Star-studded Lineup
Meet the speakers of our upcoming Mobile Monetiser Summit
Our invite-only Mobile Monetiser Summit is taking place in London on April 5, right before the prestigious Mobile Games Awards
In-game Ads Analysis
Anzu and Oracle Moat unveil first-to-market viewability measurement
Gives access to third-party in-game ad metrics on PC and mobile
Play-to-earn Partnership
Bayz partners with Ignite Tournaments to encourage entry into play-to-earn
Removing barriers to entry to improve global accessibility
Mobile Mediation
InMobi launches mobile mediation platform Meson
Targets publishers core needs: transparency, neutrality, control, and diversity
A Night Of Celebration
Have you booked your ticket to the Mobile Games Awards?
The Mobile Games Awards are taking place in Central London on April 5th – book your seat before it gets taken!
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GDC snapshot: keeping Pokémon GO alive during the COVID pandemic
Light bites from Niantic’s panel detail managing the world’s largest AR game during a global lockdown
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GDC: defining best practice for F2P battle passes
Double Coconut’s David Fox celebrates the battle pass as ideal F2P monetisation, looking at Clash of Clans, Gardenscapes, and Genshin Impact
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GDC: Niantic, ustwo games, Junub Games, and more on the responsibilities of the games industry
Reyes, Mensah-Bonsu, Estaris, Mayen, and Pollack discuss creating mission-driven games
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GDC snapshot: Xsolla dicusses mobile gaming’s walled payment gardens
Xsolla discuss navigating the changes to policies and regulations in the mobile games environment
London Calling
London is the place to be this April for the games industry, find out why!
Get a glimpse at all the fantastic game industry events happening in London this April
The Lion's Share
Mobile games consumer spending reached $22 billion for Q1 2022
65% of all consumer spending is on games
Here It Comes
Yahaha to launch in Early Access on March 31
On back of earlier $50 million investment
Announcing Award
Skillz awards Play Mechanix as its first Developer of the Year at GDC
Following success of Big Buck Hunter: Marksman
Reclaimed The Throne
Honor of Kings was the top-grossing game for February 2022
Snatches back first place with $225 in consumer spending
Dragalia Is Lost
Nintendo is shutting down Dragalia Lost after main campaign ends
Second mobile game to be shut down with one year
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GDC: Niantic talks keeping redlining out of the metaverse
The metaverse cannot recreate the prejudicial problems of the games industry, says Niantic’s John King and Kellee Santiago
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GDC snapshot: Lion Studios on moving to merge games
Key takeaways from Amy Choi’s session on moving to merge games
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GDC: How King tells a story with UX
Abigail Rindo, lead narrative designer at King, discusses best practice in user experience design and player-centric game narrative to enhance storytelling.
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GDC: The F2P game design challenge, designing for minnows
Designers from King, Double Loop, and others meet this year’s GDC F2P challenge: designing for minnow, rather than whales
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GDC: This year in F2P Mobile Games
Steve Meretzky and Visible Entertainment’s Dave Rohrl break down the past 12 months in F2P trends and developments
Investing In New Experiences
Qualcomm launches $100 million fund to invest in XR experiences
Partnership with Square Enix to explore extended reality
Music In The Metaverse
Roblox to host 24kGoldn virtual concert
Taking place in San Dorado with first performance of new single
More Choice
Flexion to publish King’s Choice on alternative app stores
Will bring ONEMT’s mediaeval RPG to Amazon App Store and Samsung Galaxy App Store
Supporting Streaming
Women-first streaming platform Dorian raises $14 million
Series A funding round led by The Raine Group
Join Us
Attending GDC? It’s not too late to sign up for our Metaverse Mixer!
Learn all about the next wave of games - blockchain, NFTs, the metaverse and more at our Metaverse Mixer in San Francisco
Taking Back Control
Stardew Valley creator to self-publish on Android
Taking over from UK-based publisher Chucklefish on all platforms
Web3 Fantasy
Trailblazer raises $8.2 million for Web3-native fantasy universe
Former EA, King, and Microsoft alumni at the helm, backing from Makers Fund
Charity With Coaches
Skillz games to host charity tournaments for three consecutive Sundays
Games include 21 Blitz, Blackout Bingo, Dominoes Gold and Solitaire Cube
Future Funding
Joyride raises $14 million to launch Web3 platform for casual Unity developers
Launching Solitaire Blitz, Tennis Champs and more
Mclaren On Mobile
McLaren 765LT races into New State in latest collaboration update
Skins available in Troi and Erangel
Hr Hero
Exient brings on former United Nations specialist Hunida Busefi
Bringing experience from outside of the games industry to aid diversity programme
Ip Expansion
FunPlus hires Josh Burns spearhead IP partnerships
DigitalDevConnect founder and 6Waves co-founder joins the team
Experienced Hires
Social First makes three key hires for dev ops, design, and new technology including blockchain
Marco Sandrini, Aki Raula, and Jari Ravantti join the team
Gathering The Riffraff
Tencent provides "significant" investment to RiffRaff Games
Joshua Boggs rebrands MayDay, hires Guy 'Yug' Blomberg as studio director
Going Strong
SuperGaming's Silly Royale surpasses 17 million downloads following Squid Games-inspired event
Squid Games-inspired in-game event a key driver
All About Indies
Seven reasons why Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle is the place to be for indie developers
Get a glimpse of the number of opportunities available for indie developers at our upcoming May conference in Seattle
Jockeying Into Position
Former EA and Zynga veterans raise $3.5 million for blockchain mobile games
Beginning with horse-related NFT games Photo Finish Live and The Suites
Integration For Indies
Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs
Providing access to metaverse-building tools
Expanding Studios
Lockwood opens new office in Cambridge Science Park and expands key development hub
Lisbon studio is also expanding
Into Android
Scuti expands marketplace to Android with solitaire game Mahjong Deluxe
Cross-platform rewards
Frvr = Forever
Casual games platform FRVR raises $76 million
Over 1.5 billion players to date, with millions of DAUs
Buying On Binance
Axes Metaverse surpasses $4 million ahead of closed alpha version
14,000 chests sold during initial NFT sales
No Stopping Yet
AppQuantum surpasses 100 million downloads
Idle merge game Gold and Goblins is the most downloaded title
Lovely Luna
IronSource launches app marketing platform Luna
Combines capabilities of subsidiaries Bidalgo and Luna Labs
Time For Fun
Tripledot acquires mobile game livestream platform Live Play Mobile
Looks to aggressively scale its live bingo game
Going Bananas
Animoca Brands transitions Benji Bananas to play-to-earn, enters Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem
Begins with Benji Pass NFT collection, can be swapped for ApeCoin
F2p Funding
Lila Games raises $10 million to develop its first F2P shooter
Series A led by Rainfall
Hypercasual Takes The Pie
Unity: Hypercasual game creation increased 137% in 2021
Report looks at revenue, monetisation, retention, engagement, and more
Big Savings
Last chance to save on your ticket to attend the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2022!
Buy your tickets to our April 5th ceremony before prices rise at midnight tonight
Budge In
Tilting Point acquires children's mobile game developer Budge Studios
Gains access to popular children's IP