Dreams To Life
How developers turn their ideas into reality
Martine Spaans leads a panel on ideas and working with others
Build A Brand
Curve Digital and Identity Spark on how indies can build their own brand
Alex Moyet and Nat Griffith on tone and time
Live Ops Power Panel
Live ops experts on the best practices for keeping your mobile game alive
PlayFab Europe GM Mark Val leads a panel in a live ops discussion
Taking Flight
Mobile games-on-demand service Hatch extends beta to UK and Ireland
Streaming platform attracts over 100 games
Touchdown
Angry Birds developer Rovio partners with the NFL for special in-game events
New characters, costumes and levels in Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds Evolutions
Mixed Audience
SuperAwesome on building apps and games for a "mixed audience" of adults and kids
Paul Nunn on how his company is working to monetise kids within COPPA's rules
By The Numbers
An overview of the mobile games market and the growth of VR and AR
Nick Parker breaks out a bunch of big numbers
Surf's Up
Sybo Games on where it's taking Subway Surfers after hitting 1.8 billion downloads
Launching animation and licensing arms while continuing to develop its flagship game
Superstars By The Fire
Peter Vesterbacka and David Helgason discuss the future of the games industry
China, VR, AR, and the film industry all get talked about
State Of Uk
British games experts discuss the state of the UK industry
Jo Twist leads a panel on investment, free-to-play, and buzzwords
All In
Free-to-play: The devil’s in the detail
KamaGames' Sam Forrest delves into the world of free-to-play and how to make it work
Think For Yourself
NaturalMotion's Julian Widdows on creating an independent thinking culture at the studio
Looking for emotional intelligence and curiosity in new staff
Perfect Match?
How Gameway's 'Tinder for games' aims to improve mobile discoverability
CEO Ben Woolf discusses a rebrand, AI and crowdfunding
Undeniably Premium
Ustwo's Dan Gray on how to succeed with premium games in the current mobile market
Taking risks and not making something which is already free
Keep It Going
King on turning away from the traditional "boxed" model of games to long-running titles
Todd Green on not hiring rockstars in favour of training new staff
Beyond Runescape
Jagex CEO Phil Mansell on the evolution of live games and RuneScape
How to go beyond games-as-a-service
Hot Five
Lessons from Angry Birds 2, the rise of hyper-casual, and HQ Trivia monetisation
The most read articles of the last week
Event Highlights
What you CANNOT MISS at PG Connects London 2018
The editors speak: here's what our team is most looking forward to next week in London
Mighty Investment
Peter Vesterbacka leads $650,000 funding round in Finnish lifestyle games studio Polka Dot
Helsinki start-up's first title slated for Q4 2018 release
Register Now!
Mobile Games Awards 2018: Grab your ticket before they run out!
Time is short to grab your seat at the ceremony
Pgc London
13 reasons to head to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 on January 22nd to 23rd
There's nothing unlucky about this great line-up...
Keeping A Cool Head
Studio MDHR says Cuphead won't be coming to mobile
Co-founder Chad Moldenhauer said it was "odd" a fake version of the game made it onto iOS
Active Agent
The logic behind Disney’s new mobile strategy
A new approach again
Industry Diversity
How Duolingo achieved a 50:50 gender ratio for new software engineer recruits
Recruiter Jeesoo Sohn discusses changes in the hiring process to improve diversity
Maternal Valley
Ustwo on breaking out of traditional maternal narratives with Monument Valley 2
Senior artist Lauren Cason talks the time of the dad and bugs that became narrative points
Pgc London
Here's who's coming to Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018
Well, 350 of the 900+ companies heading to the show
Doing It For The Kids
How Playables took its minimalist style further with upcoming game Kids
Co-founders Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei on experimenting and working with others
Mobile Games Trends
Vietnam Snapshot: Southeast Asia’s fastest growing mobile games market
Niko Partners Analyst Daniel Ahmad on what the charts tell us about the local games industry
Survey Results
Indie attitudes to mobile game monetisation
YoYo Games shares insights from its latest survey on in-game monetisation
Physics Engine For Narrative
Disney Research on the quest to build a "physics engine" for game narratives
Associate research scientist Steven Poulakos on keeping people involved
Leave It Out
"If in doubt, leave it out": How to write game narratives for an audience that hates cutscenes
Freelance game writer Morten Brunbjerg talks trimming down and focusing on the essentials
Playing Ads
2018 mobile advertising trends to watch: Playables and interactive ads
Applift CEO Tim Koschella looks at the benefits of different kinds of mobile advertising
Speaker Spotlight
PG Connects London speaker spotlight: Zorka.Mobi's Dmitry Liapin on how to prepare your influencer marketing campaign
Dmitry Liapin shares his insights on the influencer space
New Wine
Don’t stop believing: The reinvention of Grand Cru
CEO Markus Pasula discusses the past, present and future of the Finnish studio
Success Uncovered
Hidden object revealed: The rise of G5 Entertainment
The story behind 2017’s top game share
Shiny New Unity
Unity teases Scriptable Render Pipeline and C# Job System in upcoming engine update
Shows off shiny new tools in demo called Book of the Dead
Mobile Games Awards Sponsor
Miniclip and Aardvark Swift join sponsors of first ever Mobile Games Awards 2018
Joining Game Insight, AppOnboard, and Nazara
Unreal Dev Grants 2018
Epic Games hands out $200,000 to 13 developers in latest round of Unreal Dev Grants
The Machines' studio Directive Games among the recipients
Future Of The Industry
Mobile games predicted to generate up to $95 billion in revenues in 2022
Digi-Capital looks to the future of the industry
Zplay Time
Next generation playable ads
ZPLAY on why playable ads will become more widespread in 2018
Featured Features
The hottest strategy features in the US, China and Japan
How GameRefinery's new tool gives you an insight into your strategy game's design and its chances for global success
Oggy & The Partnership
Indian publisher Nazara partners with Xilam Animation on Oggy & the Cockroaches mobile games
Aimed at a younger audience and fans of the 20-year-old show
Indie Spotlight
Indie Spotlight: Tinytouchtales' Arnold Rauers on working with constraints and the weight of expectations
The average day of an indie developer, and advice for aspiring devs
Taptica Funding
Taptica raises $52.6 million to reduce debt and fund future M&A opportunities
4.85 million new shares issued, while CEO Hagai Tal sells off some of his own
The Hardest Question
How will HQ Trivia monetise?
It's giving away thousands of dollars, but how will it turn a profit?
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PocketGamer.biz is on the hunt for a new staff writer
Chance for an up-and-coming journalist to make their mark in the exciting world of games
January 22nd Kick-off
Pocket Gamer Connects London 2018 kicks off in one week
It's the most wonderful time of the year (after Christmas)
Building A Relationship
Lego partners with Tencent on games and potential social network for kids in China
Lego-specific video zones, code-able toys, and much more
King Of Monsters
Monster Strike was the top grossing game worldwide for the third year in a row in 2017
Honor of Kings would probably be on top if China had Google Play
Uk Mobile Charts
Weekly UK App Store charts: Voodoo's Twisty Road! and Rolly Vortex take the top download spots on iPhone and iPad
Rankings from January 1st to 7th