Knockout
Brawl Stars strikes 100 million downloads worldwide in six months
$275 million accumulated in player spending
Half Measures
E3 2019: After mobile's no-show for Nintendo, is it really all-in on the platform?
If Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft and Square Enix all found time to talk up their mobile plans - why didn’t Nintendo?
Fund Raise
Update: Stillfront Group to raise $53 million from directed share issue; seeks up to $106m from bond loan
Company wants to add cash to its M&A warchest
Live And Kicking
Nine years on: Social casino specialist KamaGames on the evolution of Pokerist
CEO Andrey Kuznetsov gives us the lowdown on how the game has changed over the years and how it stands out in the highly competitive social casino arena
No Code Movement
AppOnboard acquires Buildbox game engine to power codeless development
Buildbox CEO Trey Smith has joined AppOnboard as its chief growth officer and fellow co-founder Nik Rudenko has been named VP of technology
Nice
South Korea reaches one million 5G users in 69 days
Service took 80 days to reach the same number for 4G
74 Per Cent Of Spending
One-third of all mobile downloads in 2018 were games according to App Annie
State of Mobile: 2019 and beyond report published this week
Demogorgon Attack
Next Games partners with Netflix to launch Stranger Things mobile title in 2020
"Our core focus will be to deliver on Stranger Things’ rich and intense themes like friendship and supernatural adventure"
Region Focus
Region Focus: How China’s big game freeze has made local developers more internationally minded
“It has been a battle to survive the approvals drought and studios have had to get creative”
Funding
Adjust raises $227 million in funding to grow mobile measurement and fraud prevention
“The investments we make in our product will further empower our clients to move the needle in their markets”
Epic X Houseparty
Epic Games acquires social network Houseparty
The app will still remain available as a standalone platform and data won't be shared across accounts
Event
Investor Connector at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong - applications are open!
Don’t miss out on the chance to get one-one-one meetings with investors - or games companies seeking funding - at next month’s two day games industry conference
Event
Win FREE space at the Big Indie Zone at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
You could demo your game to the global games industry FREE this July, worth $650
Available Now
Marvel collaborates with Kuato Studios on new educational storytelling app Marvel Hero Tales
Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel and more appear
Animal Crunching
E3 2019: Nintendo's Doug Bowser speaks out on crunch culture and game delays
“One of our key tenets is that we bring smiles to people's faces”
Retention Guide
The universal guide to retention
Worldwide gaming audiences contain a lot of very different people. The player marketing experts at deltaDNA worked out what unites those players, and how game developers can take advantage
Instant Hit
Casual RPG AFK Arena surpasses six million players as it climbs top grossing charts
Lilith Games-developed title only launched in April 2019
Indie Spotlight
Weather Factory co-founder Alexis Kennedy on making fun over profit
“Safety, fun, or profit: pick one”
First Canada Office
Keywords Studios acquires Descriptive Video Works for $2.4 million
Both companies have previously collaborated with one another
Lawsuit
Ex-Unity VP files lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination
Tech firm denies claims of wrongful termination and other allegations
Event
Conference schedule revealed for Blockchain Gamer and Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
More than 100 world-class expert speakers covering the hottest topics across blockchain and mobile gaming
Nintendo E3 Roundup
E3 2019: The key Switch announcements and all the games from Nintendo Direct
Breath of the Wild sequel announced, Animal Crossin: New Horizons delayed, and Banjo-Kazooie return to a Nintendo platform
Bird And Bear
Nintendo and Microsoft collaborate to bring Banjo-Kazooie home in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Dragon Quest XI's Hero also revealed as third DLC character
The Bells Toll
Animal Crossing: New Horizons delayed to 2020
Had originally been slated for a 2019 release
Breath Of The Wild 2
E3 2019: Nintendo developing sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Follow-up to the 2017 hit
Shopkeeper Trick
E3 2019: Link’s Awakening gets September release on Switch
Draw your sword on September 20th, 2019
The Switcher
E3 2019: The Witcher 3 lands on Nintendo Switch in 2019
Comes four years after PC, Xbox One and PS4 release
Dawn Of Isles
NetEase uses Kumamon crossover event to promote new MMORPG Dawn of Isles
MMORPG is now available in the App Store and Google Play
Profit And Revenue
Games Workshop generated $323 million in revenue over the last 12 months
This includes approximately $102m in profit
The Future Is Now
Three to launch 5G in London from August
Rolling out to 25 other towns and cities before end of 2019
1,500 People Surveyed Globally
Redbox Mobile: Over 35s more likely to download apps via adverts
55 per cent opted to install via paid advertisements
Square At E3
E3 2019: Square Enix reveals new Final Fantasy mobile game, a Katy Perry partnership and Stadia lineup
We round up the key announcements from the publisher's press conference
Mythic Quest
E3 2019: Ubisoft partners with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars for new comedy series Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet
Show pokes fun at games development and the wider industry
Growing Warchest
Zynga looks to raise $600 million through proposed private placement
News comes shortly after publisher took in $600m from the sale of its San Francisco HQ
Ubisoft Stadia
E3 2019: Ubisoft's UPlay+ PC subscription service will be available across devices when it comes to Google Stadia in 2020
Library of over 100 100 games will cost $14.99 a month
Mobile Elite
E3 2019: Ubisoft reveals Tom Clancy's Elite Squad mobile game
5v5 squad battler coming soon to the App Store and Google Play
Delf 2019
Hong Kong’s three-day Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum delves into esports, blockchain and mobile gaming
DELF Main Forum and Blockchain and Pocket Gamer Connects take place between July 16th and 18th
Crash
Call of Duty: Mobile soft-launched in India and Australia
Tencent-owned Chinese studio Timi handling development
Weekly Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: NetEase resurgent with four top 10 grossers on the Chinese App Store
Rankings from May 27th to June 2nd
Event
Meet some of the games industry’s biggest names next month at Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong
Unity, Lab Cave, Tencent, 6waves, EA and more join us for the two-day B2B expo
Head In The Clouds
E3 2019: Ubisoft's Guillemot on why the firm is early on Google's Stadia games streaming platform
"People are open to new technologies, and so you can try new things"
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Next Games’ Matias Ärje on how to get a job as director of technology
"Purpose comes from getting the results of your work into the hands of millions of people"
East Meets West
East Meets West: Hong Kong region focus, final bids submitted for Nexon acquisition, and analysis on China's hyper-casual market
Keeping up with the news from the world's most influential games market
Roundup
Games industry roundup: Behind Total war: Three Kingdoms' success, blockchain game Project Genesis heads to Steam, and YouTube defends targeted harassment
15 articles from PCGamesInsider.biz, InfluencerUpdate.biz and BlockhainGamer.biz
Hot Five
Devs sue Apple over App Store fees, Stillfront acquires Kixeye, and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite conjures up 100k installs
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Fallout Milestone
E3 2019: Fallout Shelter surpasses 150 million downloads
Number of installs rises 30 million in a year
Streaming Tech
E3 2019: Bethesda's new Orion technology designed to optimise game streaming across platforms
Publisher shows Doom 2016 streaming on a mobile device at 60 frames per second
Helmet To Helmet
E3 2019: Commander Keen IP returns on mobile this summer
Game set for soft launch in the summer
Switch Blades
E3 2019: Bethesda opens E3 press conference with The Elder Scrolls Blades mobile game
New update goes live for mobile today; Blades coming to Nintendo Switch
Next-gen Xbox
E3 2019: Microsoft unveils next generation Xbox console Project Scarlett
"When we think about the future of gaming, it's not just PC, it's not just console, it's not just mobile, it's really all of the above"