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PGC Digital: Lockwood Publishing on promoting growth even during lockdown
The Lisbon team worked together for three days before lockdown
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PGC Digital: Social, IP and localisation pivotal when launching in the West, says Tencent's Aras Senyuz
Netmarble's partnership with Marvel on Marvel Future Fight cited
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PGC Digital: Fueling growth through user-centric UA design
"If you want someone to see something, make it stand out"
Pgcd Careers Week
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital Careers Week is live - and it's not too late to get involved
Get your next job as part of this week's conference
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PGC Digital: Rovio's Alexei Ryan outlines industry shortcuts on hiring and why recruiters should improve
A third of hires take place internally globally today
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PGC Digital: Now is the time to enter the MENA market, says Sandsoft Games CEO Mo Fadl
"The market is growing like no other"
Sandsoft Launch
New MENA game publisher Sandsoft Games opens its doors
Former Wargaming head of global esports Mo Fadl leading the company
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PGC Digital: The state of the mobile games industry in 2020
"The mobile economy is doing some positive things"
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga acquires Peak Games, Playrix soft-launches Puzzle Breakers and picks up Cateia Games
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Black Lives Matter
Statement from Steel Media Ltd in support of Black Lives Matter
Steel Media stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in condemnation of the killing of George Floyd, and against widespread systemic racism.
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Bidstack VP Charlotte Cook on the new era of advertising in games
"Over the next 12 months, I think we will see gaming creating more detailed and ambitious universes than ever before"
Feed The Beast
Five tips to feed Facebook's algorithms right
InnoGames' Sven Miketta gives you advice on feeding the beast
Cook Out
99Games launches Star Chef 2 as first game from N3twork's Scale Platform Partner Growth Fund
The first Star Chef has generated over $30 million in lifetime revenue
Journalist Bar
The Journalist Bar heads online for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Get on the experts’ radar as our PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz journalists offer feedback on your games digitally next week
The Tarboosh Approach
The Voodoo Approach: Tarboosh Games CEO Rani Hammad H. on learning how to make hit games with Voodoo
"It is hard to always meet their KPIs, but when you do, the game is usually sustainable and successful."
Done Deal
Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy
The rest of the settlement is paid in shares
Jobs Board
Get your next job in the games industry with our Jobs Board
Now beefed up and full of new jobs ahead of PGC Careers Week
China Regulations
Will China’s new regulations push game publishers towards other emerging markets?
Nativex general manager Tiffany Ou looks at what's to come
Money Money Money
Activision Blizzard shareholder claims firm has 'unnecessarily enriched' CEO Kotick
Executive director of CTW Investment Group Dieter Waizenegger says that the exec is compensated too highly
To The Future
NetEase sets up a new studio in Tokyo to focus on next-generation games
The studio is hiring PC, console and mobile specialist
Sponsor Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Celebrating the incredible companies supporting us for our second digital conference
Pay The Price
HyperBeard agrees to a $150,000 settlement with the US FTC
For alleged violation of child protection rules
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Rovio director of growth Kieran O'Leary to share tips on finding "new best-performing creatives"
"Why wouldn't you like to work in one the most creative industries?"
Street Life
How does Forza Street monetise?
Is the racer's mobile debut generous or greedy?
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Bidstack CRO Lewis Sherlock looks forward to learning about studio trends
"There is still huge innovation coming with cloud gaming"
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UNRD CEO Shib Hussain on being "energised" by the games industry's creativity
"It's such a dynamic industry, and there are so much more exciting things to come"
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Discover Incredible Indies and Industry Vision & Values at Pocket Gamer Connects #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Agora Live Video
Nobody cares about your app idea - here's how to change that
Harness live video for the next generation of gaming & apps
Editor's Choice
Ten sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 you really shouldn't miss
PGBiz Editor Ric Cowley picks out his most anticipated talks
#blacklivesmatter
The Pokemon Company, Double Fine, House House, and more join in to show support for #BlackLivesMatter
Through statements and charity donations
Going Indie
Indie enthusiast Kirk Scott leaves Nintendo of America
He was there for five years
#blacklivesmatter
Niantic is donating all proceeds from Pokemon Go Fest 2020 to fight racism
With a promised minimum of $5 million
Delayed Content
Epic Games postpones Fortnite's upcoming event and Season 3
In support of #BlackLivesMatter
New Subsidiary
Playrix welcomes Cateia Games to its Croatia team
"Becoming part of the Playrix family is a great honour for Cateia Games"
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter: How the games industry is showing support and how you can help
Resources, organisations, and things you can do to help support the Black Lives Matter movement
2.5 Million Dau
Making Of: How Scrabble GO achieved "the best launch ever for a mobile word game"
"Over 2.5 million people are playing daily for an average of 100 minutes each day"
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AppLovin's Cyril Caël to discuss how monetisation can make games more fun
"On the user’s end, mobile games consumption is more than ever a part of everyday life."
Developer Toolkit
Discover the Developer Toolkit at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Neat Trick
Luna Labs launches new video ad optimisation tool Replay
It automates production and editiong for videos
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Geewa CEO Milos Endrle on the growing market in the Czech Republic
"Game studios are now becoming a part of the big game developers' brands portfolio"
Oh Dear
Game Workers Unite UK member leaves after being accused of "exclusionary behaviour and bullying"
Didžgalvyte allegedly said GWU wouldn't condemn racism for fear of alienating developers
The Aya Approach
The Voodoo Approach: Why AYA Games feels like Voodoo is the only publisher it wants to work with
"Voodoo was willing to support us in pretty much every possible way"
Talking Heads
Facebook, Activision, Agora.io and Crunchyroll confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
The speaker lineup for our second online-only conference reaches its final form - read on to see who you’ll be learning from next week!
Feel The Music
Gismart is launching a new music partnership program called Games for Artists
Designed to help musicians get exposure through games
Production In Pandemic
Audio production in times of pandemic
Four things Covid-19 has taught us about maintaining production standards
That's Epic
Epic's Tim Sweeney claims free games on Epic Games Store result in higher sales on other platforms
"It's been a benefit for game developers"
10 Years On
Unity developer support tops 170,000 as platform turns 5
Platform claims to be #1 engine on the market
#blacklivesmatter
Update: Electronic Arts, Supercell, Team17, and Square Enix are making donations to support #BlackLivesMatter
Employee donations will also be matched by the companies
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Discover Big Screen Gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Going Retro
Sega continues mini console trend with upcoming Game Gear Micro
Comes to Japan on October 6th