Bloxy Awards
Roblox's Bloxy Awards brings in 600,000 spectators
At is peak there were four million concurrent players
Remote Working Survival Group
Join our new games industry remote working survival Facebook group!
Share tips on working from home with other people in the industry
Ukiepedia
Ukie launches its own online wiki for the games industry
It has a specific section for the coronavirus
A Good Deed
Plague Inc. creator Ndemic Creations donates $250,000 to coronavirus relief efforts
New anti-virus game mode added too
Plenty Of Play
Google Play gathered 116 billion downloads of games and apps in 2019
New developer tools are coming, including Google Play Asset Delivery, Android GPU Inspector and Android Performance Tuner.
Rise Of Ultracasual
The rise of ultracasual: a temporary trend or the future of hypercasual?
Homa Games takes a look at the even more casual take on the hypercasual genre
Secure Funding
Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1 - applications end this Sunday
The ever popular investor matchmaking event makes the digital jump at next month’s week-long online games conference
Sweet
King offers UK Candy Crush players unlimited lives to distract from coronavirus
Offer lasts until 11pm GMT on March 29th
Stay At Home
UK government closes all "non-essential" shops including electronics and video games to prevent coronavirus spread
Stores closed for three weeks minimum
Hit Me
KamaGames and Hard Rock join forces to launch Hard Rock Blackjack
Social casino hook up
Heading West
SINoALICE to be self-published by Pokelabo in the West in July 2020
Nexon reverts publishing rights outside of Asia to the developer
Tom Nook Reportedly Ecstatic
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp sees revenues surge amid New Horizons launch
1.3 million downloads for March so far
Money Money Money
Coin Master saw its best month for revenue ever in February 2020
Mobile revenue for February 2020 was up 16 per cent year-on-year
Mobile Ua Spend
AppsFlyer: Mobile game marketers will spend $48.5 billion on user acquisition by 2022
More than double the current number
Gamestopped
Report: GameStop shuts its doors after claims it is "essential retail"
Now offering "delivery at the door" service for stores that remain open
Unionisation
Game Workers Unite says staff deserve greater security
Pressure group demands "flexible working hours, health care for everyone, sick pay, rent freezes and a more sustainable way of making games" for staff
Track Your Metrics
A simple user acquisition template to track your most important metrics
Pollen VC shares some insights into tracking and understanding your metrics
Squadding Up
Ubisoft soft-launches five-on-five battler Tom Clancy's Elite Squad
Available to download on Android in the Philippines
Digital Conference
Pocket Gamer Connects goes Digital - here’s what you can expect for the debut of our online event!
The mobile B2B games industry conference heads online for a week-long event of seminar talks, pitches, fringe events and more.
Most Read
Hot Five: Hay Day Pop soft-launched, how the games industry is tackling coronavirus, and Marvel Duel beta details
The hottest stories of last week
Practicality And Passion
Netspeak Games CEO Callum Cooper-Brighting on the growing focus on social gaming
"Have a plan to get in to a studio & learn - dreams take time"
This Week In China
This Week in China: Over one-third of iOS games could be pulled from the App Store as Chinese games gain ground across Asia
Some of the biggest stories of the last week, direct from China
Local Community
MyTona, inDriver, and Arsen Tomsky pledge $500,000 to Russian hospitals amid coronavirus pandemic
Funds will be used to purchase lung ventilators
Pandemic Continues
Razer commits to donating up to one million surgical masks to fight COVID-19
Singapore authorities contributing too
Making Of
Making Of: Sumo Digital lead game designer Nic Cusworth discusses how Spyder went from game jam winner to Apple Arcade release
"Going in, I don't think we realised what a huge challenge it was going to be to bring Spyder to life"
Talking Heads
Epic Games, DICE, Niantic Labs, and RocketRide Games to speak at next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1
Incredible new speakers join the roster for the mobile B2B games industry conference's first venture into the digital space
Mmo In The Works
Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming
"We are starting from the ground up"
Player Well-known
PUBG Mobile crosses 600 million downloads as it celebrates two-year anniversary
50 million daily active users
Moving Up
Stillfront appoints Kixeye CEO Clayton Stark as new group chief technology officer
"Clayton has already contributed with his vast experience from the industry"
Sensor Tower
Mobile game players in the US spent an average of $53.80 in 2019
Up 54 per cent year-over-year
Summer In The City
GDC moved to three-day event in Summer 2020
Set to take place from August 4th to 6th in California
Exclusive Data
Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months
US tops group for the largest portion of installs
Pure Magic
Wizards of the Coasts' John Eberhardt on making the games that you want to play
"Always remember that while individual passion drives excellence, it took massive coordination and patience to build the pyramids."
New Hire
Adjust hires Ville Mikkola to head up the Coalition Against Ad Fraud
The initiative has 30 members
A Good Deed
Playtika is donating its catered meals to local communities to help against the coronavirus
It's giving resources to its staff working from home
To The Top
Only one-third of CEOs in games started their working lives in the industry
Tim Sweeney mowed lawns before becoming a developer
Going Ahead
Evo 2020 is still happening
It is schedueled for July 31st-to-August 2nd
Scopely Series D
Scopely secures an additional $200 million in Series D funding for a total of $400 million
The first $200 million was invested in October 2019
The Flow
Tapjoy launches deep multi-reward engagements ads on Android
More rewards, better engagement
Half Price Sale
Nintendo confirms Octopath Traveler has surpassed 2 million sales
Mobile prequel in the works
Talent Mag-net
King senior developer Egill Antonsson joins MAG Interactive
One of a number of hires from the company as of late
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy19
Tencent revenue grows 21% year-over-year to $54.1 billion
Total profit jumped by 22 per cent too
New Lifestyles
Robin Games raises $7 million to bring mobile gaming to 'underserved women audience'
Ex-Jam City team going big
Event
Early Bird ends today for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1
PLUS 10% additional savings with our digital double discount day
Sky Is The Limit
Sky: Children of the Light and Untitled Goose Game triumph at GDC Awards 2020
Mutazione wins at IGFs
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Orbital Knight CEO Karol Drzymała shares how persistence is the key to survival as an indie
"We've been through some ups and downs over the years"
Postponed Event
The New Zealand Games Festival is postponed till 2021
Due to the coronavirus
Broken Link
Samsung discontinues its streaming service PlayGalaxy Link
Service ends on March 27th
Become A Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pro from $799
Launches March 25th
Share Your Expertise
Speak at the first Pocket Gamer Connects Digital next month
You could speak at the brand new online only B2B games industry event from the comfort of your own office