August 7, 2020 #blacklivesmatter POC in Mobile: Why Amanotes publishing manager Micke Joseph Moisa believes creative freedom is key to better diversity "I don’t think people should go the extra mile to prove more than non-coloured people."
August 7, 2020 Going Digital Digital sales made up 55.6 per cent of Nintendo's software revenue in Q1 FY21 Around 50 per cent of Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales were digital
August 7, 2020 Stripped Back Facebook Gaming launches app without Instant Games for iOS "Unfortunately, we had to remove gameplay functionality entirely in order to get Apple's approval"
August 7, 2020 Takin' Care Of Business Mobile games jobs weekly: Sega president Kenji Matsubara resigns, Improbable welcomes new head of publishing, and more Ubisoft exits The movers, shakers and job opportunities in mobile gaming
August 7, 2020 Hard Work Recognised Voltage entertainment increases the pay of Lovestruck writers following 21 day strike "While we work together to move forward, releases will be on a slower schedule at first"
August 7, 2020 Switch Up Your Pitch Glu Mobile’s senior vice president Chris Akhavan on why your publisher pitch is not working on investors “I think over the next year we'll see the games industry work hard to offer people more meaningful ways to connect with each other through games since our “normal” ways of connecting have been greatly disrupted.”
August 7, 2020 You Larvitar To See It Pokémon Café Mix generates 2.9 million downloads in first month, tops $1 million revenue Pokémon Smile accumulates over half a million installs
August 7, 2020 Game Of The Show Ukie unveils 15 finalists for its UK Game of the Show award Winner to be crowned on August 24th
August 7, 2020 Financials Nexon has its best Q2 to date as it generates $610.4 million "Nexon is performing exceptionally well"
August 7, 2020 Access Denied Apple claims that cloud gaming apps like Project xCloud violate its policies Microsoft is still commited to bringing its platform to iOS
August 7, 2020 Banned President Trump signs executive orders to ban business with TikTok and WeChat Will come into effect in 45 days
August 7, 2020 Big Indie Launchpad Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad We explore and detail the 10 former Big Indie Pitch developers who were showcased as a part of the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad event
August 6, 2020 That's Epic Epic Games secures $1.78 billion in new funding round "Having the support of leaders in the financial community accelerates Epic's efforts to build a new kind of digital ecosystem"
August 6, 2020 Acquisition Enthusiast Gaming acquires Omnia Media from Blue Ant Media Solutions The deal is worth CAD$54.5 million
August 6, 2020 Equal Pay Update: Blizzard staff members preparing list of workplace requests as part of ongoing pay dispute "We will continue to adapt our compensation to build and keep the workforce our company needs today and tomorrow"
August 6, 2020 Power Of Expression Game Drive’s founder and CEO Chrstopher Green on creating cultures that reinforce positivity “While the gaming community gets more diverse and more inclusion, the last 12 months have pushed to show that gaming is not a waste of time.”
August 6, 2020 Post-idfa Winners Who will be the winners and losers in the post-IDFA app industry? Nativex head of sales EMEA Ilya Gitlin explores the potential outcomes of the death of the IDFA
August 6, 2020 Financials Zynga generates a record $452 million in Q2 2020 though suffers a net loss of $150 million "We delivered tremendous results in Q2"
August 6, 2020 Change It Up Lab Cave appoints Luis Bertó as its new managing director CEO Jesús Martínez will depart the company on August 7th
August 6, 2020 Money Money Money No More Robots sees $5 million in revenue for its third year It will bring half a dozen games to Nintendo Switch in the next year
August 6, 2020 Develop:brighton Digital Develop:Brighton replaces physical event with digital-only conference due to coronavirus Still taking place on November 2nd-4th 2020
August 6, 2020 Into The Unknown Making Of: Glu SVP Mike Olsen on tackling the RPG genre with Disney Sorcerer's Arena "The player community is critically important to the ongoing development and success"
August 6, 2020 Financials Nintendo experiences strong year-on-year growth in Q1 FY21 as it generates $3.4 billion in net sales "The mobile business showed steady growth compared to the same period of the previous year"
August 6, 2020 Discount Ends LAST CHANCE to save more than $300 on tickets to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 - book now! Time is running out! Early Bird prices for next month’s online-only conference ends at midnight tonight, make sure you don’t miss out!
August 5, 2020 Fast Mover Zynga buys hypercasual outfit Rollic for $168 million All-cash deal gains 80% equity
August 5, 2020 Skill Up Transcend Fund leads $5.25 million investment into Big Run Studios Indie has fifth game Big Cooking out soon
August 5, 2020 We Care Jam City teams up with Care Bears for exclusive Panda Pop content "The timeliness of this partnership and this message feels so right"
August 5, 2020 Take Some Time Riot is giving its employees a week off to "disconnect, recharge, and reboot" It is putting the health of its staff first to avoid toxic crunch culture
August 5, 2020 Question Time Teatime Games CEO Thor Fridriksson candidly reflects on the failures of QuizUp and Plain Vanilla "We put a lot of our eggs into one basket and then that basket was squashed"
August 5, 2020 Team Work Venatus teams up with Frameplay for in-game advertising "We are delighted to be partnering with Frameplay to drive our in-game advertising offering"
August 5, 2020 China Game Removals Mass delisting by Apple China: Over 26,000 games without ISBN removed Yodo1 looks at the impact of so many games suddenly disappearing from the App Store
August 5, 2020 Welcome Aboard Improbable welcomes Chris Enock as its new head of publishing He was the vice president of publishing at Riot
August 5, 2020 Talking Heads Unity Technologies, Tenjin, Finnish Game Jam and NCSOFT confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020 The speaker lineup for next month’s online-only conference heats up - who will you be learning from?
August 5, 2020 Going Digital BlizzCon will be held on a digital platform early next year "We're looking forward to sharing what the teams have been working on for that event"
August 5, 2020 Financials Glu Mobile's Q2 2020 revenue increases 40 per cent year-on-year to $133.3 million "The second-quarter financial results were the best in Glu's history"
August 5, 2020 On The Go Microsoft pins down September 15th launch date for Project xCloud Game Pass Ultimate beta Available in 22 markets on Android devices
August 5, 2020 Bringing Back The Dodo Indie Spotlight: How Moving Pieces pitched Dodo Peak for Apple Arcade "I think what's really exciting about mobile games right now is that the line is blurring between mobile gaming and games in general"
August 5, 2020 Financials Activision Blizzard experiences a record breaking second quarter as it hits $1.9 billion in revenue King boasted 271 million monthly active users in Q2
August 5, 2020 Big Indie Pitch The digital Big Indie roadshow continues with new pitches announced for August, September and October Our digital pitches go from strength to strength as we announce new pitches and introduce new sponsors
August 4, 2020 Masterclasses GamesConsulting.net’s Nick Murray on game economy design and optimisation "The balance and design of an economy has a significant impact on not only retention but monetization potential"
August 4, 2020 A Success Grand Cru Games and Roofdog Games join N3twork's NSP after successful testing period They now have access to the $50 million growth fund
August 4, 2020 Tick Tock Update: Trump insists the US government should have a slice of Microsoft's TikTok deal President Trump has given the company 45 days to secure a deal
August 4, 2020 Bring Back The Classics Animoca Brands extends its partnership with Atari It will create Blockchain versions of a further 15 classic games
August 4, 2020 Post-idfa Why are we bullish on contextual post-IDFA? Fyber president Offer Yehudai looks at what's coming once the IDFA finally dies
August 4, 2020 Sony Financials Sony kicks off its fiscal year with $17.9 billion in revenue for Q1 Visual Media and Platform segment accounted for $419.7 million
August 4, 2020 What A Goal! EA secures the licensing rights to AC Milan and Inter Milan for its FIFA series It is no longer partnered with AS Roma
August 4, 2020 Worlds Collide Ludia soft-launches Disney Wonderful Worlds Available to download across Indonesia and the Philippines
August 4, 2020 Financials Take-Two grows revenues 54 per cent year-on-year as it generates $831.3 million in Q1 FY21 "Fiscal 2021 is off to a terrific start with first-quarter operating results that significantly exceeded our expectations"
August 4, 2020 Jobs In Games Remote Working: How studying Creative Advertising inadvertently lead to Joy Marianowicz joining Facebook Gaming "The course mainly helped me realise that looking at data and coming up with a concrete plan was much more my strength"