July 24, 2020 Indie View The Big Indie Interviews: Subpixel tell us all about how they mixed hypercasual and retro to create Ready Set Goat We discuss what it takes to blend old and new into one award-winning product
July 24, 2020 All The Colours Hypercasual game Color Switch returns with endless runner sequel Color Switch World Creator David Reichelt wants to give players "a glimpse of how we will take the brand in new directions"
July 24, 2020 Feel The Music Ukie launches new event with focus on musical talent in the games industry Game Changers will take place on August 6th
July 24, 2020 Takin' Care Of Business Mobile games jobs weekly: MTG CEO steps down after 26 years, Ubisoft dismisses PR director The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
July 24, 2020 Busting Rhymes Games publisher Leaf teams up with Cypress Hill rapper B Real for musician's first game Bringing the "Dr Greenthumb brand" to mobile
July 24, 2020 Masterclasses Fundamentally Games' Oscar Clark on bringing games to live "It's vital to your success to understand that good live ops come first from loving both your game and your players."
July 24, 2020 Guess Who's Back Sonic's second movie gets a release date for April 8th 2022 Sega and Paramount to team up again
July 24, 2020 Making Changes Unity details changes coming to its 2020.1 update Package manager and workflows have been upgraded
July 24, 2020 Welcome Aboard MAG Interactive hires a new senior game artist and intelligence engineer Güray Emen and Greg Smee
July 24, 2020 #blacklivesmatter POC in Mobile: Peak's Shaneka Jeffrey on her journey to being a QA manager "Just go for it, don’t doubt yourself and make your voice heard"
July 24, 2020 Regulated Fun Apple commissions a new report to show its strict App Store rules make for a better experience "Trust and integrity are central to making buyers and sellers comfortable trading on the platform"
July 24, 2020 Brazilian Potential Brazil Games’ executive manager Eliana Russi on the potential of the Brazilian games industry “In Brazil it has changed drastically - consumer and industry development growth due to less technology barriers and also to a much larger audience due to mobile access.”
July 23, 2020 Money Money Money Digital games made $10.46 billion in June 2020 Game or Peace was mobile's top-grossing title
July 23, 2020 Get Access Super Evil Megacorp to launch Early Access for Catalyst Black For iOS devices only
July 23, 2020 Ad Evolution Interview: How AudioMob is shaking up the rewarded ads space with its audio offerings Christian Facey and Wilfrid Obeng discuss the company's approach to ads and its open beta
July 23, 2020 Moving On Jason Killingsworth leaves Riot Games Has decided to focus on his publishing company, Tune and Fairweather
July 23, 2020 Farewell Jørgen Madsen Lindemann steps down as Modern Times Group CEO David Chance will stand down as chairman of the board
July 23, 2020 See You In Court French union Solidaires Informatique will take Ubisoft to court Over allegations of harassment and abuse at the company
July 23, 2020 Hands Up! Shooters are the sixth biggest mobile genre in the US, finds GameRefinery report 20.56% of the market is held by Call of Duty
July 23, 2020 Pgbiz Roundtable Catch up on our Publishing in China RoundTable discussion Full video available now on YouTube
July 23, 2020 #metoo Ubisoft CEO says he made "tough decisions" over previous misconduct allegations "It has now become clear that certain individuals betrayed the trust I placed in them"
July 23, 2020 Super Evil Launchpad LaunchPad: Why Super Evil Megacorp is getting involved in Pocket Gamer's first digital consumer event "Digital events like Launchpad are opportunities to bring the celebration of new games to a much broader audience"
July 23, 2020 Five-year Anniversary Live and Kicking: How Animal Jam inspired players to become veterinarians, biologists, and researchers "Average daily playtime is over 60 minutes and we’re seeing millions more lines of chat per day"
July 23, 2020 Money Money Money My.Games sees a revenue increase of 46% year-on-year for Q2 2020 Mobile accounts for 67 per cent of all revenue
July 23, 2020 Explore Different Commercial Models ICO Partners’ CEO Thomas Bidaux on commercial models in PC and console “There is no doubt that the new generation of consoles will lead a lot of the discussions and the strategic development of many companies.”
July 23, 2020 One Special Day SpecialEffect to host fifth annual One Special Day fundraising event on October 2nd Working with over 40 developers and publishers to raise money to help gamers with disabilities
July 23, 2020 Turbo Payments Admix cuts payment terms down to 14 days with new Turbo payments Those on 90-day terms to receive a better revenue share at the cost of having to wait longer
July 23, 2020 Event Introducing PocketGamer.biz MasterClasses: a series of deep-dive workshops exploring all things games design Learn from the finest games industry experts in an in-depth learning environment
July 22, 2020 Indie View The Big Indie Interviews: How old meets new with Big Indie Pitch runner-up Waken Games We take a deeper look at not only Waken Games as a studio, but also Super Nova Boy which took 2nd place at The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
July 22, 2020 To The Future Tencent, Asus, and Lenovo are using the SDS GamingBar in their new phones "The digital controls that Sentons provides takes mobile gaming to the next level, creating a seamless and innovative experience"
July 22, 2020 Behind The Wheel Rocket League is going free-to-play "The game wouldn't be where it is today without our dedicated and amazing community"
July 22, 2020 Bouncing Back The UK games industry is showing resilience against the coronavirus 45 per cent of businesses have increased revenue
July 22, 2020 It's Magical Ludia teams up with Disney for new game Disney Wonderful Worlds It will be released in 2021
July 22, 2020 Idfa Impact Impacts of iOS 14 IDFA changes on app monetization TapResearch dude Brian Larson digs into the changes that are coming
July 22, 2020 #metoo Ubisoft dismisses PR director Stone Chin "I can see that my actions as a manager over the years while at the company have hurt people"
July 22, 2020 Oh Dear Former Ubisoft HR employee claims management distrusted harassment victims Marketing team and execs apparently said that female protagonists don't sell games
July 22, 2020 On Strike Update: Voltage responds to the strike action by Lovestruck staff "None of our 21 fellow Lovestruck writers have had their contracts terminated, and we are surprised by the company's statement" says the Voltage Organised Workers group
July 22, 2020 Legend Of The Skyfish 2 Indie Spotlight: Crescent Moon Games founder Josh Presseisen on pitching to Apple Arcade as a publisher "I think premium has really died for most developers over the past few years"
July 22, 2020 It's A Secret China pulls Cytus II from the App Store for secret pro-democracy Morse code message The musical director behind it has resigned
July 22, 2020 Mental Health Take This executive director Eve Crevoshay on mental health in the games industry “We will continue to have to find creative ways to respond to COVID, especially as it relates to work from home and remote work options.”
July 22, 2020 Big Indie Pitch Minidragon makes it two years in a row as our July Big Indie Pitch champion We reveal the top three from our second standalone Digital Big Indie Pitch
July 22, 2020 Tamatem Partnership Tamatem and Tamalaki partner to release Home Designer Blast Makeover in the MENA region Renamed خبير تصميم المنزل Home Design Expert
July 21, 2020 Under One Roof HAL Laboratory moves into Nintendo's Tokyo building It's increased its staff numbers to 195
July 21, 2020 New Talent Inspiring the next generation of talent: Q&A with games industry experts How can you make the most of a career in the games industry? Four industry insiders answer your questions
July 21, 2020 Talking Heads Fingersoft, London Venture Partners, A Thinking Ape, and Fnatic confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 The speaker lineup for September’s online-only event continues to form; who will you be learning from?
July 21, 2020 Pride Gayming Magazine to host first ever Gayming Awards in February 2021 Celebrating LGBTQ+ representation in the games industry
July 21, 2020 Connecting Worlds Black Block’s CEO and Co-founder Robin Squire on building the future of connected open worlds “We've seen so many new game studios founded and backed, with founding teams having worked at many of the big industry success stories over the past five to ten years and working on incredibly ambitious new projects for new audiences.”
July 21, 2020 Moving On Mojang is moving Minecraft to Microsoft's Azure servers Title previously posted on Amazon's platform
July 21, 2020 Crash Grab? Opinion: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run needs to not only look good, but feel good Can King transition the loveable marsupial over to mobile right?