Health
"No consistent evidence” that screen time is harmful to children
But that doesn't mean parents should be giving kids free rein over phone time
Gone West
Fallout Shelter publisher Bethesda ends legal battle against Warner Bros over Westworld "rip-off"
The dispute between the two mobile management games has been "amicably resolved"
Event
Pocket Gamer Connects London - full conference schedule now live
More than 250 world-class expert speakers covering the hottest topics across mobile, PC and blockchain gaming
Hot Five
Amber CEO talks creative destruction, China is open for business, and Brawl Stars tops the charts
The top mobile games industry stories from the last week
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Century Game's Heaven Wu on opportunities for casual games in China
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Events
What’s trending: Here’s what to look out for at the Pocket Gamer Connects London Trade Trends track
The track to take for those looking for mobile market trends and the state of British gaming
Feel The Hype
Keep it casual: Here’s the lineup for Pocket Gamer Connects London’s Game Changers – Hyper-casual track
Track features the leading lights in the hyper-casual and the chat app gaming sectors
Marvellous
Hearthstone director's Second Dinner snags $30m from NetEase and secures Marvel licence agreement
New studio has been working on its first game for six months
Controversial Themes
LBC Studios CEO on growing to a 30-person team from Hempire's success
Weed-themed gaming
Financial Slowdown
Apple blames China as it posts sales warning
Points the finger at Trump administration for trade war exacerbating country's economic downturn
Whew
App Store users forked out $1.5 billion between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day
Customers spent $322 million on January 1st alone
Jobs News
Blizzard loses CFO to payment company Square
Follows Activision Blizzard CFO Spencer Neumann out the door after he joined Netflix
Funding Go
Pokemon Go dev Niantic pulls in $190 million investment
Studio has raised around $420m so far at an estimated $3.9 billion valuation
Growth
Square Enix eyes India as part of year of “aggressive” overseas expansion
India and China will play a key role in the Square Enix president’s plans for global growth
Events
Anita Sarkeesian, Mikael Haveri and Robin Hunicke headline Ludicious 2019 from January 31st
Swiss event will feature presentations and workshops from over forty industry speakers
Say What?
Report: Nexon put up for sale as founder and controlling stakeholder exits
Total 98.64 per cent stake owned by Kim Jung-ju up for grabs, it seems
Engine Of Change
Corona game engine goes open source
Company hopes move will make development process more transparent
Heading North
Rebellion acquires Yorkshire studio TickTock Games
Developer to become Rebellion North
Critical Hit
Pokemon Go bagged nearly $800 million from in-app purchases in 2018
Sales up 35 per cent on 2017
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Evil Zeppelin reveals all about their studio and their Big Indie award winning game Quest 4 Fuel
We chat to the third place prize winner from our bumper Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 18
Speakers
Huawei, Playtika, Plarium, JoyPac and Game Workers Unite to speak at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019
Two-day conference schedule adds more international names for this month’s event
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: MiTale CEO Natasha Trygg on experimenting with design and not sticking with what's safe
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Stick Sports CEO Paul Collins to explore how blockchain will impact games industry economics
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Edge Esports COO David Yarnton on the future of the $500 million competitive gaming industry
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Amber CEO Mihai Pohontu on creative destruction, fearless indies and corporate rebels
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Restart
The indie spirit behind the rebirth and growth of the Australian games industry
"We have to share the knowledge that we keep to ourselves and the things that scare us. We have to connect"
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Brawl Stars fires into US top 10 download and grossing rankings
Rankings for the week of December 17th to 23rd
Jobs In Games Special
Jobs in Games Special 2019: Contributors wanted
Help others level up their careers
Blockade Lifted
China's games market is officially open for business again
First 80 games approved for release in China since end of games freeze
Jobs News
Activision Blizzard set to fire chief financial officer
Spencer Neumann could be about to join streaming giant Netflix
Indie Mavens
The mobile games that stood out most to indie developers in 2018
Our indie mavens weigh in
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Black Trumpet Games discusses The Big Indie Pitch and their game Runick
We chat to the runner-up of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Niebla Games talks pitching all over the world
We chat to Niebla Games, who walked away with the third place prize at The Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy 2018
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Codex7 Games talk winning The Big Indie Pitch with their PvP realtime sea battle game Pirate Code
We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch at ChinaJoy
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Afterburn tells how mixing golf and puzzles helped them grab The Big Indie Pitch crown
We chat to the winner of the second Big Indie Pitch in Poland which once again took place at GIC
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Geogrify CEO Kate Edwards on falling backwards into games and what's next for the industry
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Kwa Qua tells us all about their experimental game all about surrealistic drawings
We chat to the winner of the Big Indie Pitch at the first ever Big Indie Fest
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Gamejam CEO Christian Calderon on hyper-casual and mobile ads industry consolidation
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Pixowl COO Sebastien Borget on The Sandbox and blockchain-powered games
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Games Of The Year
PocketGamer.biz's Games of the Year 2018
The Editorial team picks their favourite games this year
Ua Tool
IronSource launches ROAS Optimiser tool
Solution aims to help user acquisition managers automatically bid on dynamic cost-per-install rates
That's All Folks
Scopely’s Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem topped 1m downloads on launch day
Release supported by Crushathon livestream
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Rusto CEO Sako Salovaara on mobile trends
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Avengers Disassemble
TinyCo’s Marvel Avengers Academy to close
Servers shut down on February 4th, but will be unavailable for download from January 1st
Jobs News
Over 100 Blizzard customer support staff accept cash to quit
At least five payments of increasing value offered over last few months, sources claim
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: We learn more about Battlebrew's idle clicker that's filled with cute bunnies on magical floating islands
We chat to the recipient of the third place prize at the second Korean Big Indie Pitch
New Studio
New studio Wanderword to develop interactive audiobooks for mobile devices and smart speakers
Formed by Microsoft and Fatshark execs Peter Zetterberg and Thomas Lindgren
Marketing
AppsFlyer claims the app ad market will hit $64 billion by 2020
Ads market is set to grow 34 per cent annually on average between 2017 and 2020
Christmas Countdown
Pocket Gamer Connects London advent calendar
Day 24 - What’s behind today’s door? Christmas special offer - 20% off!
Struck A Chord
Games chat platform Discord raises $150 million at $2bn valuation
Funding round led by Greenoaks Capital