2020 Top Of The World Apple becomes the first US company to be worth $2 trillion Follows a surge in share prices
August 19, 2020 Pgcd2 Videos Catch up on some of the best talks and sessions from Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 Every recorded session now available on YouTube
August 19, 2020 Coast-to-coast Zynga teams with NASCAR to bring "iconic" Chevrolet Camaro to CSR Racing 2 Available as part of America Road Trip series
August 19, 2020 Sign Up Pre-registrations are open for Netmarble's BTS Universe Story A pre-launch writers event will be held
August 19, 2020 From Casual To Hypercasual CrazyLabs’ head of publishing Moria Goldstein on how you can turn your casual production team into a hypercasual commando unit “Today, due to the fierce competition between publishers, indie game developers have more and more options to publish their game and more importantly, make hypercasual their business model.”
August 19, 2020 Moving On Panzerdog founders Alexey Sazonov and Sergey Kozyakov have left the company "We are very proud of what was achieved with Tacticool, and we'll miss our awesome team"
August 19, 2020 "positive Cultural Impact" Former Riot and Netflix employees set up new studio Odyssey Interactive, raise $6 million Canadian studio will aim to ship first title by end of 2021
August 19, 2020 Local Servers What game developers need to know about China's local server requirements Yodo1 explores the world of local servers and breaks down the advantages of using them
August 19, 2020 Farewell Seriously lead character designer Miguel Francisco departs the company "Time for new adventures"
August 19, 2020 Hat In The Ring Report: Oracle is looking at acquiring TikTok The app will be banned without a deal
August 19, 2020 In Or Out? Maybe IDFA opt-out rates won't be a disaster after all? But the data from Adikteev is really strange
August 19, 2020 Expansion Kolibri Games is expanding with a new studio in Romania "We truly believe in the potential of Idle Miner Tycoon and are excited to start working on entirely new titles that will expand the universe"
August 19, 2020 You're A Winner Cornfox & Bros wins big at The Finnish Game Awards Oceanhorn 2 takes Small Screen Game of the Year while Remedy's Control takes the overall prize
August 19, 2020 The Future Of Finland’s Industry Helsinki Games Capital’s director Gabriele Aimone on the future of Finland’s games industry “This past year saw a rise in new studios made up of very experienced individuals also thanks to new exciting VC coming into the scene.”
August 19, 2020 Be More Green Rovio, Sybo, and more are encouraging players to protect the planet Part of the first Green Mobile Game Jam
August 19, 2020 Online Pocket Jam Pocket Jam #5 heads online with Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 The Finnish Game Jam joins us for next month’s digital conference with its fifth edition of the Pocket Jam
August 19, 2020 Space And Time Indie Spotlight: Matt Purchase on developing Interloper only one day a week "I've always wanted to make games, but I guess you could say I got started via the scenic route"
August 19, 2020 Another Account Oculus hardware will soon require a Facebook account to use all features "We know that social VR has so much more to offer, and this change will make it possible to integrate many of the features"
August 18, 2020 Chari-tree Games industry supports Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation with a record-breaking half-million Euros A group of Finnish games companies have assembled the largest single donation in the history of the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation
August 18, 2020 Switching Allegiances Capybara Games' Grindstone is the latest Apple Arcade exclusive to jump to Switch Joined by Takeshi & Hiroshi and Manifold Garden
August 18, 2020 Monetise Not Bastardise AudioMob’s CEO Christian Facey on innovative approaches to monetisation and making ads less intrusive for players “The key change is gaming was shunned as an advertising medium, and now it’s the largest untapped opportunity”
August 18, 2020 Catch 'em All Pokemon Masters is rebranding as Pokemon Masters EX Various events are being held for its first anniversary
August 18, 2020 On The Rise Simulation games had great revenue growth in H1 2020 Casino had the most growth in downloads
August 18, 2020 Last Store Standing How will Samsung play its new Fortnite exclusivity card? Galaxy Store has an ace
August 18, 2020 Drive Watchtime To Your Game Azarus.io’s CEO Alexander Casassovici on how creators can drive watchtime and playtime to their games “I feel 2020 generated a strong reality check with most publishers taking a more agile approach to new titles marketing more in line with the nature of those titles.”
August 18, 2020 Farewell En Masse Entertainment is shutting its doors "Our focus in the coming weeks and months will be on our team, helping them to find new opportunities, and on our games, to ensure a seamless transition for you"
August 18, 2020 See You In Court EA faces lawsuit over Ultimate Team loot boxes Firm facing a class-action lawsuit in California
August 18, 2020 Fantastic Finland Rewatch the 25th Finnish Game Awards here PLUS PGC HELSINKI OFFER The fantastic Finnish games industry revealed its 2020 winners in a socially distanced celebration
August 18, 2020 Sweet Home Alakazam Pokémon Home captures $5.5 million in revenue across first six months Seven million installs since launching on February 12th, 2019
August 18, 2020 Connect The Dots Take-Two Interactive to acquire Two Dots developer Playdots for $192 million "Diversify and strengthen"
August 18, 2020 Three Minutes With Nexon Three minutes with Nexon Bango speaks to Nexon team manager Lee WooChang about the studio's UA strategy
August 18, 2020 Fancy A Coffee Pokemon Cafe Mix stirs up five million downloads It was released on June 23rd
August 18, 2020 I Spy East Side Games teams with FX Networks for Archer: Danger Phone Was originally announced by Disruptor Beam in 2019
August 18, 2020 Meet The Investor 1Up Ventures’ general partner Ed Fries on their cycle of investment and how raising funds from 1Up Ventures can benefit you “We like to call 1Up Ventures a community of game developers because we really focus on making strong connections between the founders of the game companies we invest in.”
August 18, 2020 Investment Tencent makes minor investment in hypercasual specialist Voodoo "We can improve the way we distribute on Android"
August 18, 2020 Jobs In Games Remote Working: AppLovin director Jerome Turnbull on Machine Zone being acquired in the middle of a pandemic "At first, it was a challenge to merge two large teams into one cohesive unit in a remote environment"
August 18, 2020 Retaliation Epic files injuction to prevent Apple from removing its developer tools from Mac and iOS "Apple's actions will 'break' Fortnite for millions of existing players"
August 17, 2020 Sweet Investment Lumikai launches first venture capital fund for games in India "India's 300M+ user gaming market represent a global inflection point"
August 17, 2020 Breaking Records Consumer spending on mobile reached $50 billion in H1 2020 There were 64 billion app installs
August 17, 2020 Work Hard Electronic Arts leadership has been in "wartime" mode since coronavirus pandemic "We had to roll up sleeves and get in to work with our teams"
August 17, 2020 Taking Issue Facebook criticises Apple for its App Store commission costs Follows the removal of Fortnite
August 17, 2020 All Your Bases Why the best is yet to come for Asian powerhouse Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney talks geopolitics and secular shifts
August 17, 2020 Future Of Blockchain Merfolk Games’ founder and CEO Gabriel Meredith on the future of blockchain technology in gaming “More Chinese companies are going to focus on publishing games abroad to avoid restrictions at home.”
August 17, 2020 Roll With The Punches Sports and Financial founder Alex Deacon on commiting to premium with Boxing Manager "I feel like there is a real problem with the inflexibility of pricing options within the App Store"