A Long Time Ago
Disney Magic Kingdoms calls on the force with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker update
"It is a dream to welcome Star Wars to Disney Magic Kingdoms"
Lining Them Up
Shadowgun War Games hits half a million pre-registrations
"We’re thrilled at the response we’ve had since pre-reg launched in mid-November"
Block Booking
Caty Tedman from Dapper Labs on kitties, the NBA and the future of blockchain gaming
"I'm learning more about the challenges to the industry and how blockchain can help solve those"
Subscriptions
Update: Apple Arcade annual subscription launched at $49.99
12 months for the price of 10
No Drops Here
PUBG Mobile Club Open Final 2019 draws in 532 million viewers
57 million hours viewed in total
Back In The Saddle
Ric Cowley returns to PocketGamer.biz as new Editor
Will be in attendance at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Snap Back
Snap Games adds Leaderboard Games to its chat app gaming platform
Two games launched with the feature
Three Of A Kind
Keywords Studios makes $12 million triple acquisition of Ichi, Kantan and Syllabes
"We are delighted to have made three high calibre acquisitions"
Pgc London
Discover more about esports at Pocket Gamer Connects London's Esports Academy
It is one of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Reach For The Skies
KamaGames get innovative as it runs Pokerist ad campaign in US airports
Expects to drive 200 million impressions
Oh My Stars
Supercell's Brawl Stars generates $422 million from first year
South Korean players make up $93 million of the overall total
Strive To Survive
Funday Factory's Anders Leicht Rohde on the hypercasual bubble
If you know, you win
Kinda Mobile
Kinda Funny's Greg Miller and Tim Gettys on Apple Arcade and Google Stadia
"Google Stadia failed on its first impression"
Pgc London
Learn about British industry trends in the Brightest Britain track at Pocket Gamer Connects London
One of 15 tracks to feature at the event
Surfin' Success
App Annie: Subway Surfers was the most downloaded mobile game of the decade
Clash of Clans tops consumer spend for the last 10 years
Bigby's Back
Telltale revives The Wolf Among Us sequel as its first project since closure
New trailer shown at The Game Awards
Caught Short
Apple rejects PewDiePie's latest mobile game Poopdie citing "crude imagery"
Developer Bulbware has launched an appeal to get the decision overturned
Jackpot
Devil May Cry: Pinnacle of Combat slashes its way to 500,000 pre-registrations
Licensed mobile title delayed to 2020
Oh Dear
Chinese publisher recieves $100,000 fine after releasing unlicensed mobile game
The country's license freeze ended late last year
It's Acquisition Time
Animoca Brands snap ups Power Rangers: Legacy Wars developer nWay for $7.69 million
Animoca "immensely excited about the nWayPlay platform"
Secure Your Investment
Find your funding with Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020!
The ever popular investment match-making event returns to London in January
Time To Connect
MAG Interactive's Chris Peters on the importance of live ops
How evolution can become revolution
Seeking Audience
Mobile games shouldn’t be at The Game Awards - and that’s fine
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong audience
Read 5 Now
Hot Five: Battle Pass trends, Angry Birds' 10 years, and Playrix's new M&A strategy
The hottest stories
Data
Mobile games generated $41.5 billion in 12 months
Liftoff research
Esports Connects
Nancy Basi from the Vancouver Economic Commission on esports potential
A strong ecosystem is key
International Monetisation
LatinDV co-founder Julian Migura on emerging markets' potential
New markets are starting to catch up
Switch Sales
Nintendo Switch outsells Xbox One worldwide
Mario Kart 8 is the console's top-selling title
Cool
Playdemic partners up with UFC for Golf Clash content
It costs $4.99
Mobile Winners
Call of Duty: Mobile claims victory at The Game Awards 2019
Fire Emblem: Three Houses won two awards
Accelerating
Mario Kart Tour downloads slump but revenue shows reasons for optimism
Player spending per download nearly doubled since first month
Brum Brum
Zynga expands NaturalMotion with new Birmingham studio
Will focus on racing games
Expansion
UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals
“The success of Lemmings has borne this out”
A New Way To Play
Edge Esports' David Yarnton on dealing with constant change
From Nintendo to what's next
Whole New World
Update: Gameloft delays Disney Getaway Blast until 2020
Game set to launch "very soon"
Turn Up The Volume
Soft launch to worldwide launch: Now it’s time to go big
How to optimize your strategy
Indie Winners
Indie champions highlighted as The Big Indie Pitch tours Europe
Check out some of the most exciting upcoming indie games from across Europe
Growing Market
Esports platform Game.tv raises $25 million in Series A funding
Adding AI
$$$
PUBG Mobile shoots through $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
China brought in 40 per cent of total earnings
All Together
My.Games' Big Deal Conference returns in April 2020
Being held in Moscow
New Partnership
Gameloft teams up with Blacknut for new cloud gaming service
Over 360 games are included
It’s A Match
Candy Crush ranks as the top mobile game US brand
Keeping the customer satisfied
Running Out
Just one week left to save $175 on Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Mid-term prices end midnight next Thursday
Looking Forward
Make Real's Sam Watts on how the possibility for XR breakthrough in 2020
It's this the year for mass adoption
Acquisition
Voodoo acquires London-based Gumbug
The sum is undisclosed
Jobs In Games
IronSource's Sandra Schneider on using ads to improve retention and monetisation
"Whenever I recruit someone today, the first thing I do is give them a long list of top games to play"
Pvp = $$$
Casual drives downloads but competition is what you need for monetisation
Crunching the data with App Annie
Starting New
Pole To Win opens new game studio - Orange Rock Studios
The time to be disruptive is now
Happy Bird-day
Angry Birds celebrates 10 years with PUBG crossover and K-Swiss footwear
Now a phenomenon
Pixel Perfect
Super Arcade Racing dev OutOfTheBit on not compromising on your vision
Founder Ali Motisi explains