Accelerating
Mario Kart Tour downloads slump but revenue shows reasons for optimism
Player spending per download nearly doubled since first month
Brum Brum
Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio
Will focus on racing games
Expansion
UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals
“The success of Lemmings has borne this out”
A New Way To Play
Edge Esports' David Yarnton on dealing with constant change
From Nintendo to what's next
Whole New World
Update: Gameloft delays Disney Getaway Blast until 2020
Game set to launch "very soon"
Turn Up The Volume
Soft launch to worldwide launch: Now it’s time to go big
How to optimize your strategy
Indie Winners
Indie champions highlighted as The Big Indie Pitch tours Europe
Check out some of the most exciting upcoming indie games from across Europe
Growing Market
Esports platform Game.tv raises $25 million in Series A funding
Adding AI
$$$
PUBG Mobile shoots through $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
China brought in 40 per cent of total earnings
All Together
My.Games' Big Deal Conference returns in April 2020
Being held in Moscow
New Partnership
Gameloft teams up with Blacknut for new cloud gaming service
Over 360 games are included
It’s A Match
Candy Crush ranks as the top mobile game US brand
Keeping the customer satisfied
Running Out
Just one week left to save $175 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Mid-term prices end midnight next Thursday
Looking Forward
Make Real's Sam Watts on how the possibility for XR breakthrough in 2020
It's this the year for mass adoption
Acquisition
Voodoo acquires London-based Gumbug
The sum is undisclosed
Jobs In Games
IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation
"Whenever I recruit someone today, the first thing I do is give them a long list of top games to play"
Pvp = $$$
Casual drives downloads but competition is what you need for monetisation
Crunching the data with App Annie
Starting New
Pole To Win opens new game studio - Orange Rock Studios
The time to be disruptive is now
Happy Bird-day
Angry Birds celebrates 10 years with PUBG crossover and K-Swiss footwear
Now a phenomenon
Pixel Perfect
Super Arcade Racing dev OutOfTheBit on not compromising on your vision
Founder Ali Motisi explains
Super Hero
Five years on, Marvel Contest of Champions is still growing strongly
Did $3 million on Black Friday
Nindies
Sports Story, Dauntless and Axiom Verge 2 headline Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase
16 games shown off during the December direct
Another World
Black Desert Mobile launches on iOS and Android globally
$1 billion franchise arrives on mobile devices
Hype Balance
Nitro Games' Maria Maunula on working with influencers
But maintaining your integrity
Big Numbers
Google Play handled 2 billion MAUs and 115 billion downloads in 2019
The most popular distribution store ever
Acquisition
Playrix acquires Serbian game studio Eipix Entertainment
“With over a decade of experience, the team of Eipix Entertainment has proven to be one of the most talented teams on the market”
Crunch Time
Kukouri CEO Kim Soares on how mobile is getting harder for everyone
UA costs continue to bite
Super Jump
Nintendo's stock price jumps to 19-month high following China Switch launch
Console is region-locked however
Event
The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to Pocket Gamer Connects London
Our beloved pitching competition series for mobile and PC joins us once more in January.
Monthly Cut
The battle pass is a hot trend in mobile games that looks like it’s here to stay
GameRefinery looks at a new trend
Igdc 2019
How the Indian mobile games market is progressing in 2019
It is primarily a mobile market
New Investment
PatronGG raises $1 million for its Kokyo esports app
The seed round was led by Bitkraft Esports Ventures
Possible Deal
Rumours suggest iDreamsky is attempting a leveraged buyout of Leyou
Deal reported worth $1.4 billion
Rocking Beats
Gismart invests $500,000 in social music platform Jambl
Will also acts as strategic partner and publisher
Shut Down
Bethesda halts work on The Elder Scrolls: Legends
"We decided to put any new content development or releases on hold for the foreseeable future"
Schedule Revealed
Full conference schedule revealed for January’s Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Check out what’s happening at the two day-mobile games industry conference next month
Question Time
Burning question: what would the UK games industry look like after Brexit?
In our new feature, we want to hear what YOU think of the latest hot topic. And right now, that’s Brexit.
Live And Kicking
Angry Birds’ unexpected decade-long success
From iOS to celebrity status to film:
Risky Reels
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker new scene dropping in Fortnite
"No one's ever really gone"
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Facebook UA playbook, Gameloft UK shuttered, and Pocket Gamer Mobile Game Awards 2020
The hottest stories
Q&a
Matthew Buxton, Ideation lead at Mag Interactive, on how great ideas "can carve through the competition"
"Give players a long lasting, rich experience that will be fondly remembered"
Q&a
Leverage CEO Christian Fonnesbech on how to make "games into global Brands and lasting IPs"
"Building stable businesses without losing the passion"
You Can't Refuse
20 reasons why you need to attend Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
25 jam-packed tracks, 190 sessions
Team Up
Kongregate acquires battle royale game Surviv.io
Second acquisition of 2019
Most Viewed
Minecraft gets most views on YouTube during 2019
It had 100 billion views
Download Free
NetEase beta testing its new cloud gaming service
Currently only available for mobile titles
Happy Holidays
US Black Friday mobile game spending up 25% to $70 million
A new record
Growth Curve
Wildlife Studios secures $60 million investment to focus on talent acquisition
Brazilian outfit on the rise
Eye To Eye
Niantic and Qualcomm sign multi-year deal for AR gaming tech
Qualcomm’s XR2 tech meets Niantic Real World Platform
Running Riot
Riot Games launches Riot Forge so devs can use League of Legends IP
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