Come Again
Activision Blizzard labels Diablo Immortal fan reception as "muted"
The games giant also reiterated that Mobile remains the largest and fastest growing platform for gaming in the world
Catty
Outfit7 gives its billion dollar cat a true sequel with My Talking Tom 2
The release marks the next step in a series that’s been downloaded over eight billion times
Crushed
Revenues at Candy Crush dev King fall by $22m year-on-year
Monthly active users grew to 262 million, however
Princely Summit
A diverse Jordan Gaming Summit reveals the potential of the MENA region
His Highness Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II attends games conference in Amman
Developing Story
Nanobit on the opportunity for narrative games in China
"If it’s bigger than the US, and the US is our biggest market, and we can make a game that fits into that space then it’s what we need to do"
Wunderbar
German games industry set to enjoy $56.7m government games fund from 2019
New fund to be headed up by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Loot
Loot boxes result in Belgium blocking three Square Enix mobile titles
Mobius Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Union X and Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia will be pulled over the next few months
Uac Numbers
Key stats a year after Google moved exclusively to Universal App Campaigns
One billion video installs on UAC over the last 12 months
Mmo Mania
NCSoft's 2019 plans include new Lineage, Alon and Blade & Soul mobile titles
Korean publisher revealed five new titles it hopes will lead growth next year
Invest
Overwolf raises $16 million in a funding round led by Intel Capital
Platform intends to use the funding to accelerate its developer network and produce more tools
Summoned
Overseas sales accounts for 83% of Com2uS’ $106.7m total sales figure for Q3
Profits for the third quarter came in at $33.8 million
Flat-lined
Bandai Namco shuts down soft-launched title Doctor Who: Battle of Time
Doctor Who: Battle of Time will come to a close on November 26th
New Digs
Hole.io developer Voodoo set for new office in Berlin
The French outfit is also hoping to snap up ‘dozens’ of new recruits by the end of 2019
Event
Come learn from industry experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019's Mentor Lounges
CGX brings its international series of mentor networking sessions to Europe’s biggest B2B event for the mobile games industry
Spooked
Epic Games’ Fortnite builds up $350m in revenue on iOS
$55 million was grossed in October
Uh Oh
Blizzard is working on bringing multiple franchises to mobile
Some of the titles will be developed internally
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile game charts: Command & Conquer Red Alert Online fires up China's top grossing list
Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 22nd to 28th
Result
Glu Mobile steps closer to profitability as it cuts losses to $0.3 million in Q3 2018
The result is a significant step up from an $11.7 million loss in the same period last year
Oops
Mobile underperforms as Square Enix posts $33m loss in half-year result
Restructuring at the recently-formed Luminous Studios blamed for the sharp decline
Saga
Candy Crush Friends Saga smashes past $10 million revenue worldwide
Almost three-quarters of the game's audience is playing on Android devices
Winning Feeling
"Change always finds resistance, especially with a technology like blockchain"
Codeglue co-founder Peter de Jong on winning the Alto Cryptogame Challenge
Indie Mavens
Maintaining a work/life balance as an indie games developer
The Indie Mavens air their views and tips
Company Profile
From games developers to a mobile growth company: Lab Cave has increased its revenue almost 2,000% in five years with innovation, hard work and data
Find out what were the key factors that permeated the company's innovation and success trajectory
Partnership News
DENA partners with Tencent to launch mutli-billion dollar hit Arena of Valor in Japan
Will Japan prove a successful venture for the hit MOBA?
Event
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki videos now live!
Settle in for over 100 seminars from September’s record-breaking event
Hired
Top Drives developer Hutch snaps up trio of hires from Jagex, Firefly and Sega
London studio takes on a new server engineer, embedded QA tester, and brand and marketing director
Ad
Tappx hires Spanish advertising veteran José Pacheco to expand into digital TV and audio advertising
Ad tech company hopes Pacheco hire will help it grow into new digital advertising markets
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: Rovio's Sophie Vo on making the most of user research in early stage development
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Online
Old School Runescape launched on iOS to over one million installs
Apple version of the venerable MMORPG joins another million currently playing on Android
Lessons From Down Under
5 things we learned from the Melbourne International Games Week
No amount of jet-lag can stop us learning enough to write this feature
Snap
Pokemon Go revenue in October is up 67 per cent year-over-year to $73 million
AR hit has slipped since September but is still performing well over the same period last year
Artificial Intelligence
4 ways China’s AI industry could transform video games in the country across the world
Mobvista investigates the hot new tech and its potential effects
Game Advertising
Facebook marketing partner ZingFront aims to be a key ad creative player in global markets
A look at the company's SocialPeta and UnrealFront products
Draw
Hearthstone hits 100 million users as mobile revenue reportedly passes $660m
Blizzard’s Warcraft card game spinoff hits the milestone over four years after launch
Showcase
Lockwood’s Avakin Life snags Game of the Year at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2018
Elsewhere, PlayFusion’s Mark Gerhard takes home TIGA’s Outstanding Individual Award
Seige
Castle Clash charges past worldwide revenue of over $550 million
Three quarters of the strategy game's audience is playing and paying through Google Play
Check
Tencent will soon require Chinese players to verify their identities against a police database
Publishing giant continues to try and appease a government looking to crack down on gaming addiction
Prime For Release
Pokemon Go dev Niantic goes back to its roots with Ingress Prime launch
"The beauty of having your own IP is it allows you to test the way you want, challenge gameplay and create experiences maybe we couldn't get away with stakeholders"
Shambler
The Walking Dead: March to War shutting down in January
Disruptor Beam's undead mobile strategy will be wrapping up over the next three month
Back To Hell
Diablo Immortal backlash shows once again triple-A publishers are afraid of their audiences
Biting the hand that feeds you?
Hot Five
Red Alert on top in China, Zynga picks up big-name IP, and Frank Gibeau talks company growth
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Hell Breaks Loose
All hell breaks loose as Blizzard reveals Diablo Immortal mobile game
Here we go again
To Boldly Go
Scopely taps Star Trek IP for 4X strategy game Fleet Command
Set for global release on November 29th
Funding Chain
CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs secures $15 million investment to bring blockchain to the mainstream
Blockchain company wants to bring technology into the mainstream
Partnership News
Gree partners with Chinese video sharing platform BiliBili to develop new mobile games
Also plans to explore the virtual YouTuber space
Big Indie Awards
The Big Indie Awards 2018 Top 20 Countdown Part 1 - 20 to 11
We check out 20 -11 Big Indie Awards countdown highlighting the very best indie games from the last 12 months
Oh Snap
Case study: How Miniclip used Snapchat to market Football Strike
The marketing push resulted in more than 200,000 new installs for Football Strike, peaking at 10,000 daily installs at a $2.07 CPM
The China Effect
Newzoo's drops 2018 global games industry revenue forecast by $3 billion
Mobile dip by $8bn, PC and console forecasts lower overall decline
Stall
Madden Mobile and underperforming titles are holding back EA’s "stalled” mobile business
EA isn’t phased as it sees this year as a preparation for future handheld success
Brains
Live ops specialist DECA Games acquires Zombie Catchers from Helsinki's Two Men and a Dog
The game's original Finnish developer will move on to developing new titles