Pandemic Continues
Razer commits to donating up to one million surgical masks to fight COVID-19
Singapore authorities contributing too
Making Of
Making Of: Sumo Digital lead game designer Nic Cusworth discusses how Spyder went from game jam winner to Apple Arcade release
"Going in, I don't think we realised what a huge challenge it was going to be to bring Spyder to life"
Talking Heads
Epic Games, DICE, Niantic Labs, and RocketRide Games to speak at next month’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1
Incredible new speakers join the roster for the mobile B2B games industry conference's first venture into the digital space
Mmo In The Works
Finnish studio Mainframe Industries raises $8.1 million for cloud gaming
"We are starting from the ground up"
Player Well-known
PUBG Mobile crosses 600 million downloads as it celebrates two-year anniversary
50 million daily active users
Moving Up
Stillfront appoints Kixeye CEO Clayton Stark as new group chief technology officer
"Clayton has already contributed with his vast experience from the industry"
Sensor Tower
Mobile game players in the US spent an average of $53.80 in 2019
Up 54 per cent year-over-year
Summer In The City
GDC moved to three-day event in Summer 2020
Set to take place from August 4th to 6th in California
Exclusive Data
Google mobile downloads suggest Stadia has sold 107,000 units in the last two months
US tops group for the largest portion of installs
Pure Magic
Wizards of the Coasts' John Eberhardt on making the games that you want to play
"Always remember that while individual passion drives excellence, it took massive coordination and patience to build the pyramids."
New Hire
Adjust hires Ville Mikkola to head up the Coalition Against Ad Fraud
The initiative has 30 members
A Good Deed
Playtika is donating its catered meals to local communities to help against the coronavirus
It's giving resources to its staff working from home
To The Top
Only one-third of CEOs in games started their working lives in the industry
Tim Sweeney mowed lawns before becoming a developer
Going Ahead
Evo 2020 is still happening
It is schedueled for July 31st-to-August 2nd
Scopely Series D
Scopely secures an additional $200 million in Series D funding for a total of $400 million
The first $200 million was invested in October 2019
The Flow
Tapjoy launches deep multi-reward engagements ads on Android
More rewards, better engagement
Half Price Sale
Nintendo confirms Octopath Traveler has surpassed 2 million sales
Mobile prequel in the works
Talent Mag-net
King senior developer Egill Antonsson joins MAG Interactive
One of a number of hires from the company as of late
Tencent Financials Q4 Fy19
Tencent revenue grows 21% year-over-year to $54.1 billion
Total profit jumped by 22 per cent too
New Lifestyles
Robin Games raises $7 million to bring mobile gaming to 'underserved women audience'
Ex-Jam City team going big
Event
Early Bird ends today for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #1
PLUS 10% additional savings with our digital double discount day
Sky Is The Limit
Sky: Children of the Light and Untitled Goose Game triumph at GDC Awards 2020
Mutazione wins at IGFs
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Orbital Knight CEO Karol Drzymała shares how persistence is the key to survival as an indie
"We've been through some ups and downs over the years"
Postponed Event
The New Zealand Games Festival is postponed till 2021
Due to the coronavirus
Broken Link
Samsung discontinues its streaming service PlayGalaxy Link
Service ends on March 27th
Become A Pro
Apple announces new iPad Pro from $799
Launches March 25th
Share Your Expertise
Speak at the first Pocket Gamer Connects Digital next month
You could speak at the brand new online only B2B games industry event from the comfort of your own office
Helping Hand
Ukie and Sheridans team up for coronavirus hotline
Free to use between March 17th and 20th
Top Pedigree
Lineage titles dominate the South Korean mobile games chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Bring It Home
Pokemon Home generated $2.6 million in user spending worldwide in its first month
The US accounted for 38.5 per cent of spending
Delayed Smash
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC likely delayed by coronavirus
Director Masahiro Sakurai confirms work has been affected
"push The Boundaries"
Resolution Games adds Left 4 Dead creator Mike Booth to board of directors
Will contribute towards upcoming VR titles from the studio
Crossplay Enabled
Riot launches first-ever mobile game Teamfight Tactics on March 19th
80 million downloads since debuting on PC
App Annie
China mobile game downloads skyrocketed by 80% in February 2020
63 million installs per week
"take Care Of Yourselves"
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot pens supportive letter to staff regarding coronavirus
Uplifting message sent to all employees worldwide
10 Years On
Opinion: The ten mobile and iPhone gaming trends of GDC 2010
How to thrive over the next nine months
Develop:brighton
Develop:Brighton 2020 still planned to go ahead in July
Organisers are keeping a close eye on the coronavirus situation
Make The Switch
Dodge Roll Games and thatgamecompany bringing mobile titles to Switch in 2020
Exit the Gungeon and Sky: Children of the Light making the leap
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Bandai Namco's Jihoon Kim on marketing a mobile game for the US
"The trailer that our team created outperformed in every placement we put into the market at the time"
Funding
Genvid Technologies raises $33 million in Series B funding round
Will be used to develop interactive streaming features for new markets
Going Digital
The London Games Festival 2020 will be online-only
Refunds will be issued for ticket holders
Acquisition
Miniclip acquires Derby-based developer Eight Pixels Square from Outplay Entertainment
Sniper Strike: Special Ops has cleared 35 million downloads since launch
Stack The Deck
NetEase and Marvel Games are launching a closed beta for Marvel Duel
A superhero-themed free-to-play card game
Out The Gate
Bill Gates leaves the Microsoft board
But he will maintain his role as a tech advisor
Monopoly?
Apple could purchase Disney during stock drop, says analyst
Stock fell below $100 per share
"odds Are Stacked"
Update: Apple removes Plague Inc. from China App Store due to licensing issues
"Content that is illegal in China"
A Homerun?
Glu Mobile releases MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2020 after one month in soft-launch
Partnership continues with Major League Baseball
Super Evil Mega-opening
New studio Bazooka Tango launched by Vainglory creators
$2.5 million raised to create multiplayer mobile games
Price Fixing Allegations
Apple fined record $1.23 billion by French antitrust regulator
Tech Data and Ingram Micro both fined €76 million ($84.4 million) and €63 million (69.9 million) respectively
Long Tail
Deca Games adds DragonVale to its live ops portfolio
Backflip Studios' breed-and-nurturer acquired