September 27, 2022

Last Chance To Join

Connect with over 650+ top games companies at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki – all from the comfort of your couch!

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki has kicked off in full force, but there’s time to join us as a virtual attendee!

September 27, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

Purchase Behaviour Targeting Insights To Scale IAPs in the Age of 'the App-ocalypse'

Brett Orlanski of Bango Audiences speaks on getting out of the app-ocalypse

September 27, 2022

Series A

Hadean raises $30 million in a Series A funding round

The funding round was led by Molten Ventures and will be put towards growth in the metaverse

September 27, 2022

News

ASUS Republic of Gamers announces gaming tournament to promote new mobile device

PUBG and Call of Duty mobile will form the playlist for a series of “Exclusive Influencer tournaments” to promote ROG’s new phone.

September 27, 2022

News

Apple enables NFT sales, with a 30% tariff catch

The iOS app-store is planning to enable NFT purchases, however the terms have already begun putting off crypto-enthusiasts.

September 27, 2022

Helsinki Highlights

How to Add New Features without Making your Game Implode

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2022 has now begun! We bring you one of the highlights of the morning track with a talk on adding game features and player retention.

September 27, 2022

News

Supersonic boasts of game success in Car Cops case-study

The game publisher lauds an ability to help developers increase their game’s popularity, retention and playtime, but how did they do it?

September 27, 2022

Mobile Games Growth Programme

Ukie and Barclays partner to create mobile games growth programme

The programme will support the growth of the mobile games industry in the UK with experts offering workshops and guidance

September 27, 2022

New Studio

Netflix Gaming opens new studio in Helsinki

This marks the company’s second studio in the city

September 27, 2022

Hypercasual Lessons

TapNation's Florian Jauffrineau on hypercasual lessons

Want to see your hypercasual game hit the charts? Here are three lessons that could set your game on the right path

September 27, 2022

News

Napster set to return in Web3 & Metaverse debut

The pioneering free streaming service is set to return and has already picked up an ex-Roblox exec with a background in virtual concerts.

September 26, 2022

New Hire

Tripledot appoints Daniel Freireich as Chief Games Officer

The Scopely veteran will lead Tripledot’s portfolio of games

September 26, 2022

News

BFI set to promote game preservation as part of Screen Culture 2033 Initiative

The initiative is to prominently feature video games and promote education on stream culture in general.

September 26, 2022

Socialpeta Report

Subway Surfers and Candy Crush Saga still at the top of the game

SocialPeta’s August report delves into the industry’s success

September 26, 2022

Mastering Multiplayer

Get the latest tips and learn about the technology for the best multiplayer games at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

What goes into the most successful multiplayer games? Find out at next week’s leading games industry conference

September 26, 2022

Destiny Mobile

Bungie patents hint that Destiny could be coming to mobile

Could Destiny be the latest Triple-A title heading to mobile? Recent patent information from Bungie suggests so

September 26, 2022

Thank You

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki kicks off tomorrow! There’s still time to join us

A massive thank you to the fantastic sponsors and partners that helped bring PG Connects Helsinki to life! It wouldn’t be possible without you

September 24, 2022

Game News

Armello devs summon remake of 2009’s Solium Infernum

League of Geeks, the developer behind the popular strategy role playing mobile game, is now tackling a remake of a cult classic

September 23, 2022

Rec Con

Rec Room is coming to PC

The company’s co-founder and CEO gave us a peek into the future at Rec Con

September 23, 2022

Community News

Newzoo shines spotlight on female gamers

Recent analytics indicates female players are still less likely to refer to themselves as gamers and mobile gaming is top way to play.

September 23, 2022

Metaverse Fashion

Carolina Herrera Dress sells for $5000 on Roblox

The virtual interpretation of the gown was one of 432 sold

September 23, 2022

Charity Event

GamesAid karting event raises £11,000 for charity

24 games industry teams battled on the track. But who came out on top?

September 23, 2022

The Growth Of Mena Gaming

Saudi Arabia launches gaming and esports strategy

The scheme is expected to create 39,000 jobs by 2030

September 23, 2022

Game News

ustwo and Netflix Games’ Desta: The Memories Between to release 27 September

The two gaming giants' collaboration will launch exclusively on mobile devices next week

September 23, 2022

Ai Technology

AI voice acting technology comes of age

Altered AI have created a voice technology for game development that reduces the need for human actors

September 23, 2022

Respawn Speaks Up

Respawn issue statement on developer harassment

The Apex Legends developer has been dealing with ongoing harassment from members of its community

September 23, 2022

Data & Research

Newzoo goes to Brazil with new insights on gamers in the country

Their latest 2022 report on Brazilian gamers brings interesting insights into the popularity of viewing gaming content.

September 23, 2022

Microsoft And Activision

Microsoft CEO confident about the Activision Blizzard Acquisition

“We feel very, very confident that we’ll come out.”

September 23, 2022

Community News

Fortis Games brings on ex-Twitch Head of Creator Development Marcus ‘djWheat’ Graham

They're joined by the streaming pioneer and former Head of Creator Development at Twitch as part of their focus on community

September 23, 2022

Revving And Racing

Mario Kart Tour steers towards $300 million revenue as it celebrates third anniversary

Celebrations include Mii Racing Suits and several cities to drive around

September 23, 2022

Your Virtual Invitation

Can’t join us in Helsinki in person next week? No problem, join us anywhere in the world as a virtual attendee!

Book your virtual ticket today and join us for our biggest conference in Helsinki yet!

September 23, 2022

New Hiring

Animoca Brands expands executive team

Jared Shaw joins the team as Chief Financial Officer, among other appointments

September 23, 2022

Data & Research

State of the Stream sees Fall Guys fall and Ninja go Rogue

Fall Guys drops from Twitch’s top 10 and famed streamer Ninja goe all-platform in 2022’s State of the Stream.

September 23, 2022

Cfo Insights

Learn the ins and outs of financial management at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

The very best speakers will share practical advice on creating financial security and success for your business next week

September 23, 2022

Genshin's Growing Giant

Genshin Impact surpasses $3.6 billion revenue ahead of second anniversary

The game made $12 million revenue on day of Version 3.0 release

September 22, 2022

Unionisation

Anemone Hug Interactive join first Canadian game union

Its workers are now officially unionised under The Canadian Animation Guild - the first studio in Canada to do so

September 22, 2022

Splendid Sights

Enjoy the beautiful sights of Jordan at Pocket Gamer Connects, Nov 12-13

Get to know a little more about the incredible location for our November conference and what Jordan has to offer!

September 22, 2022

Mobile Momentum

GlobalData: Games industry to be worth $470 billion by 2030

More than half of that sum will come from mobile games

September 22, 2022

Job News

Top 10 mobile games industry job vacancies this week

Sybo, Niantic, Zynga, Voodoo, and Kwalee

September 22, 2022

Investments

Theorycraft Games raises $50 million in funding

The successful Series B funding round was led by Makers Fund

September 22, 2022

Ascension In Asia

Niko Partners: Games with metaverse elements will be most profitable short term

Cloud gaming predicted to reach 500 million in Asia by 2025

September 22, 2022

Game Audio

4Players reveals audio SDK Odin, compatible with Unreal, Unity and more

SDK is said to be low latency and "crystal clear"

September 22, 2022

Augmented Reality

Niantic brings Lightship to browser

Lightship VPS aims to make AR more accessible than ever before

September 22, 2022

Investments

Industry Vets create InfiniGods blockchain game studio

The blockchain developer has secured significant funding and is set to release its first game

September 22, 2022

Apple

Apple hires new Head of Ad Platform Partnerships

Is Apple making moves to manage its own advertising?

September 22, 2022

Master The Pivot

Discover the top tips and tricks to bring your games to new platforms at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki

Master the art of bringing your game to new platforms, learn to optimise your development process and growing your company to new spaces

September 22, 2022

Fighting Terrorism

Department of Homeland Security funds research into extremism in gaming

$700,000 will go towards a program aimed at understanding the issues further

September 22, 2022

Israeli Gaming Market

Israeli gaming market worth $9 billion

74 percent of the country’s mobile gaming workers specialise in social and casual games

September 22, 2022

Key Opportunities

Interact’s VP of Partnerships Peter Griffin on key opportunities within in-game advertising

Learn from Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s brightest minds as we hear from our speakers ahead of the conference next week

September 22, 2022

Logitech's Handheld Device

Logitech has announced its G cloud gaming handheld device

Logitech will launch the new device on October the 18th