Biggest Indie Pitch
The Big Indie Pitch heads home for Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 pitches
Now with added consoles
Young Guns
Gen Z plays fewer mobile games but loves Supercell
Conclusions from App Annie report
Video
3 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Monetizer track
Make the most of mobile advertising, IAPS and other money-making opportunities.
Gonged
Reggie Fils-Aimé to become a Legend at New York Games Awards
An Andrew Yoon Legend no less
Jobs In Games
Outplay's Emma Turner on the importance of HR for great company culture
Outplay HR head Emma Turner shares details of how she obtained her role
New Face
Anzu appoints ex-Double Fusion co-founder Guy Ben-dov as strategic advisor
In-game advertising growth
Cash Up
Scopely raises another $200 million, taking total funding to over $450 million
Financing led by NewView Capital
Thanks For Playing
Shigeru Miyamoto to be awarded “Person of Cultural Merit” by Japanese government
Recognition will take place on at the Imperial Palace on November 3rd, 2019
Competition
Win expo space in the Big Indie Zone at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Demo your game to the global games industry FREE in January
Banhammer
PUBG Mobile rolls out real-time anti-cheat system
Also has hundreds of staff working on it
Tour De Force
Mario Kart Tour drives 124 million downloads in first month
Generates $37 million
Winners
Who won Tencent's Game Without Borders Awards 2019?
Best games
Visit Jordan
What should I pack to attend Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019? And other FAQs
A short guide to visiting Amman for Western attendees of our first full MENA conference
Bug Or Intentional?
Updated: 22 million App Store reviews have been mysterious deleted
AppFigures highlights something strange
Video
4 videos from Pocket Gamer Connects Hong Kong’s Live Ops Landscape track
Improve your approach in Live Ops, the core of the games world.
Aggressive Roadmap
How Sylvester Stallone-fronted Battle Strike Force hope to shake up 4X gaming
Greater graphics, wider gameplay
Event
A special thank you to the sponsors for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
Shout out to the companies supporting the two day B2B game expo this week
What’s Next?
Eli Hodapp on GameClub’s future: deeper community, adding non-mobile games, and supporting Android
How indie monthly subs service will mature
Loose Change
Coin Master cashes in over $500 million in global revenue at $6.20 per download
Moon Active’s title has surpassed 81 million downloads
Putting The Pieces In Place
The potential of Bahrain’s fledgling games industry
The right environment for growth
Read 5 Now
Hot 5: Empires & Puzzles does $500 million, Backflip's closing down, and EVE Echoes' December beta
The hottest stories
Gotta Buy’em All
London pop-up Pokemon Centre seeing “four to five hours” queue time
Unprecedented demand
New Hires
Jagex adds Epic Games and Bungie veterans to senior leadership team
Ryan Ward, Rob Hendry and Gavin Irby have all took up new positions within the firm
Region Focus
Despite geo-political tensions, Iran's mobile game industry is ready to scale
A sleeping giant
Not Jaded
Google Stadia launches first game studio in Montreal
Location will concentrate on making “exclusive, original content”
Back To The Future
Indie subscription service GameClub goes live with 100 iPhone classics
Costs $5 per month
Acquisition
Bethesda acquires mobile developer Alpha Dog Games
"We're excited to have them join the Bethesda family"
Bouldered
Hasbro reportedly closing down DragonVale developer Backflip
End of an era
Mobile Eve Is Inbound
EVE Echoes starts open beta in December
First playable at EVE Fest
Teaming Up
Suda51 and Swery65 join forces for new mobile, Switch and Stadia project
Mysterious mash-up
Stats
Even in decline, Elex's Clash of Kings boasts $102 ARPPU
Monthly runrate of $17 million
Nice Growth
Mobile games boost My.Games' revenues 27% in Q3 2019
The firm is launching an new store in Q4
Growth
Dutch Games Association strengthens ties with Australian games industry
Netherlands prime minister Mark Rutte visited Melbourne International Games Week 2019
A New Chapter
Fortnite’s “The End” event viewed by seven million concurrents
New records set across Twitch and Twitter
Lobbying Guide
Your guide to the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2020
How to submit a game and help us celebrate the best of the global mobile games industry
Money Strike
Monster Strike and Fate/Grand Order generated over $500 million in Q3 2019
Fate/Grand Order followed in second place
Going More Core
Monetization trends for casual mobile games
GameRefinery's Joel Julkunen on what's changing
Event
Check out the top speakers at Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan 2019
Epic Games, Unity, ESL, Wargaming, Tamatem, Snap Inc and more all feature at the two-day B2B expo
$$$
Empires & Puzzles storms past $500 million in lifetime revenue
Sales mainly from Android players
Vote For People’s Choice Now
International Mobile Gaming Awards reveals nominations for IMGA MENA 2019
63 games nominated
Top Game
Gismart's Cool Goal! rakes in 35 million downloads
The game was one of the top three hyper-casual titles in September
Faster $$$
IronSource releases automated adtech LevelPlay so game devs can earn more with less work
It’s time to flatten your waterfall
Jobs In Games
How Hollow Knight composer Christopher Larkin got the gig
From film to games
Event
Geewa, Tencent, Snap Inc and the IMGA to speak at the first ever Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan
Final set of speakers revealed for next week’s two-day B2B games industry conference
Your Choices
FoxNext brings Titanic and X-Files IP to mobile narrative game with Storyscape
Is it gonna sink?
Small Margins
Tencent gains majority stake in consortium that owns Supercell
Moves from 50 to 51.2% ownership
Tim Loves Games
Italian operator TIM launches €2 per month gaming subscription service with Gameloft
Costs a mere 2 euros a month
Event Preview
Schedule for G-STAR 2019 released
Includes the 2019 Korea Game Awards and Game Investment Market
Brand Extender
Twitch snags Zynga and EA vet Doug Scott as new CMO
The mission: extending beyond endemic audiences
Global Launch
Korean top grosser The King Of Fighters Allstar launches globally
100 million fighters have been collected so far