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"
August 7, 2020 Access Denied Apple claims that cloud gaming apps like Project xCloud violate its policies Microsoft is still commited to bringing its platform to iOS
August 7, 2020 Banned President Trump signs executive orders to ban business with TikTok and WeChat Will come into effect in 45 days
August 7, 2020 Big Indie Launchpad Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad We explore and detail the 10 former Big Indie Pitch developers who were showcased as a part of the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad event
August 6, 2020 That's Epic Epic Games secures $1.78 billion in new funding round "Having the support of leaders in the financial community accelerates Epic's efforts to build a new kind of digital ecosystem"
August 6, 2020 Acquisition Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media from Blue Ant Media Solutions The deal is worth CAD$54.5 million
August 6, 2020 Equal Pay Update: Blizzard staff members preparing list of workplace requests as part of ongoing pay dispute "We will continue to adapt our compensation to build and keep the workforce our company needs today and tomorrow"
August 6, 2020 Power Of Expression Game Drive’s founder and CEO Chrstopher Green on creating cultures that reinforce positivity “While the gaming community gets more diverse and more inclusion, the last 12 months have pushed to show that gaming is not a waste of time.”
August 6, 2020 Post-idfa Winners Who will be the winners and losers in the post-IDFA app industry? Nativex head of sales EMEA Ilya Gitlin explores the potential outcomes of the death of the IDFA
August 6, 2020 Financials Zynga generates a record $452 million in Q2 2020 though suffers a net loss of $150 million "We delivered tremendous results in Q2"
August 6, 2020 Change It Up Lab Cave appoints Luis Bertó as its new managing director CEO Jesús Martínez will depart the company on August 7th
August 6, 2020 Money Money Money No More Robots sees $5 million in revenue for its third year It will bring half a dozen games to Nintendo Switch in the next year
August 6, 2020 Develop:brighton Digital Develop:Brighton replaces physical event with digital-only conference due to coronavirus Still taking place on November 2nd-4th 2020
August 6, 2020 Into The Unknown Making Of: Glu SVP Mike Olsen on tackling the RPG genre with Disney Sorcerer's Arena "The player community is critically important to the ongoing development and success"
August 6, 2020 Financials Nintendo experiences strong year-on-year growth in Q1 FY21 as it generates $3.4 billion in net sales "The mobile business showed steady growth compared to the same period of the previous year"
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August 5, 2020 Fast Mover Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million All-cash deal gains 80% equity
August 5, 2020 Skill Up Transcend Fund leads $5.25 million investment into Big Run Studios Indie has fifth game Big Cooking out soon
August 5, 2020 We Care Jam City teams up with Care Bears for exclusive Panda Pop content "The timeliness of this partnership and this message feels so right"