Hot Five
Disney shuts down Star Wars: Rivals, Honor of Kings takes $3.5bn in revenue and Tencent unveil Lego Cube
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Indie View
The Big Indie Pitch interviews: Former Blizzard and Riot developers talk defending cakes and winning pitches
We speak to the winner of The Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2018
Studio Woes
Telltale Games lays off majority of staff ahead of studio closure
A summary of last week's news: makers of episodic games trimmed to a skeleton staff
Big Indie Awards
Entries open for The Big Indie Awards 2018 in association with G-STAR
There's STILL time to enter this year's biggest competition for indie developers [update]
Banned
China bans games streaming platform Twitch
The ban comes after the site experienced a popularity spike
Job News Klaxon
Former Netflix publicity director joins Scopely as head of corporate communications
Geldmacher will be responsible for strategy and oversight of the company’s global brand and worldwide corporate narrative
Sunk
Asia fanfare helps Yostar’s Azur Lane sink over $170m in revenue
The chibi-styled strategy game launched in May of last year
M&a
Stillfront acquires Imperia Online in deal worth up to $32 million
Initial deal worth $11.7m but could rise based on performance
Jobs In Games
Jobs in Games: Space Ape’s Ioannis Lefkatditis on leading the charge with Transformers: Earth Wars
From degrees to job misconceptions, Lefkatditis on how to get a job as a product lead
Special Offer
Up to $500 discount on Pocket Gamer Connects London ends today!
Save a monkey and book your tickets before Super Early Bird prices close at midnight
Epic
Fortnite lands on 78.3m player count for August
Epic also admitted that this player figure revealed weaknesses in performance and spectating
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - What The Golf?
We take a look back at the winner of this year's Big Indie Pitch at GDC
Canada Expansion
Improbable opens new Edmonton office helmed by BioWare veteran Aaryn Flynn
"SpatialOS is going to transform how people make and play games, and with this new office we want to help that to happen"
Shutting Down
Dead Rising and Puzzle Fighter studio Capcom Vancouver closes
Around 158 job losses as a result
Business News
Hong Kong’s Apptutti signs new partnership to help Korean devs access China games market
Support services localised for Korean speakers
Social Asset
GetSocial partners with Unity to bring sharing tools to Asset Store
Company offers social analytics and publishing tools
Angry Reality
Angry Birds comes to Magic Leap One with Rovio and Resolution Games partnership
Angry Birds FPS: First Person Slingshot dives onto headset in autumn 2018
Guide To China
China's temporary games approval freeze - Your key questions answered
Niko Partners offers a complete breakdown of the current market situation in China and who it's likely to affect
Engage
Tilting Point extends Disruptor Beam deal with fresh $29m investment in Star Trek Timelines marketing
The publisher will help fund a new project as part of the deal and will handle marketing on Star Trek Timelines
Cube
Tencent and LEGO unveil mobile open-sandbox game LEGO Cube for China
The open-sandbox game is set for release late 2018
Live Operations
What is live ops and why should you care?
It's the hot buzzword in the games industry, but what does it really mean?
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Nood Climbrs
We take a look back at how FINIFUGU && friends became our first ever two-time Big Indie Pitch winner
Signed Up
Scottish developer Outplay snags Crackdown creator for VP of operations role
Phil Wilson will be tasked with evolving Outplay’s live ops production processes and technology
Fore
Playdemic's Golf Clash drives past $225m in revenue
The sports game landed $25m in revenue last month
Stuck The Landing
Tencent’s PUBG Mobile glides past the $75m mark in revenue despite China roadblocks
$25m of that has come in the last 31 days
Rip
YouTube Gaming is no more as company blames brand confusion for its demise
Gaming will still have a separate tab on the main YouTube site
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Too Many Cooks
We take a look back at the winner of our 2018 flagship Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Surprise!
Keywords acquires The Trailer Farm and Sound Lab
Firm made $128.6m for the six months ending June 30th
Switching It Up
The good, the bad and the ugly of Nintendo’s Online Service
From cloud saves to NES games, we run the rule on some new features
Company Expansion
Talking Tom developer Outfit7 to open new Barcelona studio
Team led by company's own senior director of design and animation Dani Bajc
Jobs News
Tencent's director if investments and biz dev in the West departs
Jonathan Lai’s new employer Coatue Management and is looking for new investments in games
Play Bigger
The surprising successes of PC-based Android gaming platform BlueStacks
Mobile games flourish on PC
Leadership Shuffle
HQ Trivia dev gets new CEO as it reveals latest game HQ Words
Colin Kroll takes the reins as Rus Yusupov named chief creative officer
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile game charts: Lion Studios rules the roost in China, UK and US
Google Play and App Store rankings in the US, Great Britain and Ireland, and China for the week of September 3rd to 9th
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Dead End Job
We take a look back at the winner of last year's Big Indie Pitch at Abertay University in Dundee
Tmi
Twitter erupts over Stormy Daniels claims Trump has a “dick like the mushroom character in Mario Kart”
Unfortunate details of alleged affair surface
Skin In The Game
How real-money competition platform Skillz is riding the wave of mobile esports for all
Hits $400 million annualised run-rate
Home Comforts
Tencent’s Honor of Kings rakes in over $3.5 billion in global revenue
China makes up 96 per cent of the total
Job News Klaxon
Nordisk Film Games eyes further investments as it snaps up new director of partnerships
Sofie Filt Læntver will enter the fray on October 1st
Of Kings And Valour
From esports to Nintendo Switch: Tencent on its ambitions to grow Arena of Valor in the West
“The console space is an exciting one for us, and there really hasn’t been a big mobile game on the Switch device yet”
Record Breaker
Finland's hottest games conference Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2018 smashes records with over 1,300 delegates
Over 1,300 delegates representing more than 620 companies attended show
Divorce Royale
Report: Fortnite to blame in over 200 UK divorces this year
"It is no surprise to us that more and more people are having relationship problems because of our digital addictions"
New Studio Alert
World of Tanks maker Wargaming opens UK games development studio
Free-to-play specialist rolls into Guildford
Not So Mini Milestone
8 Ball Pool developer Miniclip hits 1.5 billion mobile game downloads
"We are now reaching even greater levels of recognition within mobile games"
Fraud Against The Machine
Mobile gaming apps are the biggest victim of fraudulent app installs
Analysis of the impact of app install fraud
Retired
Disney to shut down Star Wars: Rivals mobile game
The cover-based shooter had been in soft launch since June of last year
Japan
Meet us at Tokyo Game Show
PocketGamer.biz will be at TGS this week - and we’d love to hear from you!
Big Indie Awards 2018
The best of The Big Indie Pitch 2018 - Defenoid
We take a look back at the winner of The Big Indie Pitch at last year's G-STAR conference
Blurred Lines
European regulators claim “blurring of lines” between gambling and gaming in joint statement
"We have joined forces to call on video games companies to address the clear public concern around the risks gambling and some video games can pose to children"
Hot Five
Supercell on why cell structure is super, Subway Surfers hits 52.5m downloads in June, and Mobile Strike grabs $1 billion
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