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Eat Or Be Eaten
Despite $1.8 billion Peak deal, Zynga isn't 'acquisition-ed out'
President of publishing Bernard Kim on a hungry beast
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PGC Digital: Sega Europe's Bobby Wertheim wants to know if you are Sega's next big hit
"Our absolute focus is on building new and original IP"
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PGC Digital: Lessons to learn for working with independent developers
"It is business and nothing personal"
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PGC Digital: King's Zoe Williams discusses the differences between live ops
Reoccuring versus Unique versus Uppercase
Hypercasual Domination
Hypercasual app installs more than doubled between December 2019 and March 2020
China saw a 300 per cent rise in downloads
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PGC Digital: Kast's Max Sjöblom on understanding and working with influencers
Learning their shtick and being transparent
Money Money Money
PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing mobile title in May 2020
It generated $226 million
On The Rise
Installs by mobile players have increased by 84 per cent according to Unity
Ad impressions have increased by 50 per cent
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PGC Digital: ESL UK's James Dean on running esports events without a physical audience
"Embracing change is absolutely imperative"
Gaming's Image Change
InnoGames CEO Hendrik Klindworth on how Covid-19 might change the image of gaming
"Although these are unpredictable times, they have also been times of growth and learning."
Got A Clue?
Rovio launches its new murder mystery puzzle game Small Town Murders
"A fantasy world featuring a cast of unique and quirky characters"
Mental Health
Jagex and its players are donating $250,000 to mental health charities
CPSL Mind, The Prince's Trust and Rise Above the Disorder
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Pixel Federation co-founder Lucia Šicková on the "rollercoaster of Zoom"
"I discovered that the [gaming] space is a perfect mix of creativity and structure where I can make the most of my skill set."
An Old Friend
Rovio hires Jakob Longer as its new head of corporate development
He worked for the company from 2012 to 2016
10 Years On
Opinion: Why a growing disquiet stalks the corridors of WWDC 2010
It's a Jobsian Hobbesian world
#blacklivesmatter
Klei Entertainment donates $1 million to #BlackLivesMatter causes
"As a part of the global community, we believe each of us need to do our part to make the world a safer, kinder, more equal place"
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PGC Digital: Critical Ops fires to 80 million installs worldwide
Five million monthly active users
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PGC Digital: Garena's valuation has grown by 23 times in six years, according to Bitkfraft Ventures
Singaporean developer's value jump from $1 billion to $23 billion
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PGC Digital: Kwalee's Prytherch reveals what lessons the company has learned as a publisher
Publisher's "evolve over time"
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PGC Digital: Crazy Labs explains why ASMR Slicing is so successful two months after launch
It's been downloaded 42 million times since April
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PGC Digital: Mobile esports tournament platform BAASH soft-launches on Android
Partnership teased with PC brand
Get Your First Job
Entry level advice for getting a job in games
Games recruitment firm Amiqus offers up some tips for getting your first job in the industry
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PGC Digital: PUBG Mobile esports surpassed 532 million views globally in 2019
56 million hours worth of watched content
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PGC Digital: Mediatonic's Arran Topalian demystifies multiplayer mobile game development
Using mental models and best practices for playtests
Mental Health
The majority of gamers believe playing games is good for mental health
"Gaming has the power to provide a rich experience that embraces diversity and limitless self-expression"
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PGC Digital: Nick Murray on building effective in-game economies
Define your purpose and have at least two currencies
Found A Clue
Wooga is bringing its players together to solve a new murder mystery in June's Journey
To create new friendships as lockdown lifts
Cybersecurity
Nintendo claims that a further 140,000 accounts may have been breached earlier this year
160,000 accounts were hacked in March
Minority Support
Riot is putting $10m behind minority-led studios
Firm also puts $1m behind social justice causes
Heading To China
Supercell's Brawl Stars officially launches in China
"China could potentially be a huge market for the game"
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PGC Digital: So Real Digital Twins head Kelly Vero on the benefits of machine learning with game art
"We're creating a solution for a problem for something everyone has or will have"
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AppsFlyer head of gaming Brian Murphy on getting into the games industry
"Be open, ask questions, meet the right people."
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PGC Digital: Caracal Games' Ricchiuti explains why motivation is important for monetisation
"Motivation has lots of meanings and lots of ways of being translated"
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PGC Digital: "I believe as an industry we’ve become too data-driven," says Boomzap Entertainment co-founder
Christopher Natsuume was part of a panel discussing 'Workflow Tricks for Growing Teams'
Your Next Job
Get your next job at Rovio with Pocket Gamer Connects Digital's Career Week
Plenty of roles open in Helsinki and Stockholm
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PGC Digital: A look at free-to-play monetisation with Multiscription's Teis Anker Mikkelsen
"As a game developer you trust the player to continue to be a subscriber"
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PGC Digital: AppMagic CEO Max Samorukov on building a product strategy from market research
"What games make up the majority of these downloads in this genre?"
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PGC Digital: Unity's Slava Taraskin makes some bold predicitions for H2 2020
Q3 will see an increase in use of all game types
Last Week In China
Last Week in China: Bilibili plans to launch a satellite and One Punch Man takes the Taiwanese mobile market by storm
The biggest stories straight out of Beijing
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PGC Digital: Netmarble's Baris Ozistek outlines the evolution of hypercasual using RPG mechanics
Hypercasual 2.0 is coming, and Netmarble wants to be the ones leading the charge
#blacklivesmatter
EA Sports states that it won't "tolerate racism of any kind"
Firm outlines measures it is taking to cut out hate speech
Loot Boxes
The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling
Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction
Stay Healthy
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
"Suicide is a leading cause of death for people under 35 around the world"
The Ohm Approach
The Voodoo Approach: OHM Games on what sets its hit titles apart from the crowd
"We are really proud that all our games have extra long session lengths for hyper-casual"
What's Up?
Games vs Covid-19: FIFA 2020 will provide artificial crowd sounds for Premier League TV coverage
Keeping track of what's happening
Claim A Freebie
Goodgame Studios teams up with Amazon for exclusive Big Farm: Mobile Harvest content for Prime users
Expected to run for six months
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PGC Digital: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp experiences its best month for downloads ever
Over 7 million downloads for the month
All Ears
AudioMob on the art and opportunity of betas
CEO Christian Facey explains
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PGC Digital: Games-related acquisitions down 45% year-on-year in Q1 2020
Declining activity in China across the period