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
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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Superstar Sessions
All the Superstar Sessions
"devastating Effects"
Games4EU: “Brexit offers no notable benefits to a sector already operating on a global stage”
Industry campaign group has published a report on the impact of Brexit on UK games
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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 PechaKucha session
All the talks from popular PechaKucha session
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9 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Trade Trends track
All the sessions from the Trade Trends track
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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Monetiser track
All the sessions from the Monetiser track
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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Hyper-casual and Instant Messenger track
All the sessions from the Hyper-casual and Instant Messenger track
Get Bigger Faster
Frank Gibeau on how IP licensing will help Zynga to the next level
Jetfuel for the mobile generation
Best Of Both Worlds
How Super Bit Machine hopes Armajet will ride Fortnite’s coat-tails to cross-platform success
Fighting on both fronts
Forever Franchises
Zynga bags Game of Thrones, Harry Potter and Star Wars mobile game licences
Wonka’s World of Candy match-three title set for release this week
Gains
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot: Asia mobile segment "growing significantly"
Digital and back catalogue drive French firm's H1 18/19 financials
Up
Animoca Brands Q3 revenue rises 283 per cent year-over-year following Crazy success
The Chinese firm has also consolidated its position in blockchain through a string of investments and acquisitions
Found
Dragalia Lost is making four times the revenue per download of Fire Emblem Heroes in Japan
Nintendo’s action RPG has brought in $28 million over its first month
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10 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Live Ops Landscape track
All the sessions from the Live Ops Landscape track
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8 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's East Meets West track
All the sessions from the East Meets West track
Event
Could you win the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London?
January event kicks off the international series of competitions for 2019 with prizes worth thousands of dollars
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7 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Developer Toolkit track
All the sessions from the Developer Toolkit track
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14 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Connects X track
All the sessions from the Connects X track
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6 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Game Changers: Cloud track
All the talks from the Game Changers: Cloud track
Scarily Good Offer!
24-hour Halloween 25% discount on Pocket Gamer Connects London
Super-spell combo stacks with Early Bird prices for a double discount - today only!
Strike
Marvel Strike Force has earned over $55 million worldwide
To date, FoxNext’s superhero RPG has been downloaded over 13.7 million times
Recycling Ad Dollars
How AppCoins hopes to monetise unbanked app store users via blockchain
Creating value flow
Winners
The 3rd International Mobile Game Awards SEA names its winners
In a high-quality competition, no single game stood out above the rest to take home Grand Prix winner
Loud
A live-action Talking Tom movie has begun production
Assassin’s Creed movie producer Jean-Julien Baronnet will help adapt the mobile app for the big screen
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15 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Indie Track
All the talks from The Indie Track
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4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Esports Academy track
All the talks from the Esports Academy track
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile game charts: Tencent's Command & Conquer Red Alert Online rolls into China as a top grosser
Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of October 15th to 21st
Gcap
“In 2018 one of the most punk, transgressive, brave and bad-ass thing you can do is to care about each other”
At Melbourne International Games Week, Mountains creative director Ken Wong delved into the new revolution that the industry needs
Igdc
India Game Developers Conference 2018 reveals its first wave of speakers
Five speakers from studios including Avalanche, Zynga, Geogrify and Tabtale have confirmed attendance at this year's IGDC
Toll
Google will charge phone-makers if they want to use Google Play following European Commission ruling
Following a European Commission ruling earlier this year resulting in a $5 billion fine
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Hutch's Matthew Pelly on how to get a job as head of QA and customer support
"We are not here to rubber stamp releases and it is a fatal mistake to step into that role"
Trip
Alto’s Odyssey earns $1 million in its first eight months
Odyssey earned its first million faster than predecessor Alto’s Adventure
Gcap
“We shouldn't see similarity as a requirement for helping each other"
At Melbourne International Games Week, The Working Lunch director Ally McLean delved into how mentorship can better the industry
Just Do It
Nominations for Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2019 close today
Ceremony takes place on the evening of January 22nd
Hot Five
Helix Jump case study, key retention data, and Candy Crush Friends Saga tops the charts
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
Event
Free expo space for indies at G-STAR
Big Indie Awards open access to free booth spaces at Korea’s leading exhibition and conference
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5 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Influencer Insight track
All the talks from the Influencer Insight track
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9 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018's Growth Track
All the talks from The Growth Track
Epic Stuff
Fortnite developer Epic Games raises $1.25 billion in funding from over half a dozen investors
Seven new investors become minority shareholders in the Fortnite and Unreal developer
Tech
Swedish games studio Bublar Group acquires VR/AR outfit Vobling for $5.5 million
Stockholm-based mixed reality developer will use the increased size to push production on next year's Hello Kitty AR project
Hit
Subway Surfers is the most downloaded game of all time on Google Play
App Annie has released a report on the most popular games of Google Play’s first 10 years
Fighting Fit
How does Badland Brawl monetise?
Frogmind’s latest analysed
Overworked
How can we tackle the games industry's crunch problem?
The Mobile Mavens have their say on working conditions
Speaker Spotlight
Speaker Spotlight: DIGIT Game Studios' Om Tandon on advanced UX prototyping and finding the fun
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 will take place on January 21st to 22nd
Stream
Amazon GameOn expands with Twitch-integrated Tournament organiser
The latest update to the cross-platform API lets viewers play alongside streamers
Freeze
China reportedly halts “green channel” approvals during a government restructure
Local developers and gamers are increasingly turning to Steam to remain active in the space
Looking Fresh
New look for leading mobile games website PocketGamer.com
In the bold new interface, reviews, guides, recommended lists and opinion pieces lie at the core of the editorial mix
Expansion
How the esports landscape will change in Australia and New Zealand over the coming 12 months
ESL managing director and EGAA chairman Nick Zanzetti gave a talk on the topic at the Melbourne International Games Week
Data
GameAnalytics: Fewer than 15% of games retain a third of their players after day one
Analysis firm's latest benchmarking report shows a "winner-takes-all" space
European Expansion
Hugo Games opens new match-three studio in Berlin
Headed up by ex-King technical lead Moritz Voss