Metaverse Music
Yahaha partners with Spitfire to bring The Dead Daisies into the metaverse
Making rock music more accessible through the metaverse
Adios Achievements
Microsoft to switch off Xbox Live services on Windows Phones in May
Achievements and cloud saves will discontinue from May 16 2022
Equine Expansion
Star Stable Online launches worldwide on iOS
Following a year-and-a-half of soft launch
For The Future
FunPlus and Creative Art Works launch second character design apprenticeship
Targeting "underserved" NYC teenagers and young adults
Time To Celebrate
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Well Sourced
IronSource revenue rises 67% to $553 million
Projects up to $820 million in revenue for 2022 fiscal year
Brand-new Brand
MiHoYo launches new international HoYoverse brand
Keeping the MiHoYo name in China
Still Growing
Stillfront revenues rise 37% to over $586 million
Planning to soft launch 15 titles in the first half of 2022
Entertainment Veteran
Scopely adds Salaam Coleman Smith to board of directors
Bringing over 20 years of entertainment industry experience
Furthering Fashion
Drest appoints Saikala Sultanova to newly formed position: VP of growth
With experience at Ubisoft Mobile and more
Ar Audio
Niantic and Sony partner for bring hi-fidelity audio AR
Starting with AR mobile game Ingress
Advert Veteran
Guy Ben-dov joins Anzu as EVP to drive blended ads
Co-founder of Double Fusion and Side-Kick Games
Annie Goes Ai
App Annie rebrands to data.ai with focus on unified data AI
Partnered with Similarweb to provide unified mobile and web market dataset
Invested Growth
Gameloft Toronto appoints Michael Stolls as studio head
Will lead the studio's "aggressive expansion" over the next few years
Salem At Stillfront
Stillfront appoints Alexandre Salem as SVP operations & platforms
Previously held positions at Huawei, Google, and King
Sharks Eating Chickens
PG Connects London: a quick-fire green game jam
Mensah-Bonsu, Muntean, and Esteris' Green Live Ops panel prompts a lo-fi game jam
Playing God
PG Connects London: how Genvid aims to bridge into the Metaverse
Genvid director of developer relations Chris Hamilton talks MILEs and accessibility
Look At This
PG Connects London: the untapped artistry of UI
Edd Coates, founder of Game UI Database, brings Sonic, Joker, and Link to his panel discussing the aesthetics and function of user interfaces
Hard Questions At Supercell
Supercell's 45% revenue increase in 2021 follows staff burnout
2021 revenue reached $2.24 billion, and a message about sustainable working from Supercell CEO
Building Blockchain
Animoca Brands opens new subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan
Expanding business
Studio Shares
Krafton acquires Smash Legends dev 5minlab for $19.9 million
100 per cent of shares acquired
Making Milestones
Voodoo surpasses 6 billion downloads across games and apps
One billion downloads achieved in the past 9 months
Under Observation
PG Connects London: The regulations surrounding free-to-play
Wiggin associate Isabel Davies talks the changes in regulation that affect the monetisation and marketing of F2P
Pg Connects London
Pocket Gamer Connects London: what to look out for on day two
Selection of speakers from Niantic, Animoca Brands, and Epic Games
Innovation
PG Connects London: The new frontier of entertainment
Terra Virtua chariman Gary Bracey discusses what NFTs and the metaverse means for the mobile games industry
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Matchmade's Jiri Kupiainen on influencer UA for small-mid-sized creators
Meet the mobile gaming UA experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Where Aso Aims
PG Connects London: the evolution of ASO in 2022
AppTweak head of ASO Simon Thillay talks the avenues ASO may take in 2022 and onwards
Finnish Funding
Return Entertainment raises €5.3 million in funding to create cloud-native games
Funding led by Bitkraft Ventures
Free Fired
Garena Free Fire banned in India after 238 million downloads
Free Fire: Illuminate and Free Fire Max extinguished
Pg Connects London
PG Connects London: How to monetise beyond the App Store and Google Play
Xsolla's Miika Luotio and Black Block's Robin Squire talk ways to take back financial control from app marketplaces
Growing Guilds
Animoca Brands and Brinc launch the Guild Accelerator Program to boost P2E ecosystems
Seeking sustainable guilds
Marmite Movement
PG Connects London: NFTs, what are they, and why would you want one?
Freeverse.io CEO Alun Evans answers the questions on everyone's minds
Raising Round
Tripledot Studios raises $116 million and receives $1.4 billion valuation
Series B Round led by 20VC
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Fyber's Shalom Michaeli on mobile ad innovation in 2022 and beyond
Meet the mobile ads specialists at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Meet The Experts
Speaker Spotlight: Moloco's William Melzer on finding the right DSP partnerships
Meet the mobile gaming UA experts at Pocket Gamer Connects London, February 14-15
Racing In Roblox
McLaren MCL36 is first F1 car reveal in Roblox
Unveiled in the metaverse
Pg Connects London
PG Connects London: Ampere Analysis delivers core understanding on subscription services
Ampere's Louise Shorthouse discusses subscription service strategies, and what Netflix Games still needs to learn
Pg Connects London
Pocket Gamer Connects London: what to look out for on day one
Choice panels including Amazon Web Services, Facebook Gaming, and Unity
It’s Here
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Renovation
GameRefinery: renovation features in every top 100 US casual mobile game
Players are motivated by a drive to "clean up space" and redecorate
Integrating Ecosystems
Pixelynx and Hiber partner to integrate HiberWorld with Pixelynx ecosystem
NFT cross-utility anticipated
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Drest To Impress
Fashion game dev DREST appoints Lisa Bridgett as CEO
Will oversee operation across its games, media, data and e-commerce
Birds Boost
Rovio 2021 revenues increase 5.1% to $326.6 million, boosted by Angry Birds titles
Record high fourth quarter results
Track Rundown
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Run By Rollic
Zynga acquires German hypercasual dev NanoTribe
Will be managed by Zynga subsidiary Rollic
Tentacle Zone
Payload Studios and Exient open applications for 2022 Tentacle Zone Incubator
Developer incubator returns for second year
The Might Of Mobile
PUBG Mobile boosts Krafton’s 2021 revenues to record-highs of $1.57 billion
Release of Battlegrounds Mobile India and PUBG New State boosted Q4 sales
New Directors
Amuzo appoints new Head of Studio and Head of Production
Two key players move up the ladder
Track Rundown
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