Financials
EA's mobile digital net revenue decreased by $51 million last quarter
Company still "conscious" of Nintendo Switch
Question Time
What you think the UK games industry would look like after Brexit?
Burning question: we asked, you answered.
Follow Your Heart
Update: Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road arrives on iOS and Android this Spring
More details to arrive in February
Huawei Appgallery
How Huawei's AppGallery can rapidly grow your app in the Middle East and beyond
Huawei head of AppGallery MENA mobile services Naji Robehmed tells all from Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019
See Eu Later
What do UK mobile game developers think of Brexit?
Post-referendum discussion from the UK mobile games industry
China Bound
EA confirms partnership for Apex Legends on mobile
"We're very excited about the opportunity"
Sensor Tower
Sony's Fate/Grand Order accumulates over $4 billion in lifetime revenue
Top grossing title in Japan for 2019
China On The Up
Honour of Kings, PUBG Mobile and AFK Arena climb global top grossing chart
Crunching the data with App Annie
Mobile Game Marketing
Game of Phones: Why it's time for a smarter approach to mobile game app marketing
Mobile acquisition specialist Saikala Sultanova explains all
Interview
A decade on, MAG Interactive CEO Daniel Hasselberg discusses the firm's growth
"We decided to focus the company around social multiplayer games at the end of 2018"
Give Back
House House to donate at least 1% of its profits to Australia's Indigenous groups
It's part of the Pay The Rent initiative
Fix It
The ESA is planning to "shake things up" for E3 2020
People are encouraged to get in touch with ideas
Here's The Facts
Coin Master was the top-earning mobile title in Europe in 2019
Overall mobile games brought in $7.4 billion
Gotta Catch 'em All
Pokemon Masters exceeds 20 million trainers
1,500 gems are being given to players to celebrate
Synergies
Denali Publishing's Sabaa Rehmani on making Spies in Disguise: Agents on the Run
Providing focus and demographic overlap
Triple Deal
Scopely scores partnership with Mattel and Hasbro for new Scrabble mobile game
Scrabble GO is a new free-to-play experience
Sustainable Gaming Apps
Grow a sustainable gaming app: 2020 trends
How Facebook Audience Network's App Growth Academy can help your app this year
Live And Kicking
Live and Kicking: Talking 'Super Saiyan' with Dragon Ball Legends producer Toshitaka Tachibana
"As a team, we constantly prioritise the fans of the Dragon Ball series"
Blue Shelled
Unofficial Mario Kart experience ordered to pay $458,000 in damages to Nintendo
Mari Mobility Development must pay five times originally cost
Refining Reflections
GameRefinery acquires app developer market insight firm Reflection.io
Platforms will be integrated for better analysis
Nintendo Q3 2019 Financials
Nintendo Switch tops 52 million sales, surpasses SNES
Over 300 million software sales in less than three years
Developer Satisfaction
Conditions for working in the games industry are improving, according to the IGDA
Sexism and racisim are still giving the sector a bad name
Courtroom Drama
Riot Games slates the $400 million figure California state claims it own its employees
The lawsuit is for alleged gender discimination
Apple Q1 2020 Financials
Apple posts record quarterly sales of $91.8 billion thanks to iPhone and wearables growth
Profits grow 11.4 per cent year-on-year for Q1 2020
Rng Redundancies
Independent developer RNG Studios lays off four employees
Current project has been put in hiatus
From Mmo To Hypercasual
Netmarble EMEA chairman Baris Ozistek on why the publisher is turning to hypercasual
After major time-sink titles like Lineage 2 Revolution, Netmarble EMEA is looking for something smaller
Never Die
Com2uS is working on a new The Walking Dead mobile game
Has also invested in IP holder Skybound
Improve App Rating
How to improve your App Store rating
App Radar marketing manager Genie Patrathiranond talks us through boosting your ratings
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Capybara game director Dan Vader on the unlikely success of Grindstone
Why Apple Arcade was the place to be for the slice-and-dice puzzler
Minor Adjustments
Adjust appoints Bill Kiriakis and Silvia Buermann to senior global sales team
Experience from App Annie, Adobe, Zignal Labs and more
Staffing Up
Lockwood Publishing expands into Lisbon with new office
Applications are now open for those interested in joining
Simple, Faster
Hypercasual mobile game publishing platform Coda raises $4 million from LVP
London startup closes large seed round
Battle 'em All
Niantic rolls out Pokemon GO Battle League preseason worldwide
Pikachu Libre exclusively found within
Good Eggs
Ustwo gains 'business for good' B Corp status
Business synergies
Daunting Acquisition
Free Fire studio Garena acquires Phoenix Labs for an estimated $150 million
100 developers now under "Garena family"
Nintendo's Billion
Nintendo's mobile games have cleared $1 billion in revenue combined
Fire Emblem Heroes still leads the pack at $656 million
...what?
Atari pens deal to launch branded hotels across the US
First hotel breaking ground in Phoenix, AZ this year
Stateside Return
Find out what awaits you at Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle
Two-day games industry conference makes its return Stateside - read on to see what it has to offer!
Five Years Of Adventures
Hyper Hippo’s Tristan Rattink on why AdVenture Capitalist is still here after 5 years
How the studio took "the least sexy idea" and made it into a global phenomenon
Rolling Out
Huawei approved for 5G across the UK in restricted capacity
"Reassured by the UK government's confirmation"
In-app Bidding From Applovin
In-App Bidding: Boost your bottom line
AppLovin MD of Europe Daniel Tchernahovsky talks us through the company's in-app bidding solution MAX
Partnership
Square Enix and Suntory partner for Dragon Quest Walk missions via Japanese vending machines
14,000 can be found across the country
Jobs In Games
Jobs In Games: Square Enix's Lucy Shears on how to get a job as a market research analyst
"It’s awesome to be able to say I work for Square Enix"
Job News
Miniclip appoints Tencent's Jurgen Post as new CEO
Former CEO Rob Small moves to board president
Ukie Report
UK game companies employ over 16,000 people and contribute $1.75 billion to the local economy
Data collated from 2,100 games businesses in 2016
10 Years On
10 YEARS ON: iPad will be the meteor that finally wipes out small iPhone developers
Big dinosaurs will be conserved
Sales Spike
Plague Inc. developer Ndemic Creations warns players to look elsewhere for coronavirus information
"Not a scientific model"
Indie Investor Pitch
Sign ups for Interactive Futures' Indie Investor Pitch closing soon
Get 20 minutes of undivided attention on your game
New Deal
US and China proposed console tariffs postponed indefinitely
"There's a lot of work to do ahead"
Niche Success
KamaGames' Video Poker game boasts 49% Day-1 retention
US is the key market