Women In Games
Kate Edwards: "Be open-minded and explore the possibilities of your talents"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Ella Romanos: "I'm really inspired by people who forge their own paths through the industry and who help others"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab: "Just go for it, even if you've never worked in games before"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Grand Cru CFO Celine Pasula: "Don’t be scared of going after the job you really want"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Yokozuna Data CEO Africa Perianez on a career in machine learning and a company where half of the engineers and all the data scientists are women
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Event
What's at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle this May?
Two-day event features 13-track conference schedule, Big Indie Pitches, investor panels, networking and more across mobile, PC and blockchain
Ps Go
Sony introduces iPhone and ipad remote play for PS4
Four years after Sony Xperia 73
Funding
GFR Fund has put together a $20 million pot for esports, streaming and new technologies
"We are looking beyond traditional game developers to invest in disruptive entertainment technologies"
E3 2019
E3 grows a little quieter as EA pulls out of the event
Publisher promises "less talk and more play" as it moves all focus towards EA Play
Women In Games
Dirtybit's Anette Ståløy: "Misconceptions usually come from a lack of knowledge and from people making assumptions"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Tamalaki owner Martine Spaans: "I wish I would have known that hard work is not rewarded when no one sees it"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Oscar Winner
Award-winning Pixar producer joins Glu’s board of directors
Darla Anderson previously worked on 2017 film Coco
Women In Games
Games UX specialist Celia Hodent: "We know that having good diversity and inclusivity on a team are key to being more successful"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Curve Digital's Buahin: "We still have a way to go to dispel assumptions that women don't play games"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
MiTale CEO Natasha Trygg: "Try everything that games development has to offer and do not be afraid to fail"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Look Out Thanos
Marvel Strike Force adds Captain Marvel as game makes $150 million in first year
New Alliance War mode rolled out too
Women In Games
Kongregate CEO Emily Greer on a career in games: "I've found a tremendous amount of kindness, openness and fun"
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Women In Games
Jagex's Cassia Curran on an international career in biz dev
Profiling a few of the industry's stars to celebrate International Women's Day
Job News
Here's where 209 jobs were cut in Blizzard's US business
We now know just where layoffs have been made in the Overwatch firm's American workforce
Jobs
Former Atari COO Todd Shallbetter goes medical with Level Ex
Shallbetter will help the surgical training company's drive into VR and AR technologies
Animated
DeepMotion partners with Samsung to bring AR dance moves to mobile
DeepMotion's handheld motion capture could mean big things for next-gen mobile gaming
Jobs
VC outfit Atomico internally promotes three new partners
“Bryce, Alison and Camilla have the ambition, shared mission and energy we need as we continue to build Atomico”
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Unbound Creation’s Jakub Kasztalski set to host talk on how to mix third-party assets without your game looking terrible
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Ads Equals Rewards
Google Play begins open beta for rewarded video ads powered by AdMob
Feature can be applied to any app
Music To My Ears
Music games developer Gismart launches new investment initiative for mobile
Looking to invest $1 million on a case-by-case basis
East To East
How a China partnership turned Steppy Pants into a number one chart topper in Japan
Super Entertainment co-director Stephen Last discusses how a collaboration with Yodo1 produced significant returns
Niantic Used Happy Hour
Pokemon Go trainers have spent $2.45 billion in less than three years
Franchise as a whole on mobile reaches $2.5 billion
Nintendo Cardboard
Nintendo steps into the world of VR with new Labo kit for Switch
Blaster, camera, elephant and more included in new bundle
Growth
17 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019’s Growth Track
Track sponsored by DeltaDNA
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Pixel Federation's Martin Jurasek to host talk on using data to design onboarding
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th.
Event
Free half-day blockchain games summit near GDC
Seminars, panel debates and networking for anyone interested in taking their game on the chain
Ubi-free
Vivendi sells off last Ubisoft shares as takeover plans come to an end
Media conglomerate was in position for hostile takeover in 2018
Studio Expansion
Mobile publisher Rogue Games brings in $1.25m from seed funding round
Venture firm Grishin Robotics led funding
Keep Your Money
Nintendo urges mobile partners to not focus on player spending
Mario maker does not want to be seen as greedy
Free Webinar
Join deltaDNA’s free webinar on how to make profitable games in 2019
Webinar to delve into in-app purchase trends, shifting business models and more
Games Services
Get more with MoGi Group: Bespoke solutions for global games
MoGi Group will be at GDC from March 18th to 22nd
Scaling Up
N3twork launches new user acquisition platform for third-party mobile games
Tool was previously used on Legendary: Game of Heroes for iOS and Andorid
Giant Enemy Crab
Indie Spotlight: Knife-wielding crabs star in Robot Squid's new mobile battle royale game King of Crabs
"It's a great achievement for the team but launching is just the start. We know the challenges will keep coming"
Exploits Children
Epic Games embroiled in further lawsuit over loot boxes
Another week, another court case
Research
Newzoo: Mobile gamers are more receptive to brands than non-gamers
The Activision-Blizzard partnered Betting on Billions paper makes key insights into mobile gaming demographics
Jobs
Former DICE CEO Karl Troedsson joins Nordisk Film Games
Troedsson takes on a role as senior partner to help direct Nordisk Film Games' growth and development
Mayday! Mayday!
Framed director and designer Joshua Boggs heads up new studio MayDay
Framed won over 30 awards and accolades
Super Sell
Supercell’s Clash Royale surpasses $2.5 billion in three years
Recently passed third anniversary on March 2nd
New Studio
Helsinki start-up Reworks raises $1.5m in funding as studio looks to challenge Glu Mobile’s Design Home
Glu Mobile singled out by company as main competitor
Hatching A Plan
Rovio in talks with several investors for Hatch streaming funding boost
Angry Birds developer wants extra investment for its subsidiary, while taking losses off its books may appease investors
Financing Deal
Finnish developer Kuuhubb picks up $1.1 million loan
Business Finland fronts up the funds
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Sega Hardlight’s James Back on how to get a job as a director of product
"I think if I’d known how easy I’d find it to relate to everyone I’ve worked with over the past five years, I’d have looked for a job in games a lot sooner"
Events
Meet Activision Blizzard, EA, Microsoft and more at Game Connection America 2019
Publishers, developers and storefronts headline a new five-day format for Game Connection America this year
Music Gaming
The future of music gaming
Gismart product manager Vera Rabkina details the history of music gaming and looks ahead at what's to come
Spooky
Cultist Simulator will make a terrifying transition to mobile this spring
After selling 100,000 copies on PC, Cultist Simulator will let you perform dark deeds on the go