Acquisition
Asset firm Macarthur Fortune Holding acquires Jagex for $530 million
"The combined strength of Macarthur Fortune and Jagex will both support and enhance our strategic plan"
Transport It Tycoon
Mobile Monsters partners with Huuuge Publishing to scale Transport It Tycoon
"It became very clear that Huuuge and us share a mutual understanding of how to run things"
What''s Changing?
Gaming's Tiger King moment in a time of Covid-19?
LVP on the current situation
Huawei Developer Day
Be quick: Sign ups for Huawei's Developer Day For Games end tomorrow!
Grab your ticket to this free event - but you better be quick
Scrabble Success
Scopely acquires Scrabble GO developer PierPlay
Now working on an unannounced project
Astronomical
Update: Fortnite's Astronomical Travis Scott concert gathers 27.7 million unique players
12.3 million concurrents on the first day, the largest number of concurrent users in the game's history
A Little Help
Bethesda donates $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Shared between Direct Relief, UNICEF, and local communities
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Rovio Financials Q1 Fy20
Rovio profits soar to $14 million as UA spending is cut by almost half
Angry Birds 2 sees a very small increase in bookings despite the lack of UA
Charity Work
War Child UK appoints David Miller as its new head of gaming partnerships
He has over 20 years expereince in games
Network With Speed
Network with top publishers and indie developers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2. Sign up now!
The Publisher SpeedMatch session returns at June’s online-only B2B games conference
10 Years On
Four million downloads makes Doodle Jump the best selling iPhone game ever
And an iPad version is on the way
Dinseyland
Curve Digital chairman Stuart Dinsey on how the games industry has changed over the last 30 years
"I like being in the middle of things."
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
Team Up
Zynga teams up with Amazon for free in-game content for Prime members
Starting with Words with Friends
Esports And Ua
Esports audiences: A UA marketer's dream
AdColony senior director of global marketing and communications Jonathan Harrop breaks down the opportunity
Money Money Money
European mobile app market revenues will reach $20.8 billion in 2022
Drop of $3 billion from previous expectations
All Aboard
Sybo Games soft-launches new endless runner Train Riders
Available in Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and the Philippines
Pastures New
Interview: Why Jens Begemann thinks now is the right time to leave Wooga
"Wooga is strategically set in the right direction and I miss the early days"
Open Sesame
Realpolitik and Tim Sweeney's epic vision
From ZTT to the Metaverse
Bananas For Everyone
Update: Gameloft's Minion Rush dashes closer to one billion downloads worldwide
"It's insane when you think about it."
"more Successful Than Ever"
Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann departs after 11 years
Former Google head of games Nai Chang will takeover position in June
Most Read
Hot Five: Danganronpa coming to mobile, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads skyrocket, and Brawl Stars launches in China in June
The hottest articles of last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Revelation see huge numbers for beta tests
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Find Your Funding
Find funding for your games and projects at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now to meet top investors
Our ever-popular matchmaking event Investor Connector makes a return at June’s online-only B2B games conference
Round The Track
Nexon's KartRider Rush+ races through three million pre-registrations in one week
Due to launch in Q2 2020
Helping Hand
Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress
“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"
A New Future
Towards a new future: How the games industry can make a change for the better
Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu looks at how the games industry can - and should - improve
So Much Money
Transcend Fund raises $50 million for games companies
Firm wants to write cheques between $200,000 and $2 million
Setting Up Shop
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
20 Years Of Gameloft
Staying agile in an ever-changing industry: Gameloft chiefs look back on the company's 20 years in games
CFO Alexandre de Rochefort and COO Baudouin Corman speak to us about adapting to shifts in technology and monetisation
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode 2: App Store expansion, Cooking Mama drama, and more!
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Tilting Bear
Tilting Point signs multi-year publishing deal with GameBear for Nova Empire: Space Commander
China-based developer has generated $25 million from its game since late 2017
Candy Land
Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million
Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses
Incredible Indies
Perfect for indies: FREE opportunities for independent developers at Pocket Gamer’s next online conference
Fantastic opportunities await indie developers at June’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2, our online-only conference, enabling them to connect with the global industry
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: How Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery graduated to its sophomore year with flying colours
Game director Sarah Wolf looks back over the last two years of magic
Money Money Money
My.Games revenues rose 13.4 per cent in Q1 2020
Mobile made up 66 per cent of games revenue
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Digital Talking Heads
Wargaming, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, The Pokémon Company and Wizards of the Coast all confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Our expert speaker lineup for our second digital conference begins to take shape - who will you learn from this June?
Lay Offs
AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level"
"I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"
Good Start
Hello Neighbor TV pilot has nearly 11 million views
"An animated series was the next logical step after books and games"
Market Differences
The latest differences in casual games between the global and Chinese mobile game market
TopOn VP of marketing monetisation Harry Yang compares two high-performing games
Everyone Loves A Comeback
Google Stadia mobile app surpasses one million installs in five months
50 per cent increase over launch week
Record Sales Smashed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells more digitally in one month than any other console game ever
SuperData states that New Horizons is the best selling game in history digitally
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
Android Only
Educational game streaming service Hatch Kids launches in UK and Ireland
Also available in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway
Investment
Finnish studio Reworks raises $4.3 million led by EQT Ventures
Launches home design game Redecor
Experience The Magic
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery players conjure up 35 billion minutes of gameplay
An outfit design contest begins April 25th
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: From Xbox Live Vision to Apple Arcade, how Zen Studios have survived for nearly two decades
COO Mel Kirk shares his thoughts on the history of Hungarian studio
Breaking Records
Nintendo Switch doubled its Q1 sales year-on-year in March 2020
Best Q1 hardware sales for 10 years