Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Caracal Games' Ricchiuti explains why motivation is important for monetisation
"Motivation has lots of meanings and lots of ways of being translated"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: "I believe as an industry we’ve become too data-driven," says Boomzap Entertainment co-founder
Christopher Natsuume was part of a panel discussing 'Workflow Tricks for Growing Teams'
Your Next Job
Get your next job at Rovio with Pocket Gamer Connects Digital's Career Week
Plenty of roles open in Helsinki and Stockholm
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: A look at free-to-play monetisation with Multiscription's Teis Anker Mikkelsen
"As a game developer you trust the player to continue to be a subscriber"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: AppMagic CEO Max Samorukov on building a product strategy from market research
"What games make up the majority of these downloads in this genre?"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Unity's Slava Taraskin makes some bold predicitions for H2 2020
Q3 will see an increase in use of all game types
Last Week In China
Last Week in China: Bilibili plans to launch a satellite and One Punch Man takes the Taiwanese mobile market by storm
The biggest stories straight out of Beijing
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Netmarble's Baris Ozistek outlines the evolution of hypercasual using RPG mechanics
Hypercasual 2.0 is coming, and Netmarble wants to be the ones leading the charge
#blacklivesmatter
EA Sports states that it won't "tolerate racism of any kind"
Firm outlines measures it is taking to cut out hate speech
Loot Boxes
The UK government is asking for evidence to determine if loot boxes are a form of gambling
Concerns are rising over child gambling addiction
Stay Healthy
Riot Games forms partnership with Crisis Text Line to battle mental health
"Suicide is a leading cause of death for people under 35 around the world"
The Ohm Approach
The Voodoo Approach: OHM Games on what sets its hit titles apart from the crowd
"We are really proud that all our games have extra long session lengths for hyper-casual"
What's Up?
Games vs Covid-19: FIFA 2020 will provide artificial crowd sounds for Premier League TV coverage
Keeping track of what's happening
Claim A Freebie
Goodgame Studios teams up with Amazon for exclusive Big Farm: Mobile Harvest content for Prime users
Expected to run for six months
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp experiences its best month for downloads ever
Over 7 million downloads for the month
All Ears
AudioMob on the art and opportunity of betas
CEO Christian Facey explains
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Games-related acquisitions down 45% year-on-year in Q1 2020
Declining activity in China across the period
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Lockwood Publishing on promoting growth even during lockdown
The Lisbon team worked together for three days before lockdown
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Social, IP and localisation pivotal when launching in the West, says Tencent's Aras Senyuz
Netmarble's partnership with Marvel on Marvel Future Fight cited
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Fueling growth through user-centric UA design
"If you want someone to see something, make it stand out"
Pgcd Careers Week
Pocket Gamer Connects Digital Careers Week is live - and it's not too late to get involved
Get your next job as part of this week's conference
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Rovio's Alexei Ryan outlines industry shortcuts on hiring and why recruiters should improve
A third of hires take place internally globally today
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Now is the time to enter the MENA market, says Sandsoft Games CEO Mo Fadl
"The market is growing like no other"
Sandsoft Launch
New MENA game publisher Sandsoft Games opens its doors
Former Wargaming head of global esports Mo Fadl leading the company
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: The state of the mobile games industry in 2020
"The mobile economy is doing some positive things"
Most Read
Hot Five: Zynga acquires Peak Games, Playrix soft-launches Puzzle Breakers and picks up Cateia Games
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Black Lives Matter
Statement from Steel Media Ltd in support of Black Lives Matter
Steel Media stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in condemnation of the killing of George Floyd, and against widespread systemic racism.
Pgc Digital #2
Bidstack VP Charlotte Cook on the new era of advertising in games
"Over the next 12 months, I think we will see gaming creating more detailed and ambitious universes than ever before"
Feed The Beast
Five tips to feed Facebook's algorithms right
InnoGames' Sven Miketta gives you advice on feeding the beast
Cook Out
99Games launches Star Chef 2 as first game from N3twork's Scale Platform Partner Growth Fund
The first Star Chef has generated over $30 million in lifetime revenue
Journalist Bar
The Journalist Bar heads online for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Get on the experts’ radar as our PocketGamer.com and PocketGamer.biz journalists offer feedback on your games digitally next week
The Tarboosh Approach
The Voodoo Approach: Tarboosh Games CEO Rani Hammad H. on learning how to make hit games with Voodoo
"It is hard to always meet their KPIs, but when you do, the game is usually sustainable and successful."
Done Deal
Animoca Brands finalises the sale of its mobile games library to iCandy
The rest of the settlement is paid in shares
Jobs Board
Get your next job in the games industry with our Jobs Board
Now beefed up and full of new jobs ahead of PGC Careers Week
China Regulations
Will China’s new regulations push game publishers towards other emerging markets?
Nativex general manager Tiffany Ou looks at what's to come
Money Money Money
Activision Blizzard shareholder claims firm has 'unnecessarily enriched' CEO Kotick
Executive director of CTW Investment Group Dieter Waizenegger says that the exec is compensated too highly
To The Future
NetEase sets up a new studio in Tokyo to focus on next-generation games
The studio is hiring PC, console and mobile specialist
Sponsor Shoutout
Special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Celebrating the incredible companies supporting us for our second digital conference
Pay The Price
HyperBeard agrees to a $150,000 settlement with the US FTC
For alleged violation of child protection rules
Pgc Digital #2
Rovio director of growth Kieran O'Leary to share tips on finding "new best-performing creatives"
"Why wouldn't you like to work in one the most creative industries?"
Street Life
How does Forza Street monetise?
Is the racer's mobile debut generous or greedy?
Pgc Digital #2
Bidstack CRO Lewis Sherlock looks forward to learning about studio trends
"There is still huge innovation coming with cloud gaming"
Pgc Digital #2
UNRD CEO Shib Hussain on being "energised" by the games industry's creativity
"It's such a dynamic industry, and there are so much more exciting things to come"
Pgc Digital
Discover Incredible Indies and Industry Vision & Values at Pocket Gamer Connects #2
One of 10 featured tracks
Agora Live Video
Nobody cares about your app idea - here's how to change that
Harness live video for the next generation of gaming & apps
Editor's Choice
Ten sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 you really shouldn't miss
PGBiz Editor Ric Cowley picks out his most anticipated talks
#blacklivesmatter
The Pokemon Company, Double Fine, House House, and more join in to show support for #BlackLivesMatter
Through statements and charity donations
Going Indie
Indie enthusiast Kirk Scott leaves Nintendo of America
He was there for five years
#blacklivesmatter
Niantic is donating all proceeds from Pokemon Go Fest 2020 to fight racism
With a promised minimum of $5 million
Delayed Content
Epic Games postpones Fortnite's upcoming event and Season 3
In support of #BlackLivesMatter