Listed
Chinese mobile games publisher CMGE looking to raise $500 million through Hong Kong IPO
The company originally delisted from Nasdaq in 2015 in the US
Sponsor Profile
Inside the Asian games scene with G-STAR and Pocket Gamer Connects
Meet our partners from South Korea and discover essential insight to a huge new market
Dead Cells
Speaker Spotlight: Motion Twin games developer Sebastien Bernard
Sebastien Bernard will be talking at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki about the making of Dead Cells
One Hundred Million Dollars
Streaming platform Caffeine nets $100m investment from 21st Century Fox
Two companies form new joint venture called Caffeine Studios
Charity
Angry Birds Match and Imagine Dragons team up to take down paediatric cancer
Rovio collaborates with the band for a special event during childhood cancer awareness month
Unleash
Speaker Spotlight: Bango VP of product marketing Guy Singh discusses Far East and Latin American markets
Guy Singh will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Unleash The Power Of Operator Data To Convert 9X More Paying Users
Olympic Values
Esports 'too violent' for Olympics
Popular titles focused on combat “cannot be brought into line with our Olympic values"
Machine Learning
4 ways games companies can leverage machine learning
How games makers could be more effectively leveraging the petabytes of big data they’re accruing
Suspended
Tencent suspends Arena of Valor global CM following sexual harassment accusations
Nick Zasowski to undergo full investigation following claims of inappropriate messages being sent to women
Keys
Speaker spotlight: Quicksave Interactive CEO Elina Arponen on the past and future of chat games
Elina Arponen will be part of a panel discussing the Keys for Success in Hypercasual and Messenger Games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Straight Fire
Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes brings in over $417m in revenue
The tactical RPG has made up 78 per cent of Nintendo’s mobile revenue since launch in February 2017
Infoblast!
Everything you need to know about Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki (UPDATE)
We’ve rounded up all the essential info ahead of next week’s two-day conference and expo
Rollback
Speaker Spotlight: Exit Games senior engineer Erick Passos
Erick Passos will be giving a talk titled How Rollback Networking will Revolutionize Game Development at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Parrot
Speaker Spotlight: Nitro Games head of community Ida-Emilia Kaukonen on keeping with mobile games trends
Ida-Emilia Kaukonen will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Shit on the Floor: Parrot Cage of Game Community
Crypto
Reality Clash developer opens the doors on a temporary crypto-only London store
Soho store set up to educate the public on cryptocurrency will hand out free virtual coins
Switch
Sony’s Hiroyuki Oda believes the Nintendo Switch has had “positive influence” on the industry
But kind words won't change the company line on collaboration in the gaming sector.
On Cloud Nine
All things cloud gaming at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki touches down in Finland on September 11th to 12th
Indie
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin "took a big risk" leaving the mobile market behind
“We traded that relative security for the ability to develop a game that we wanted to play”
Fiend
Speaker spotlight: Seriously VP of games design Reko Ukko
Reko Ukko will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Telling Your Brand's Narrative Across Mediums: A Case Study on Seriously's Best Fiends
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: From RAF pilot to indie games with Powerless developer Lauren Carter
How the Narratio founder got into the industry and developed new interactive fiction title Powerless
Structure
Speaker Spotlight: Oktagon Games lead game designer Pedro Rauiz Estigarribia Gestal
Pedro Rauiz Estigarribia Gestal will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Discipline-based team structures vs. Lifecycle-based team structures
Sharp
Razer is taking a second shot at developing a gaming phone
Earnings report confirms the development of a second-generation Razer Phone is underway
Summoned
Summoners War draws in revenues of over $1.3 billion
The turn-based strategy MMO title initially launched back in June 2014
Cloud
Speaker spotlight: Polystream CEO Bruce Grove
Bruce Grove will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Cloud Gaming - Leaving the lag behind
License
Speaker Spotlight: RocketJump Games CEO Louis René Auclair
Louis René Auclair will be talking about Working With Licenses at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Pressing On
Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo will push on with fixed price model for mobile games
The Nintendo developer also believes companies should “deliver games at reasonable prices"
On Tour
Critical Force partners up with ElisaViihde and OnePlus for Critical Ops esports push
The OnePlus Masters tour will be held in eight different locations throughout Finland
Adult
Speaker Spotlight: Nutaku business development manager Jean-Francois Tremblay
Jean-Francois “Jeff” Tremblay will be talking about the rise of the adult gaming market at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Quantum
Speaker spotlight: Quantum Shake CEO Luai Mahjneh
Luai Mahjneh will be part of a panel discussing Growing as a Developer in Finland at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Influenced
From YouTubable games to marketing myths: Inside the Influencer Insight track at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki commences on September 11th and runs to the 12th
Develop
Speaker Spotlight: Futureplay Games CEO Jami Laes on the past and future of the battle royale genre
Jami Laes will be giving a talk called Battlelands Royale - Inside View Into The Process And Development Of Futureplay’s Hit Game at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Revenue
King of Avalon ventures abroad to bring in $380 million outside of China in two years
Online strategy is the third-highest grossing Chinese game in the USA
Riding No More
Apple orders Coinbase to remove War Riders
Tech giant continues tough stance on blockchain games
Mighty Recruits
Singapore’s Mighty Bear Games lands senior ex-Bigpoint and Bandai Namco devs
Jan Richter and Pauline Pun join the team
Social
Speaker Spotlight: Flaregames head of product Antubel Moreda on the growth of hardcore and hypercasual games
Antubel Moreda will be part of a panel discussing Social Gaming Trends - From Casino to Casual at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
Apple
Apple set to show off new iPhones on September 12th
Three new iPhone X devices are scheduled to headline the Cupertino event this month
Retain
Speaker Spotlight: Libring Technologies CEO Marcelo Ballestiero on the changing ad landscape
Marcelo Ballestiero will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing gold standards for acquisition and retention
Top Talks
Editor's Picks: 5 top sessions at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki
PocketGamer.biz senior editor Craig Chapple looks at a selection of the must-attend talks at this year's show on September 11th to 12th
Excel
Speaker Spotlight: Zeptolab head of publishing Dylan Tredrea
Dylan Tredrea will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki called Revenue Projections: or How I Learned to Love Excel
Jesus
Tencent's value plummets by $20bn after China dishes out new regulations on games
Company has lost $164bn in value since January
Hot Five
Supercell on what it takes to make a great game, Wilhelm That joins Dodreams, and the making of Donut County
The past weeks hottest articles
Success
Speaker Spotlight: Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab
Bozena Rezab will be part of a panel at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki discussing the keys for success in hypercasual and messenger games
Jump Start
Make the most of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki before you even get there
Put your name down now for a workshop, SpeedMatch, Mentor Cafe, game jam and free online meeting scheduler
Maximise
Speaker spotlight: Wappier CEO Alex Moukas on how to maximise revenue from your existing players
Alex Moukas will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki titled Users Acquired… Now What? Maximising Revenue from Existing Players
Company Shake-up
Service provider Pole To Win drafts up new regional structure after strong growth
Services provider divides itself into three new regions with three new presidents
Another Partnership
Tencent and Square Enix team up to form new company and develop triple-A franchise
Chinese tech giant providing internet capabilities; Japanese game developer providing the creativity
Cloud
Candy Crush dev King moves core data infrastructure and AI platform to Google Cloud
Partnership could also see collaboration on machine learning efforts
Video
Speaker Spotlight: Traplight marketing, PR and influencer manager Veera Rouvinen on how to make a game YouTubeable
At Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Veera Rouvinen will be giving a talk called What makes a Game YouTubable - Top 10 Analysis and Tips for Developers
Revenue
Candy Crush games bringing in almost $4 million a day
The original Candy Crush Saga is still doing the bulk of the legwork at 62 per cent of total revenue
Together
Speaker Spotlight: Redlynx live ops manager Roland Peters shares how to run in-game events alongside TV shows
Roland Peters will be giving a talk at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki about running in-game events alongside weekly TV show episodes