Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode 2: App Store expansion, Cooking Mama drama, and more!
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Tilting Bear
Tilting Point signs multi-year publishing deal with GameBear for Nova Empire: Space Commander
China-based developer has generated $25 million from its game since late 2017
Candy Land
Stillfront Group acquires BitLife developer Candywriter for $74 million
Total deal worth up to $195 million including earn-out bonuses
Incredible Indies
Perfect for indies: FREE opportunities for independent developers at Pocket Gamer’s next online conference
Fantastic opportunities await indie developers at June’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2, our online-only conference, enabling them to connect with the global industry
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: How Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery graduated to its sophomore year with flying colours
Game director Sarah Wolf looks back over the last two years of magic
Money Money Money
My.Games revenues rose 13.4 per cent in Q1 2020
Mobile made up 66 per cent of games revenue
Helping Charity
Scopely is making donations to charity No Kid Hungry with Scrabble Go
Share-athon is running until April 30th
Digital Talking Heads
Wargaming, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, The Pokémon Company and Wizards of the Coast all confirmed to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
Our expert speaker lineup for our second digital conference begins to take shape - who will you learn from this June?
Lay Offs
AR firm Magic Leap lays off staff at "every level"
"I have determined this is ultimately necessary to give us the best chance for future success"
Good Start
Hello Neighbor TV pilot has nearly 11 million views
"An animated series was the next logical step after books and games"
Market Differences
The latest differences in casual games between the global and Chinese mobile game market
TopOn VP of marketing monetisation Harry Yang compares two high-performing games
Everyone Loves A Comeback
Google Stadia mobile app surpasses one million installs in five months
50 per cent increase over launch week
Record Sales Smashed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons sells more digitally in one month than any other console game ever
SuperData states that New Horizons is the best selling game in history digitally
Super Effective
SuperData: Pokemon GO revenue evolved by 18% to $111 million in March 2020
Honor of Kings tops mobile digital sales
Android Only
Educational game streaming service Hatch Kids launches in UK and Ireland
Also available in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway
Investment
Finnish studio Reworks raises $4.3 million led by EQT Ventures
Launches home design game Redecor
Experience The Magic
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery players conjure up 35 billion minutes of gameplay
An outfit design contest begins April 25th
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: From Xbox Live Vision to Apple Arcade, how Zen Studios have survived for nearly two decades
COO Mel Kirk shares his thoughts on the history of Hungarian studio
Breaking Records
Nintendo Switch doubled its Q1 sales year-on-year in March 2020
Best Q1 hardware sales for 10 years
Earth Day 2020
Solitaire Grand Harvest launches environmentally-friendly activities for Earth Day 2020
"We want to ensure that, even under lockdown, the 50th Earth Day inspires more people than ever before"
All In The Wrist
Sony is developing a live action One Punch Man movie
It will be penned by Venom writers
Staying Safe
Unity isn't attending physical events for 2020
Firm's own Unite show goes digital-only
Strong Team
Jagex hires three new executive producers to grow RuneScape and other unannounced games
Jesse America, Mario Rizzo and Jendrik Posche
Black Desert Mobile
100 days on: How Black Desert Mobile is drawing in new players while keeping its hardcore fans happy
Black Desert Mobile lead producer Yongmin Jo on what the new update means for the game
Doubled Revenue
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp downloads have risen by nearly 800% since New Horizons' launch
An estimated 42.3 million downloads to date
Bellionaires
Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieves third-best US launch ever for a Nintendo game
Best-selling entry in series to date
Under The Sea
NASA launches ocean research game dedicated to mapping coral reefs globally
Aiming to help preserve these environments and better understand threatened ecosystems
Digital Conference
What hot topics will you be talking about at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2?
Revealed: ten tracks covering essential games industry insight, from indie development skills to esports, coming your way in June
18 Months After Launch
Epic Games begrudgingly rolls out Fortnite on Google Play
"We hope that Google will revise its policies"
Remote Working
Remote Working: How NaturalMotion’s Tobi Fink is marketing CSR Racing from home
In the first weeks of Covid-19 most of the team has experienced greater productivity than in the office.
Party Bullet
Spike Chunsoft celebrating Danganronpa's 10th anniversary with mobile ports and Identity V crossover
New site launched for the celebrations
New Feature
GameRefinery adds new ad monetisation tracking feature
Users can see in-app monetisation trends
Rise Of The Bots
The shortage in Switch consoles can partly be blamed on bots
Nintendo wants to increase production by 10 per cent
Sharp Drop
Kickstarter experiences a 35% drop in live projects
"We must look more broadly at ways to restructure the business including potential layoffs"
For Charity
Games Done Quick raises $400k for coronavirus relief
Replaced summer 2020 show, all proceeds being donated to Direct Relief
Adjust Report
Mobile game downloads have shot up by 75% in Q1 2020 due to Covid-19 impact
132% rise in installs over the last week in March 2020
Consent Management
How consent and preference management can increase ad revenue and improve user retention
Ogury chief publishers and strategic data partnerships officer Christophe Bize talks us through it
Traction
Beamable launches its Unity-based commerce and social game toolkit
From the team at Disruptor Beam comes a new venture
Astronomical Event
Epic Games partners with US rapper Travis Scott for Fortnite virtual tour
Scott will debut his new song in-game
Fist Bump
Sonic Forces boosts through 50 million downloads globally
Surpasses $4.2 million in lifetime revenue
My Nintendo
Nintendo launches My Nintendo app in Japan
Offers services across Switch, Wii U and 3DS
Big Moves
Apple rolls out App Store to 20 new countries in Africa, the Middle East, and more
Apple Music similarly being expanded to same countries
A Good Deed
Playtika's Bingo Blitz is donating meals to Feeding America
10 meals for every virtual meal made by players
Welcome Aboard
Bigpoint appoints Qin Liu as its new managing director
Effective immediately
Streaming Competition
Facebook is launching a mobile gaming app to compete with Twitch and YouTube
Coming to Android devices first
Brawling Abroad
Supercell's Brawl Stars arrives in China this June
Multiplayer mobile shooter was approved in March by Chinese game regulator
Milestone
Devolver Digital confirms Gris has exceeded one million sales
Originally launched on mobile in August 2019
Openmediation For All
AdTiming on why it's made its OpenMediation platform completely open source
Chief product officer Yobo Zhang on what the platform can do for you
Let's Get Ready To
Supercell-owned Frogmind soft-launches animal sports game Rumble Hockey
Available across both iOS and Android in Finland, Canada, Australia, and more.
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