Jiminy Cricket
Why Ludia CEO Alex Thabet believes Disney Wonderful Worlds is different from other match-three puzzlers
"Ludia worked closely with Disney in order to bring players a one-of-a-kind gaming experience"
In-app Purchase Inspector
How does Pokemon Café Mix monetise?
The In-App Purchase Inspector actually makes a purchase for once
Changing Ads
Interview: AdInMo CEO Kristan Rivers discusses how dynamic in-game advertising can improve revenue and retention
"For developers it's a no-brainer: the benefit of incremental revenue without driving users out of their games is huge."
Mover Over Marvin
Lab Cave partners with Sunnyside Studios to develop Groovy The Martian games
"We have been exploring making games featuring our characters and Lab Cave feels like the right partner"
18,000 Users
Nekki makes open beta animation software Cascadeur free for commercial use
"I'm convinced physics-assisted animation tools will soon be an expected standard."
Game On
Esports firm Vindex to buy Belong brand from GAME for around $50 million
Plans to invest $300 million over the next five years
Game On The Go
Google adds 4G and 5G streaming to its Android Stadia app
New experiment reportedly offers resolutions of 360p
Apple Commission
Apple under fire over subscription commission rates on the App Store
House Antitrust Subcommitte reveals internal emails showing deals with Amazon over commission rates
Eeveelution
Live and Kicking: Four years after launching, Niantic is already planning for Pokémon GO Fest 2030
Niantic senior game designer Matt Ein discusses the mobile giant's four-year anniversary
Event
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Top Tech
CES 2021 is going to be all digital
To keep everyone safe during the pandemic
That's Fraud!
Report: Non-gaming apps are at higher risk of install fraud
Games are more susceptible to in-app fraud
Html5 Games
HTML5 games: a new way to enter the China market
Yodo1 explores the benefits of developing for HTML5
To Battle!
Report: India to ban PUBG Mobile as part of crackdown on Chinese apps
Region generates around $3 million in revenue for the game
Top Of The World
Hunter Assassin was the most downloaded game worldwide by an EMEA-HQ'd company in Q2 2020
CrazyLabs came in at No.2 with ASMR Slicing
Not A Phase
Verizon becomes the 5G and 4G partner for esports firm FaZe Clan
"To demonstrate the power of Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband network to their massive gaming community"
Pgbiz Roundtable
Catch up on our Death of the IDFA RoundTable discussion
Full video available now on YouTube
Money Money Money
SuperData: XR will generate $6.9bn in 2020
That's $600m more than previously predicted, but well below the $7.7bn it had originally forecast
A Different Reality
Polyarc raises $9 million for AR development
"This round of funding was essential for us to expand our development focus to further embrace VR and AR games"
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Big Indie Pitch Winner
Indie Spotlight: Why Mousetrap Games CEO Edward Mężyk believes indies have no boundaries
"I think that without brave indie studios, mobile gaming would be boring"
Soaring Together
Thatgamecompany raises over $1 million for COVID-19 relief efforts
"We are so overwhelmed by the generosity of Sky's global community"
Consumer Showcase
First ever Pocket Gamer LaunchPad consumer event astounds with three million viewers on Twitch
Three days of exclusive mobile game news was shared with 37 million people on social media, paving the way for a second online event in November
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Robert Thomson tells us all about Gogogo!'s party game mechanics and being a part of The Big Indie Pitch
Robert Thomson discusses taking third at our recent Big Indie Pitch
Slayed
Konami is teaming with Shengqu Games for a new Castlevania mobile title
Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls shuts down on September 9th
The Future Is 5g
The future of gaming with 5G
Ciena VP and GM, EMEA Jamie Jefferies explores the potential of 5G
Money Money Money
Roblox developers are on track to bring in $250 million this year
"The accomplishments of our developer community have eclipsed even our loftiest expectations"
The Very Best
Update: Niantic doubles its #BlackLivesMatter donation from Pokémon GO Fest to $10 million
Pokémon GO generated $17.5 million in revenue during the event
A Lot Of Loot
Report: EU should treat loot boxes as a consumer protection matter rather than gambling
Research says that parental controls should be easier to understand
Catch Em All
The Pokémon Company teams up with CASETiFY for another collaboration
"The CASETiFY & Pokémon collaboration is one of our most talked-about and globally loved releases"
Dream Come True
Miniclip co-founder Robert Small becomes a patron for Make-A-Wish UK
"I wanted to support a charity that was really making a difference to the lives of kids all around the UK"
You're A Winner
Google names its 2020 Indie Games Festival winners
Across Europe, Japan and South Korea
10 Years On
Disney enters social gaming battle with $763 million Playdom deal
The Mouse is in sharing mode
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Why internships are important according to Sega associate production manager Jasmin Hernandez
"It wasn’t until I was in college that working in these industries even seemed like an option"
The Iap Inspector
How does Battle Legion monetise?
Does Traplight's new strategy title fight fair or are its tactics medieval?
Investment
LocalizeDirect receives $1.1 million investment
Will be used for its CMS for games development known as Gridly
Where It All Began
Netflix's The Witcher is getting a prequel TV show
Set 1,200 years before the previous series on the streaming platform
New Acquisition
Huuuge Games acquires Finnish games studio Double Star
"This acquisition marks another step forward in our Build-and-Buy strategy"
Master The Meta
Master the Meta: Is Glu about to make its largest acquisition yet?
News and insights from the Master the Meta team
Moving On
Ubisoft Quebec managing director Andrée Cossette is leaving the company
It's not in relation to the ongoing problems at Ubisoft
Pgbiz Roundtable
Join us on July 28th for the next PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session
Discussing the death of the IDFA
Living Price
Living Price and Promotion: Designing your live ops around what players actually value
Fundamentally Games' Oscar Clark looks at integrating pricing and promotions into a living game
Team Up
Gismart is looking to partner with hypercasual developers
To bring games to market quicker
More $$$
Wappier releases its In-App Purchase Pricing Strategy Guide
Behavioral economics for mobile game developers
Top Talent
Boss Bunny Games welcomes David Reeves to its board of directors
"I was drawn to the passion and ambition that drive the Boss Bunny team"
Not Great
Report: Ubisoft told staff to discuss harassment with harasser before HR
According to document sent to staff at the French firm's Canadian studios last year
Now That's Epic
Epic Games has given $42 million to 600 developers as part of its MegaGrants scheme
AMD has donated 200 Ryzen 7 3800X desktops to the initiative
Gone Fishing
Electronic Arts hires Jeff Karp to head up its mobile division
Karp is the former president of Big Fish Games
The African Games Market
Carry1st’s chief of staff & partnerships lead Sean Gotkin on the African games market
“I think in 2020, one of the biggest changes is how conferences have been online (and how successful it has been).”
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