Popular Cat
Outfit7's My Talking Tom Friends exceeds seven million pre-registrations in six days
It's due for release on June 12th
Breakthrough Talent
BAFTA Breakthrough applications are now open
Both in the US and the UK
Pgc Digital
Learn how to make money from your games with the Monetiser track at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 tracks
Virtual World
Avakin Life welcomes 200 million users
Currently sees 1.4 million players daily
Retargeting
Here's how retargeting supports app growth for gaming
Remerge looks at how retargeting can add value to your game
Fringe Events
Meet your next business partner, publisher or investor online at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Fringe benefits: beyond the conference talks and panels, there are multiple events for networking with over 1,000 industry professionals over the internet in June
Rise Of 7.6%
Slovakian games industry to reach $60.5 million revenue in 2020
Pixel Federation tops employers across the country
Three Is A Magic Number
Match-three games dominate US iOS market at 21% of revenue
Candy Crush, Toy Blast, Gardenscapes, and more
Pokemon Stay Home
Pokemon GO Fest goes digital with two-day global event
Scheduled to take place from July 25th to 26th, 2020
1.5 Million Users
Carry1st raises $4 million to help grow mobile games in Africa
"Social gaming is the largest and fastest-growing form of mobile media"
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Clipwire Games' James Aiken on developing from home after just relocating
"When you can't go out and see friends and family it’s important to make plans to communicate with people outside of work"
Mobile Dominance
The record for weekly mobile game downloads has been broken during the coronavirus outbreak
New record is 1.2 billion
Splash The Cash
Tencent is investing $70 billion into tech infrastructures
Including cloud computing and cybersecurity
Gamedev Toolbox
GameAnalytics launches The GameDev Toolbox - the first one-stop directory of mobile game service providers
The free web resource includes information and links to hundreds of companies and platforms offering everything from ad monetization to user attribution
The Cassette Approach
The Voodoo Approach: How AquaPark.io developer Cassette grew with help from the hyper-casual publisher
"These guys are experts of feeling the thin line between giving advice and letting you make your own decisions"
Wake Up
Little Nightmares scares up two million sales
Game shifted one million copies since August 2018
Pgc Digital #2
Learn the Global Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Find Your Funding
Investor Connector returns at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign-ups close May 31st
The ever-popular investor matchmaking event goes online next month, sign up now!
Beta Only
IronSource opens up Facebook Audience Network to its in-app bidding platform LevelPlay
70 per cent of its mediation traffic expected to run through in-app bidding by the end of 2020.
Europe, Middle East And Africa
Subway Surfers tops monthly average users for EMEA across Q1 2020
App Annie data points to Supercell duo and Sybo Games megahit
Covid-19 Strikes Again
BlizzCon 2020 cancelled, digital event expected for early 2021
"We're feeling deeply disappointed about this decision"
Stood Up
Konami's LovePlus Every to shut down 10 months after launch
Dating simulator will cease operations on August 5th, 2020
What Is Reality?
Pokemon GO rolls out "Reality Blending" AR functionality to limited devices
PokeStop scanning also made available to help map the in-game world
Discount Ends
LAST CHANCE to save on tickets for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Mid-Term discounts for next month’s B2B conference end at midnight TONIGHT - book now!
Talking Heads
Unity, Microsoft, Crazy Labs and Bidstack confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
With our second online-only conference only two weeks away, the speaker roster is nearing its final form. Read on to see who you’ll be learning from next month
Helping Out
IGDA launches Indie Collective group to aid smaller studios
"As an indie developer, it can be difficult to navigate all of the challenges a development team faces"
Pride
Netmarble sales up 11.6% as Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross starts strong
"We are anticipating significant growth in sales and profitability in our second quarter"
Pgc Digital
Discover how to grow your games at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Splashing Cash
Tencent acquires 20% stake in Japanese games firm Marvelous
"In comparison to Western companies, there is a widening abyss in terms of development capability and financial clout"
Gamestream Funding
Gamestream secures $3.8 million funding for B2B cloud games platform
Money will also be used to increase staff numbers
17% Overall Growth
SuperData: Games spending cracks $10.5 billion in April, mobile up 14%
Kongregate's Peacekeeper earns highest-grossing title for the month
Referee!
Manchester United F.C. raises lawsuit against Football Manager makers
Club alleges that Sports Interactive and Sega have infringed its trademark
Scrabble Go Success
Interview: Why Scopely and PierPlay spent three years perfecting Scrabble GO
Speaking with PierPlay CEO Lorenzo Nuvoletta about the game's huge initial success
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats
What does it take to make a game that's fun for both humans and cats?
We Didn't Start The Fire
Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?
A first-time player tries to explain the battle royale's appeal
Most Read
Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Hypercasual Shift
Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual
"The hypercasual business model continues to evolve and provide huge opportunities for developer teams"
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Attractive Interactive discusses its creative Big Indie Pitch winning title Paper Game
We sit down with Pontus Björkberg from Attractive Interactive to what goes into making a completely customisable game for mobile
Magic Fund
Report: Magic Leap has raised $350 million in funding
Follows layoffs the company announced exactly a month ago
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #5: Garena Free Fire 80m DAUs, Gamescom goes digital, and more!
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Schedule Revealed
Conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
With less than three weeks to go, you can check out what’s happening at next month’s online-only games industry conference
Making Of
Making Of: How A Fold Apart used Lightning Rod Games co-founder Mark Laframboise's own long-distance relationship as its basis
"I was working at Disney Interactive/Playdom in California while my significant other was still living in Ontario, Canada"
Deep Dives
PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play
Will Luton digs into Supercell's currently soft-launched casual game
Need Funding?
The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding
Mobile studios include Panic Barn and Jolly Good Games
Digital Showcase
Japanese developers and publishers join together for New Game+ Expo on June 23rd
Sega, SNK, Koei Tecmo, Spike Chunsoft, and more are due to take part
Level Up
MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership
Lucky Star Solitaire and Tap Empire get supercharged
China Covid-19 Growth
China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19
Yodo1 digs into the data
Mediatel Sms Payments
How Mediatel is helping mobile game developers access SMS payments for their games
Director Mike Charlesworth explains what the firm can do for you
93 In Total
Take-Two Interactive has 21 games "planned specifically" for mobile
Another seven will be launched across all platforms