Remote Working
Remote Working: How Kolibri Games' Sebastian Reuther is dealing with QA from home
"QA benefits from an office for equipment reasons"
Dazzling
Dazzle Rocks raises $6.8 million in Series A funding round
Funds to be used in developing new social mobile MMO
Remote Working
Kwalee is opening its vacancies to remote workers
COVID-19 has taught some lessons
Learning From China
What western publishers can learn from China's Coronavirus response
Nativex's general manager of EMEA Leticia Ye takes a closer look
Streaming Month
It's streaming month on PocketGamer.biz!
Tell us about why you're interested in the future of streaming - or why you aren't even slightly bothered
10 Years On
Infinite Lives on dropping CastleCraft's subscription model and going freemium
Players just didn't like it
Another Direction
Wargaming appoints David Smit as new creative director
Previously worked with King, Happy Tuesday, Crytek, Bigpoint, and more
Ea Play
EA Play goes digital-only for 2020
Now part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest
Masomo Insight
Masomo VP of product Sertac Picakci on the big trends to come in the next 12 months
"We will see that roadmaps will be more evolved based on player feedback rather than KPI pressure"
Open For Buisness
Japan's Computer Entertainment Rating Organisation reopens on May 7th
It was shut due to the coronavirus
Game Down
Honor of Kings crashes on Chinese Labor Day
Tencent blamed the AI
Money Money Money
iPad in-app consumer spending hit $2.1 billion in Q1 2020
With 1.11 billion new installs
Helping Veterans
Activision Blizzard donates $2 million to help veterans find employment during the COVID-19 pandemic
"We've seen a huge increase in veterans asking our partners for assistance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic"
Sensor Tower Funding
Sensor Tower secures $45 million investment from strategic partnership with Riverwood Capital
First investment since 2013
Knocked Out
Fighting games tournament Evo 2020 gets cancelled
Due to – you guessed it – coronavirus
Worthy Cause
Roblox is donating up to $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Limited-edition items are on sale until June 30th
Hyper-casual Design
Five things to consider when designing hyper-casual games
Hyper-casual publishing experts, JoyPac, share key things any developer should know when creating hit casual games
Most Read
Hot Five: Jagex sold to Macarthur Fortune, Jens Begemann leaves Wooga, and Gameloft chiefs reflect on 20 years at the company
The hottest articles of last week
Excited Yet?
Sega Europe, Tencent, King, Nordeus and NCSOFT all join the talented lineup for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Revealed: Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 adds more top industry speakers to the already incredible line-up of talent
Realer Than Real
So Real head of game development Kelly Vero on how the industry has changed over the last 25 years
"People may come and go but games are the things that make us."
New Relationships
Azur Games: building a strong relationship between a developer and its publisher
A chat with founder Artem Nikolayev on what the studio can do for you
Series A Funding
Guilded raises $7 million for gaming chat platform
"We're building the world's best platform for connecting communities"
This Week In China
This Week In China: Wind Fantasy returns on mobile, and an Animal Crossing: New Horizons grey market is growing
The biggest stories direct from Beijing
Summer Party
Games companies band together to create the Summer Game Fest
Featuring news, announcements, interviews and more
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