A New Challenger Approaches
55 per cent revenue share in the new hypercasual developer challenge by CrazyLabs
Studios can test as many games as they like, pass the benchmark and win again and again with different games
Money Moves
Five reasons you need to grab your ticket to Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki today!
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Multiplayer Competition
The Global Game Jam and Photon Engine announces Back to School Multiplayer Game Jam
Players can use any device to compete in the multiplayer game jam from next month
Environment
Xsolla partners with GamesForest.Club to help preserve forests in Germany and Peru
The games industry is going green as more companies take on climate change
New Frontiers
Tencent is developing a handheld cloud gaming console
The device is being developed with Logitech
Metaverse Mavens
Get an exclusive sneak peek at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki’s Blockchain Games NEXT Summit!
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First Web3 Venue
Solana Spaces unveiled first permanent retail venue
Solana Spaces aims to bring Web3 and blockchain technology to mainstream audience
Blockchain Gaming
RoboHero launch a self-titled game with metaverse components
The game is implementing NFT heroes and blockchain farming
The Sporting Metaverse
Sports metaverse platform, Stadium Live raises $10 million in Series A
The round was led by KB Partners and Union Square Ventures
Mark Your Calendars
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Going Green
Pixel Federation players plant 86,000 trees as part of Green Game Jam 2022
Slovak Company joins the Playing for the Planet Alliance to help the games industry battle climate change
Privacy And Partnerships
Appodeal Stack’s in-app bidding solution BidMachine is officially supported by AppLovin MAX
The partnership will allow MAX publishers easy access to Bidmachine's demand
Cross-platform Collaboration
Sky: Children of the Light collaboration with singer, Aurora
Thatgamecompany promises a "one-of-the-kind-experience" for this music/games mobile crossover
Policy Vs. Profit
Google’s new ad policy could be bad news for hypercasual games
Indie developers might find user acquisition and monetisation hit hard on September 1st
Tiktok Don't Stop
Pangle launches in 12 new territories worldwide
Pangle, the ad network of TikTok for Business, is now available in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Jordan, Oman, Bahrain and Lebanon
Prime Mover
Prime Gaming shows 120 per cent user growth in two years
Subscribers claimed 420 million offers last year alone, reveals Dustin Blackwell
Your Pocket Guide
Your pocket guide to Gamescom 2022: Networking, parties and great times!
Headed to Gamescom 2022? Here’s your Pocket Gamer guide to the amazing networking opportunities available in Cologne this August.
Snapchat Spookery
Snap releases AR game Ghost Phone within the Snapchat app
Augmented Reality horror game stylised as found footage for a modern twist on those Blair Witch Project vibes
Trial On Tiktok
TikTok launches HTML5 games with Voodoo, Nitro and more
Influencer Run, Tap the Difference and Basketball FRVR among mini games included
Getting A Backbone
New iOS PlayStation controller with remote play integration from Backbone
“Regardless of delivery format, having more high-fidelity gaming experiences on mobile is accretive for the ecosystem”, says CEO Maneet Khaira
Major Breakthrough
Diablo Immortal surpasses $100 million in global revenue
Activision Blizzard’s free-to-play MMORPG passes another milestone
Let's Drive
Adverty and Drive Ahead! developer Dodreams announce exclusive in-game ad partnership
Adverty, in-game ad provider and multi-patent-holding creator of Metaverse-ready ad opportunities signs an exclusive partnership with Dodreams, publisher of Drive Ahead!
Company Partnership
Alternative financing for game developers from Stardust and Sanlo Partnership
Team-up also brings Web3 infrastructure for blockchain titles
The Power Of A Pitch
Come forth, indie devs! The Big Indie Pitch is heading to Gamescom
A chance for indie games developers to get expert feedback in Koln
Big Indie Pitch
Real-time chess puzzler Tale of Honour manoeuvres to the Big Indie Pitch crown
Winners Breakdown
A Handful Of Hires
Hyper Hippo hires new executive producer and SVP
Jonathan Warner promoted to SVP, portfolio
Booming
Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours
Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
Funds For Founders
Concept Ventures launches £50 million pre-seed fund with British Business Bank’s backing
Firm pledges 1% of the total carry pool to a founder’s chosen charities
Unity Users
Consumer Acquisition: Unity games have seen 32% IAP revenue growth in 2022
Rewarded video ads engagement also escalated, with 62% of players engaging daily
Working On Web3
Mighty Bear Games raises $10 million to launch Web3 games
Investment led by Framework Ventures
Moving To Mobile
New free mobile web games platform from YoYo Games and Opera
Opera GX browser games to deliver 'native-like' performance on mobile
Meet The Team
Meet the Pocket Gamer team at Devcom and Gamescom 2022!
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Release Reignition
Diablo Immortal launches in China after 20 million worldwide download milestone
Release follows delays of more than a month
Opportunity
F2P publisher 10K Riders secures half-a-million dollar investment
Cypriot company seeks new mobile game developers
Boom Beach
Space Ape’s treatment of Supercell’s Boom Beach “built on the learnings of several failed multiplayer games”
Simon Hade speaks candidly on the journey towards Boom Beach: Frontlines in this teaser of our upcoming interview looking at the firm’s plans, post-Supercell funding
Netmarble Bounces Back
Morgan Stanley awards Netmarble in latest ESG evaluation
South Korean mobile firm receives A rating in latest environmental governance report
Flip Phones Are Back
Are foldable phones here to stay?
Samsung shares sales figures, revealing 10 million foldable phones sold in 2021
Gender Discrimination In Gaming
Riot Games set to pay $100 million in gender discrimination suit
$80 million going to the women affected and $20 million going towards court fees
New Developer Launch
Nexon introduces Developer Wings 2022 on its PROJECT MOD platform
A mobile and web platform that enables creators and players to create content for existing Nexon games, including Maple Story
Political Puzzler
Papers, Please confirmed for mobile release on August 5
Second PC indie favourite to hit mobile years after initial release, following Into the Breach's mobile debut through Netflix Games
The Cost Of Privacy
Apple’s privacy overhaul “leading to massive adverse effects to SMBs”, says Alex Gurevich
“As much to blame for a recession as inflation”
Success In The Industry
L8 Studios closes pre-seed investment round
The round included participation from WePlay Ventures and Lima Ventures
Operatic
Opera and GameMaker launches mobile games publishing platform GX.games in beta
Web platform intended to allow mobile games publishing of GameMaker titles on iOS, Android, and desktop
New Hire
Big Fish Games appoints Gary Rosenfeld as head of business development
Rosenfeld will hold the same title for parent company Pixel United in North America
Powerhouse Partnership
Appodeal partners with Adjust to enrich its growth platform with attribution insights
New partnership enables every Appodeal user to access UA and attribution data from a single dashboard
New Appointment
Mattel appoints Mike DeLaet as global head of digital gaming
DeLaet will oversee the company's portfolio of digital games
Ready To Launch
Diablo Immortal nearing launch in China after delay
Sources claim delays were a result of social media post taken as criticism of China’s president
Quarterly Report
Ubisoft Q1 2022 report shows 9.8% sales decline
Mobile performance is strong, but other platforms have seen cancellations
A New Step For Jagex
Jagex makes its first acquisition with Pipeworks Studios
US-based developer is the Runescape creator's first studio investment
The Company Is Branching Out
Room 8 Studio structural change leads to exclusive mobile games dev unit
At least two entities, including the mobile games dev and trailer production, will branch out from the studio