Neat!
Nintendo announces next Pokemon Direct for January 9th
20 minutes of Pokemon-related information
Vivid Partnership
Real Boxing 2 developer Vivid Games partners with ad platform Anzu.io
Two of the developer's games will be integrated with ads technology
Entering The Ring
Sumo Digital hires Kirstin Whittle as partnerships director
Previously head of business development at Keywords
All In
Nicolas Sierro from Grand Casino Bern on delivering online casino services
"It's inspiring to be part of it"
Fan Outrage
Riot Games reveals how it "avoided backlash" when announcing mobile titles
Staff were concerned after Diablo Immortal reveal
To Boldly Grow
Digit Game Studios founder Richard Barnwell on life after Scopely acquisition
"Our natural chemistry and shared vision made us feel like one powerful, international team from the outset and since the acquisition"
Age Of 5g
Square Enix looking to "relaunch" and expand Indian business presence
Cloud streaming and 5G also touched upon
Gunning For The Top
PUBG Mobile fires to top of worldwide mobile revenue for December 2019
Honor of Kings settles for second spot
Sociable Talk
Industry legend Jon Hare from Tower Studios on the problems of poorly made clones
"It takes time and skill to succeed"
New Partnership
Tencent invests undisclosed sum in Bayonetta developer PlatinumGames
"We hope to use this capital to strengthen our foundation as a business"
Badge Party
Get a headstart on Pocket Gamer Connects London with the Badge Pick Up Party!
Dodge the queues - network and drink with the industry while picking up your badge on Sunday, January 19th
Trade Trends
Learn Trade Trends at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Port-astic
Nintendo insider claims two further Wii U ports destined for Switch in 2020
Super Mario 3D Worlds? Star Fox Zero? Paper Mario: Color Splash?
Lucky Seven
Sports developer Nifty Games recruits EA, Warner Bros. and Zynga veterans
A roster of new hires join the LA and Bay Area-based company
Codemasters' New Cook
Codemasters hires Alex Cook as its new global sales director
Previously worked for Jagex
Big Money
Report: Tencent-owned Miniclip purchases Ilyon Games for $100 million
The Israeli-based startup has accumulated over 370 million installs
Still Got It
Mobile is the most popular games platform for Americans over 50
More women than men play games in that age group
Adjust Unites
Adjust becomes Unity's first mobile measurement partner
Easy access to the Adjust SDK in Unity
Journalist Bar
Developers: Meet the Pocket Gamer editorial team at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020's Journalist Bar!
Get 15 minutes with one of the writers to chat about your game
Deck13 Building
Jan Klose from Deck13 Interactive on how subscription services could shake up the gaming industry
"Things are looking better than last year"
Fabulous Vancouver
Here’s why Vancouver's gaming industry is setting the bar for the rest of the world
The Vancouver Economic Commission on why you should be talking to them at PG Connects London 2020
Get Invested
Applications close THIS FRIDAY for Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Find your funding through our ever popular investment matchmaking event when it returns later this month
Hot Five
Hot Five: Look back on 2019 and looking forward to the games of 2020
The hottest stories of last week
Global Publishing
Learn more about Global Publishing at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Rogues' Gallery
Rogue Games brings in new senior business development manager
Jonathan Layton has held roles at NBCUniversal, FoxNext, Disruptor Beam, and Glu
Pathfinder
Respawn head Vince Zampella to oversee EA's DICE LA studio
Rebrand and original games planned for the support studio
Space Pirates
Nintendo wins injunction against Californian man for modding and selling pirated games on Switch
No fines and 10 unnamed defendants dismissed
Don't Forget To Subscribe
Apple Arcade predicted to reach 12 million subscribers by end of 2020
"This will make it the biggest bundled games subscription service globally"
Superdata 2019 Summary
Pokemon GO, Candy Crush Saga and Honor of Kings push mobile to $64.4 billion revenue in 2019
Free-to-play model continues to grow across all platforms
Circle Complete
Hyper-idle dev Fumb Games adds Paul West as new CEO
London developer scaling up
2020 Trends
Marmalade Game Studio on why 2020 will see a shift towards higher quality mobile games
It's getting better
Cutting Edge
Razer applies for a digital bank license in Singapore
It will hold 60 per cent of the new bank
Rake In The Lake
Untitled Goose Game scares up over one million sales
Just three months after launching on Switch
Big Money
Xiaomi looking to invest $7 billion in AI, 5G and internet technologies in the next five years
It previously promised to invest $1.43 billion
Friend Or Foe
Apple agrees new multi-year deal with Imagination Technologies to utilise IP
The new multi-use license agreement replaces the former, which was announced in February 2014
Christmas Cheer
Mobile games spending reached $210 million this Christmas, increasing by 8% year-on-year
76 per cent of all revenue across the mobile platform
Acquisition
Team17 snaps up Yippee Entertainment for $1.85 million
"Yippee allows us to accelerate our recruitment plans in the North West"
Hmmm
CD Projekt and The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski settle differences
Polish games company retains IP for games
Cut Losses
Nexon sells off mobile developer Gloops for one Japanese yen
Japanese studio was purchased for approximately $470 million in 2012
2020 Trends
Global competition will drive consolidation in 2020 says Scopely's Henry Lowenfels
Bigger is better
Most Anticipated 2020
PocketGamer.biz's 21 most anticipated mobile games of 2020
A look ahead at the games we're excited to play
2019 In Review
Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise on why 2020 will be faster, better and more accessible
5G will underpin a technical shift
2020 Trends
Garena's Jason Ng on the rise of sophisticated gameplay on mobile
Free Fire breaks esport records
It's A Wonderful Supercell
PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the decade (if Supercell didn't exist)
A look back on the last decade (if Supercell didn't exist)
2020 Trends
Future Games of London's Elizabeth Sampat wants everyone to to take mobile gamers seriously in 2020
"We’re doing better on this front than ever before"
A Decade Of Content
PocketGamer.biz's most read articles of the last decade
The hottest stories of the entire decade
Most Read 2019
Supercell, Supercell, and Supercell: The most read news stories of 2019
The stories that enraptured our audience over the last year
2019 In Review
YoYo Games Stuart Poole hopes 2020 will see softer monetisation, more 2D mobile games
Back to source
2019 In Review
PocketGamer.biz's Matthew Forde celebrates the revival of premium mobile games
A breath of fresh air
Time To Pay
Zaair Hussain from FRAG Games on his hopes for a new era of premium mobile gaming
"There will be demand for models that deliver premium games"