Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Voodoo's Sophie Vo on the misconceptions of being a game lead
Vo has spent time at Gameloft, Wooga and Rovio before making the move to Voodoo.
Battle Ready
World of Tanks Blitz introduces new battle pass
There are free and premium versions
Hello Bublar
Bublar Group acquires Goodbye Kansas
For around $5.7m in shares
Get That Data
Newzoo teams with Reddit for games engagment data
"Gaming communities on Reddit are incredibly engaged"
Cancelled Cup
Epic cancels Fortnite World Cup 2020
"We're hopeful to be able to put on some form of Fortnite World Cup in 2021"
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #3: Jens Begemann leaves Wooga, Jagex gets sold again, and more!
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Mamma Mia
No Nintendo E3-style Direct planned for the first time since 2013
Multiple sources suggest video presentation has been pushed until Summer
Hard And Soft
Glocal successes in the Russian mobile games market
Crunching the data with App Annie
Gdc Summer
GDC scraps physical presence in favour of all-digital event
"Available to everyone with an internet connection"
General Knowledge
Consulate General of Finland trade commissioner Zsuzsa James on the many routes into the games industry
"Whatever it is you are good at, there will be a need for it somewhere."
Making Of
Making Of: Madfinger Games CEO Marek Rabas on why Shadowgun War Games is just getting started
"The community reaction has been phenomenal"
Round The Track
Sperasoft teams up with Codemasters to work on racing titles
"We are proud to be a partner of Codemasters and to share in their cultural principles"
Stricer Regulations
China mobile games market update: stricter regulations on the horizon
Yodo1 shares tips on making your game China-ready
Farewell
Founders of Global Game Jam depart after 12 years
"I think that GGJ is the best of me as an educator and game designer"
Feel The Music
Sega launches a music brand
Launching soundtracks via other labels in Japan
All Chill, No Sweat
Update: Fortnite launches weaponless Party Royale mode
"Experimental and evolving space"
Keep On Slicing
Winter, spring, summer in quarantine - All you have to do is keep on slicing
CrazyLabs introduces a new initiative for partners
$10 Million Set Aside
My.Games launches publishing programme aimed at hypercasual developers
"More than 13 years' experience developing and publishing games"
Discount Ends
Just one week left to save with our Early Bird prices for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Don’t miss out on this amazing chance to save for June’s online only B2B games industry conference
Manors Maketh Man
Playrix releases Manor Matters globally after six months in soft launch
First hidden object game for the publisher
Beta Booming
Microsoft's Project xCloud accumulates "hundreds of thousands" of active users
"Commercial cloud revenue generating $13.3 billion"
Changing Landscape
Geogrify's Kate Edwards on how Covid-19 will impact the games industry over the coming months
"I think there are a lot of great lessons for the industry to learn about remote work"
"leap Of Faith"
Indie Spotlight: Steet Lamp Games co-founder on the difficulties of breaking into games in India
Mahesh Athirala details how he started the award-winning studio.
New Studio
AuthorDigital launches new IP development studio Adept Games
Funded through $5.5 investment partnership
Pitch Your Game
The Big Indie Pitch returns to Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now!
The ever-popular pitching competition takes place completely online alongside the week-long digital conference this June
High-yield, Low Effort
Getting more with less: Six high-yield design patterns
Mobile games consultant Matthew Emery looks at some easy ways to boost profits with the least amount of effort
Consuming Content
Twitch streamers have created 89 per cent more sponsored content since the start of 2020
Content consumed has risen by 79 per cent
What A Surprise
Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without Lab Zero's knowledge
"This launch does not represent the quality standards of Lab Zero"
Efficient Android Games
New advice for more efficient games on Android
ARM breaks down its tools for developers to make their Android titles perform even better
Covid-19 Impact
AppsFlyer: Mobile game revenue has risen 35% since February
Casual and social games have seen an identical jump
Emergency Appeal Ongoing
National Videogame Museum continues fight for survival as it raises £130,000
"Every donation gets us closer to securing our future"
Quest Unlocked
UK initiative SideQuest looks to encourage games careers for 3.3 million teenagers under lockdown
Target of 100,000 to get into games
More Games In 2021
Google and EA partner to bring Star Wars, FIFA and Madden NFL to Stadia
Set to launch later this year
Thank You Nhs
Ukie launches new initiative for NHS workers, Games for Carers
Over 85,000 games will be made available
C'est La Vie
Anime, Supercell and Playrix dominate the French lockdown charts
Crunching the data with App Annie
Launch Exclusive
Interview: Why Moonshine Studios is proud to launch Get Packed first on Google Stadia
"Stadia has been a natural fit for our development pipeline"
Speaker Submission
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Red Capsl
CAPSL head of business development and partnership Alwin Wong on the marketing shifting from a "shotgun approach"
"Every aspect has to be perfect for your game for you to have a chance to become successful."
Remote Working
Remote Working: How an all-day "Zoom room" is helping Tag Games to communicate
"It's certainly an unusual situation, but we're already discovering ways to improve how we work that will come in handy"
Drop In
Epic Games's $2 million Fortnite Champion Series Invitational announced for May 9th
Mobile, PC and console players will be invited
New Partnership
Tencent partners up with Gameye for new digital conference
Takes place on May 6th
Dropping Numbers
SuperData reduces XR spending estimates by $1.4bn for 2020
Firm reckons $6.3bn will be spent this year
Creative Support
Rumble Hockey is offering content creators a 100% revenue share for players they bring to the game
It launches May 19th
Remote Working
Indie Mavens: How to work from home as a developer and lessons learned from the pandemic
We reach out to our Indie Mavens to discuss life under lockdown
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