Future Acquisitions
Keywords Studios is raising $122 million to purchase businesses struggling with the pandemic
"This is likely to result in an increased number of acquisition opportunities for Keywords Studios"
New Acquisition
Sumo Digital purchases Snooker 19 studio Lab42
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Allo-homora
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells debut trailer glimpses iconic locations
Zynga, Warner Bros. and Portkey Games for a new mobile game based on the Harry Potter license
I'm Ready, I'm Ready
Tilting Point rebrands as free-to-play publisher, launches SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off
Company looks to form relationships and work with developers on projects
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #4: Nintendo's mobile growth, Summer Game Fest, Skate 3 rumours
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Building Bank
Fortnite battles its way to $1 billion on mobile in two years
Free-to-play title generated $44.3 million in April alone
Back Of The Net
Live and Kicking: Nordeus CEO Branko Milutinović on a decade of Top Eleven
"Football is a pillar of Nordeus"
Lovin Zone
AppLovin acquires Game of War developer Machine Zone
Mobile marketing firm will be moving in with the developer
Class Has Started
Supercell celebrates its 10th anniversary by taking a look at what its learned
10 lessons across 10 years
Offering Support
App Samurai creates new $250,000 Resilience Grant to support mobile developers
Up to $10,000 will be given to each studio chosen for the grant
China Hit Worst
Nexon's revenue and profit falls year-on-year in Q1 due to Covid-19 pandemic
"Nexon has been spared the turbulence due to minimal physical contact with consumers"
Discount Ending
Just one week left to save with our Mid-Term prices for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Don’t miss out on the chance to save for June’s online only B2B games industry conference before the price goes up next week
Pgbiz Roundtables
Join us on May 19th for the next PocketGamer.biz RoundTable session
Watch industry experts discuss hot topics in these free sessions
Strong All Around
Sega profits rocket by 421%, video games up 50% too
"Strong competitive mobile enviroment"
Square Enix Financials
Dragon Quest Walk and Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe help lift Square Enix mobile revenues to almost $1 billion
Profits rise by 9.38% overall
10 Years On
56% of iPhone apps sell less than 10,000 copies
It's a topheavy market where less than 10% do 100k+
It's Unreal
Epic Games gives a first look at Unreal Engine 5
It's also launched Epic Online Services
A Good Deed
Riot Games has raised $10 million for its Social Impact Fund so far
"This is a unique philanthropic venture fund"
Rebooted Event
New meeting platform announced for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Plus extra themed conference, live Discord chat and much more - here’s what’s new and improved for your next online games industry event
Gonna Subscribe
Multiscription is launching a new subscription service for free-to-play mobile games
Offering publishers the ability to add subscription services to their games
Tencent Financials
Tencent sees a 26 per cent revenue increase year-on-year in Q1 2020
Mobile games generated ¥34.8 billion ($4.9 billion)
Better Together
Twitter acquires playable ad outfit CrossInstall
Building a strong monetisation channel
Hard To Bell-ieve
Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifts nearly 4 million units in Japan
Best-selling Nintendo Switch game in the country yet
Winner Winner
App Annie: PUBG Mobile generates largest consumer spend overseas for China-based developers in Q1 2020
Rise of Kingdoms from Lilith follows in second
Mobile Dominance
The mobile games market faces the least disruption from coronavirus according to Newzoo
It will generate $77.2 billion in 2020
What A Save
Lion Studios' puzzler Save The Girl tops global downloads for April 2020
Mobile game accumulated more than 50 million installs
Component Shortages
Report: Nintendo Switch production facing delays due to Asia lockdown
"Nintendo wouldn't be able to produce enough units for the shopping season"
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How Rovio's design director Timothy Coolidge is operating from his 10-year-old son's bedroom
"In the space of a few weeks, I sold everything and took the leap to join the games industry"
Enough To Afford A Butler
Gardenscapes helps grow Playrix's downloads to 1.1 billion
$1.9 billion revenue accumulated from player spending
Igda Insight
Free mentorship available to indies with IGDA Finland and Pocket Gamer Connects Digital
Register now for online advice at the IGDA Finland Mentor Café on Thursday 11 June
Event
Blockchain games - unmissable expert insight & practical advice with Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital #1
6 Sensational seminar tracks, 60+ stunning speakers and 600+ spectators for July's online-only event
Chinajoy Goes Ahead
ChinaJoy 2020 is still taking place despite the coronavirus pandemic
Shanghai event still scheduled to take place from July 31st to August 3rd.
Welcome Aboard
Retro Studios hires Adad Morales as its new VFX lead artist
Known for Battlefield and Star Wars
Island Living
Animal Crossing: New Horizons experiences 135% increase in UK sales
It shifted 13.41 million copies in six weeks
Allons-y
BBC partners with Maze Theory and Kaigan Games for new Doctor Who mobile game
Set to materialise next year
Leaning In
Zynga in the time of Covid-19
COO Matt Bromberg considers the new era
Three-day Event
Media Indie Exchange partners with Kinda Funny for digital indie event Guerrilla Collective on June 6th-8th
Part of IGN's Summer of Gaming
Ubisoft Forward
Ubisoft to host digital showcase on July 12th
Exclusive game news, reveals and more
Special Milestone
Top Eleven celebrates 220 million downloads and seven-year partnership with José Mourinho
Developer Nordeus reveals stats surrounding 10-year anniversary of football management game
Digital Calendar
Steel Media goes online! Join us at our upcoming digital events
Connecting the global games industry through our digital conferences, pitches, round-tables and more
Safety First
Tokyo Games Show and Paris Games Week become latest victims of Covid-19
TGS moves to digital while PGW looks ahead to 2021
Newzoo Report
China games revenue set to exceed $46 billion in 2024
Mobile games revenue generated an estimated $18.5 billion in 2019
The Right Ua
Are you in bed with the right UA agency (and, is an agency even the right way to go)?
AdQuantum breaks down the arguments for staying in-house or working with an agency
Free Webinar
Free online PG.biz RoundTable discussion series launches tomorrow
Register for a Work From Home panel featuring experts from King, Tilting Point, Voodoo, Tamatem and more
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga posts record sales, Gary Whitta discusses his Animal Crossing talk show, and Gardenscapes dethrones Candy Crush Saga
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Studio Closure To Million Seller
Indie Spotlight: Cornfox & Bros. co-founder details the five-year development behind Oceanhorn 2
"People expected all games to be free, and we were sitting on an almost finished 10-plus hour premium console-style adventure game"
Level Up
Rogue Games raises $2 million to expand to console games
Also announces new title Coreupt
This Week In China
This Week In China: Mahjong Soul sees success in Japan while Love and Producer scores its own anime
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Hyper-casual Success
How to find hyper-casual success with rapid testing and development
Hyper-casual isn't just a mobile game genre—it's a very specialist process of game development
Mmorpgs Rule
South Korean mobile games market still grinding
Crunching the data with App Annie