Little Acquisition
Embracer Group acquires Little Nightmares dev Tarsier Studios
"Together with Tarsier, we want to invest in developing new projects, in the same manner they have done successfully in the past"
Money Grows On Trees
Gardenscapes grows to $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
213 million downloads accumulated since August 2016
Supporting The Best
Amber, Lockwood, Recontact, and Rogue confirmed as Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards category sponsors
The third edition of swanky annual industry event returns on January 21st evening
Discount Ends
Save up to $175 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 - deadline EXTENDED
Mid-Term prices for January’s two-day B2B conference end at 10am this Sunday!
Play Dirty
Nutaku's Tom Greenwood on the explosion of the adult games industry
"It's a tougher industry than ever before"
2019 In Review
Wooga CEO Jens Begemann on why personalisation will be key in 2020
What the players want
Racking Up The Views
The Game Awards 2019 draws in over 45 million viewers
Concurrent views peak at 7.5 million
Kicked Out
NetEase to remove Arsenal football star from PES 2020 in China
Player made comments to social media regarding the treatment of Uighur Muslims in the country
Pgc London Live Ops
Learn more about the Live Ops Landscape in our track at Pocket Gamer Connects London
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Burning Question
Burning Question: What mobile gaming trends do you expect to see in 2020?
Get all fired up in the comments and on social media
Playables Best Practice
After making hundreds of playable ads, these are the key things we’ve learned
Mindworks' Creative Director Stella Zhu offers best practice tips for playables
Making Moves
Facebook acquires cloud gaming service PlayGiga for $78 million
"We are continuing our work in cloud gaming, now with a new mission"
It's Heating Up
JetFuel CEO Tim Lenardo on the state of influencer marketing
"Achieve success in the dubious world of fake followers, bots, and algorithmic ranking"
Acquisition
N3twork picks up NBCUniversal's abandoned match-three puzzler Funko Pop Blitz
"N3twork’s expertise in creating moments through events that excite fans is a perfect match with Funko"
2019 In Review
1,700 staff, 20 games in development, 8 acquisitions, 2 billion dollar games: Playrix's stellar 2019
Head of marketing Alexander Derkach drops some stats
Friends With Benefits
Niantic unveils major Pokemon GO update with new Buddy Adventure mode
Battle, feed, and play to level up friendship and unlock bonus perks
Bang Bang
Call of Duty: Mobile’s grip on the charts starts to loosen
Crunching the data with App Annie
Top Honours
Global Game Jam executive director Kate Edwards to be awarded the GDCA's Ambassador Award
She has been a continued speaker and mentor at global events
Pgc London
Learn more about influencers at Pocket Gamer Connects London's Influencer Insight track
One of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Join The Monolith
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild developer looking to expand staff for sequel
Monolith Soft has been ramping up since the year's start
Vancouver Vips
Ten Vancouver developers you need to meet at PG Connects London 2020
A Thinking Ape, East Side Games, Monstercat... the list goes on
Testing Testing
Activision Blizzard unveils "King's Council" group to test mobile ads
Specialist players sought out depending on their playtime and engagement factor
A Long Time Ago
Disney Magic Kingdoms calls on the force with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker update
"It is a dream to welcome Star Wars to Disney Magic Kingdoms"
Lining Them Up
Shadowgun War Games hits half a million pre-registrations
"We’re thrilled at the response we’ve had since pre-reg launched in mid-November"
Block Booking
Caty Tedman from Dapper Labs on kitties, the NBA and the future of blockchain gaming
"I'm learning more about the challenges to the industry and how blockchain can help solve those"
Subscriptions
Update: Apple Arcade annual subscription launched at $49.99
12 months for the price of 10
No Drops Here
PUBG Mobile Club Open Final 2019 draws in 532 million viewers
57 million hours viewed in total
Back In The Saddle
Ric Cowley returns to PocketGamer.biz as new Editor
Will be in attendance at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Snap Back
Snap Games adds Leaderboard Games to its chat app gaming platform
Two games launched with the feature
Three Of A Kind
Keywords Studios makes $12 million triple acquisition of Ichi, Kantan and Syllabes
"We are delighted to have made three high calibre acquisitions"
Pgc London
Discover more about esports at Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Reach For The Skies
KamaGames get innovative as it runs Pokerist ad campaign in US airports
Expects to drive 200 million impressions
Oh My Stars
Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year
South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
Strive To Survive
Funday Factory's Anders Leicht Rohde on the hypercasual bubble
If you know, you win
Kinda Mobile
Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys on Apple Arcade and Google Stadia
"Google Stadia failed on its first impression"
Pgc London
Learn about British industry trends in the Brightest Britain track at Pocket Gamer Connects London
One of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Surfin' Success
App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade
Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
Bigby's Back
Telltale revives The Wolf Among Us sequel as its first project since closure
New trailer shown at The Game Awards
Caught Short
Apple rejects PewDiePie's latest mobile game Poopdie citing "crude imagery"
Developer Bulbware has launched an appeal to get the decision overturned
Jackpot
Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat slashes its way to 500,000 pre-registrations
Licensed mobile title delayed to 2020
Oh Dear
Chinese publisher recieves $100,000 fine after releasing unlicensed mobile game
The country's license freeze ended late last year
It's Acquisition Time
Animoca Brands snap ups Power Rangers: Legacy Wars developer nWay for $7.69 million
Animoca "immensely excited about the nWayPlay platform"
Secure Your Investment
Find your funding with Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020!
The ever popular investment match-making event returns to London in January
Time To Connect
MAG Interactive's Chris Peters on the importance of live ops
How evolution can become revolution
Seeking Audience
Mobile games shouldn’t be at The Game Awards - and that’s fine
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong audience
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Battle Pass trends, Angry Birds' 10 years, and Playrix's new M&A strategy
The hottest stories
Data
Mobile games generated $41.5 billion in 12 months
Liftoff research
Esports Connects
Nancy Basi from the Vancouver Economic Commission on esports potential
A strong ecosystem is key
International Monetisation
LatinDV co-founder Julian Migura on emerging markets' potential
New markets are starting to catch up
Switch Sales
Nintendo Switch outsells Xbox One worldwide
Mario Kart 8 is the console's top-selling title