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
A Little Help
Bethesda donates $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Shared between Direct Relief, UNICEF, and local communities
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Rovio Financials Q1 Fy20
Rovio profits soar to $14 million as UA spending is cut by almost half
Angry Birds 2 sees a very small increase in bookings despite the lack of UA
Charity Work
War Child UK appoints David Miller as its new head of gaming partnerships
He has over 20 years expereince in games
Network With Speed
Network with top publishers and indie developers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2. Sign up now!
The Publisher SpeedMatch session returns at June’s online-only B2B games conference
10 Years On
Four million downloads makes Doodle Jump the best selling iPhone game ever
And an iPad version is on the way
Dinseyland
Curve Digital chairman Stuart Dinsey on how the games industry has changed over the last 30 years
"I like being in the middle of things."
Acquisition
Tencent acquires majority share of Huya
It owns at least 50.1 per cent
Team Up
Zynga teams up with Amazon for free in-game content for Prime members
Starting with Words with Friends
Esports And Ua
Esports audiences: A UA marketer's dream
AdColony senior director of global marketing and communications Jonathan Harrop breaks down the opportunity
Money Money Money
European mobile app market revenues will reach $20.8 billion in 2022
Drop of $3 billion from previous expectations
All Aboard
Sybo Games soft-launches new endless runner Train Riders
Available in Belgium, Netherlands, Canada and the Philippines
Pastures New
Interview: Why Jens Begemann thinks now is the right time to leave Wooga
"Wooga is strategically set in the right direction and I miss the early days"
Open Sesame
Realpolitik and Tim Sweeney's epic vision
From ZTT to the Metaverse
Bananas For Everyone
Update: Gameloft's Minion Rush dashes closer to one billion downloads worldwide
"It's insane when you think about it."
"more Successful Than Ever"
Wooga founder and CEO Jens Begemann departs after 11 years
Former Google head of games Nai Chang will takeover position in June
Most Read
Hot Five: Danganronpa coming to mobile, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads skyrocket, and Brawl Stars launches in China in June
The hottest articles of last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: Princess Connect! Re:Dive and Revelation see huge numbers for beta tests
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Find Your Funding
Find funding for your games and projects at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2 - sign up now to meet top investors
Our ever-popular matchmaking event Investor Connector makes a return at June’s online-only B2B games conference
Round The Track
Nexon's KartRider Rush+ races through three million pre-registrations in one week
Due to launch in Q2 2020
Helping Hand
Playrix is giving its staff a $650 one-off payment to help alleviate coronavirus stress
“We hope this money will help relieve some of the stress everyone is now coping with"
A New Future
Towards a new future: How the games industry can make a change for the better
Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu looks at how the games industry can - and should - improve
So Much Money
Transcend Fund raises $50 million for games companies
Firm wants to write cheques between $200,000 and $2 million
Setting Up Shop
Riot Games opens new studio in Singapore
Headed up by Nathan Beemer, who also established the company's Hong Kong outfit
20 Years Of Gameloft
Staying agile in an ever-changing industry: Gameloft chiefs look back on the company's 20 years in games
CFO Alexandre de Rochefort and COO Baudouin Corman speak to us about adapting to shifts in technology and monetisation