Game On
DevGAMM lands in Minsk on 21-22 November
The two-day games industry conference heads to the capital of Belarus
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For The Kids
Red Interactive CEO steps away to launch mobile game studio Red Games
Creating family-friendly titles for mobile and VR
A Good Cause
The American Red Cross and Skillz team up to aid US wildfire victims
The competition platform is holding a tournament
Video
8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Trade Trends track
Facts, figures and insight into the latest industry trends from around the world.
Speaker Line Up
The India Game Developer Conference 2019 reveals speakers
It is being held between November 22nd and 23rd
Financials
Zynga achieves best quarterly revenue and bookings in 12-year history
Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons both drive quarter
$$$
New Zealand game industry gets $6m cash injection from government
Dunedin is the country's new Centre for Digital Excellence
Soft Launch
RuneScape enters early access on Android
Supports cross-play with desktop
Super Smashed It
Switch sells over 41 million as Nintendo's profits jump 53%
The power of Switch Lite
Cultural Fit
The geographic fault lines of mobile game art style
GameRefinery on which games appeal where
No Magic Formula
What makes Summoners War a successful esport?
Gamevil Com2uS' David Mohr explains
Video
7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Growth track
Essential insight into user acquisition, retention techniques and how to grow your game.
Publishing Rights
Tencent is set to publish Switch version of Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe in China
The company is also bringing Monster Hunter World back to the shelves
Nothing Simulated
The Sims surpasses $5 billion in lifetime revenue
Monthly players up 40 per cent year-on-year
Top Dogs
Nova Esports scoops $250,000 winning the first Clash of Clans World Championships
Total prize pot was $1 million
Still Flapping
Rovio's Q3 2019 sales up 5% thanks to Angry Birds Dream Blast
Angry Birds 2 had a soft summer
Victory Road
Pokemon Go collects $3 billion in lifetime revenue
2019 on track for highest revenue year to-date
Bullseye
Why Call of Duty: Mobile and Mario Kart Tour top the download charts but only one is top grossing
Crunching the data with App Annie
Mind The Gap
EA's mobile Q2 2019 revenue falls 20% to $177 million
No new games to boost sales
Lumos
Warner Bros. and NetEase partner for card RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
Pre-registration now open in China
Biggest Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads home for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 pitches
Now with added consoles
Young Guns
Gen Z plays fewer mobile games but loves Supercell
Conclusions from App Annie report
Video
3 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Monetizer track
Make the most of mobile advertising, IAPS and other money-making opportunities.
Gonged
Reggie Fils-Aimé to become a Legend at New York Games Awards
An Andrew Yoon Legend no less
Jobs In Games
Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture
Outplay HR head Emma Turner shares details of how she obtained her role
New Face
Anzu appoints ex-Double Fusion co-founder Guy Ben-dov as strategic advisor
In-game advertising growth
Cash Up
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Financing led by NewView Capital
Thanks For Playing
Shigeru Miyamoto to be awarded “Person of Cultural Merit” by Japanese government
Recognition will take place on at the Imperial Palace on November 3rd, 2019
Competition
Win expo space in the Big Indie Zone at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Demo your game to the global games industry FREE in January
Banhammer
PUBG Mobile rolls out real-time anti-cheat system
Also has hundreds of staff working on it
Tour De Force
Mario Kart Tour drives 124 million downloads in first month
Generates $37 million
Winners
Who won Tencent's Game Without Borders Awards 2019?
Best games
Visit Jordan
What should I pack to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019? And other FAQs
A short guide to visiting Amman for Western attendees of our first full MENA conference
Bug Or Intentional?
Updated: 22 million App Store reviews have been mysterious deleted
AppFigures highlights something strange
Video
4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Live Ops Landscape track
Improve your approach in Live Ops, the core of the games world.
Aggressive Roadmap
How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming
Greater graphics, wider gameplay
Event
A special thank you to the sponsors for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
Shout out to the companies supporting the two day B2B game expo this week
What’s Next?
Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android
How indie monthly subs service will mature
Loose Change
Coin Master cashes in over $500 million in global revenue at $6.20 per download
Moon Active’s title has surpassed 81 million downloads
Putting The Pieces In Place
The potential of Bahrain’s fledgling games industry
The right environment for growth
Read 5 Now
Hot 5: Empires & Puzzles does $500 million, Backflip's closing down, and EVE Echoes' December beta
The hottest stories
Gotta Buy’em All
London pop-up Pokemon Centre seeing “four to five hours” queue time
Unprecedented demand
New Hires
Jagex adds Epic Games and Bungie veterans to senior leadership team
Ryan Ward, Rob Hendry and Gavin Irby have all took up new positions within the firm
Region Focus
Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale
A sleeping giant
Not Jaded
Google Stadia launches first game studio in Montreal
Location will concentrate on making “exclusive, original content”
Back To The Future
Indie subscription service GameClub goes live with 100 iPhone classics
Costs $5 per month
Acquisition
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
"We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family"
Bouldered
Hasbro reportedly closing down DragonVale developer Backflip
End of an era
Mobile Eve Is Inbound
EVE Echoes starts open beta in December
First playable at EVE Fest