Swinging By
Tencent brings Spider-Man to PUBG Mobile
Comes with Version 1.8 update
Doubling Down
Vgames raises $141 million for second games investment fund
Firm to invest in game studios at various stages
Double Bogey
Neowiz to bring Golf Impact and Brave Nine to the blockchain
Golf Impact set to receive a big makeover
Supporting Growth
Mistplay receives "majority" investment to scale play-to-earn platform
New members join the board of directors
Blockchain In Brazil
Bayz raises $4 million for NFT gaming
Starting with play-to-earn in Brazil
Networking Extravaganza
Network with the global games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Meet with the games industry’s leading authorities, from publishers and developers, to investors, tools providers, platformers and more
No Agreement Reached
Microsoft negotiated to bring Xbox triple-A games to Apple App Store
2020 emails reveal streaming tech and IAP discussions
Google Gaming
Google Play Games is on its way to Windows
Planned for 2022 release
P2e Mmorpg
Com2uS Holdings to add upcoming World of Zenonia to blockchain ecosystem
Scheduled for release in H2 2022
Back And Forth
PUBG Mobile reaches $254 million revenue, Genshin Impact $207 million in November 2021
Coin Master has its best month ever
Controlling The Cloud
Singular launches marketing measurement platform Private Cloud
Following an 18-month private beta
Blockchain Bridge
Affyn raises $7 million for F2P P2E AR metaverse mobile game
All in-game characters will be represented as NFTs
Fashionably Festive
Roblox partners with Ralph Lauren for holiday event
Featuring exclusive gender-neutral digital clothing items
Apple Awarded Appeal
Apple wins postponement to App Store changes from Epic ruling
Current policies in operation until Epic antitrust legal battle closes
Games Take Gold
Consumer spending on mobile games and apps will reach $135 billion
Google Play accounts for majority of downloads at over 100 billion
Sio2
Ubisoft launches Quartz NFT platform
Available from 9 December strictly for Ghost Recon Breakpoint on PC
Exploring The Metaverse
Explore the metaverse at Pocket Gamer Connects London
Learn what the metaverse is and what it can do for you and your business
Covid-19 Safety
Stay safe at Pocket Gamer Connects London: your essential COVID-19 guide
Take a moment to see how we’re ensuring the health and safety of PG Connects attendees this February
Socially Interactive Experience
Nexon partners with Games Workshop to develop Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Bringing Warhammer to a "socially interactive" player-versus-environment world
Non-disruptive Ads
Frameplay raises $8 million for seamless, non-disruptive ads
Backed by Hiro Capital and Razer
Revenue Riser
Developers on Flexion's platform see a 10% boost in revenue
Google Play games can be brought to Huawei, Amazon, Samsung and more
The Money Man
Amber appoints former Disney and EA exec Roie Chizik as CFO
Brings over 20 years of financial expertise
Global Gaming
Tencent launches new publishing division Level Infinite
Bolstering with Warhammer and Arena of Valor
Still Rising
Mobile games will generate $89.6 billion by the end of 2021
Honor of Kings earns $2.9 billion
Exciting Reveal
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Chocolate Frog Hunt
Jam City partners with No Kid Hungry for in-game event in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Players complete community goals to unlock charitable donations towards the campaign
Gen X Gamers
Tapjoy finds 77% of Gen X play mobile games daily
Match-3 is the generation's preferred genre
Indie Investments
MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock
Acquires minority stakes in both studios
Machamp Milestone
Pokémon Unite surpasses 50 million downloads in four months
Total downloads across iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch
A Joint Journey
Green Grey invests up to $1.1 million in Megu Games
The fifth Green Grey public deal in mobile games since June
Multiplayer Pac-man
Facebook and Genvid launch Pac-Man Community
A Facebook-exclusive multiplayer spin on the classic arcade game
Strengthening Studios
Tiplay Studio raises $500,000 at $25 million valuation
Funding to scale team and advance development
Redundancies And Redeployment
Lockwood Publishing makes 10% of staff redundant
Accused of unlawful redundancies by IWGB union
Mobile In Mena
Tamatem Games raises $11 million for MENA expansion, backed by Krafton
Brings total funding to $17 million
Exciting Events
Last chance to register for the Pocket Gamer Xmas Mixer
Join us tomorrow in London and network with games industry professionals before the year is over
Mobile Master Chief
20% of Xbox Cloud Gaming subscribers use touch controls exclusively
Games include Hades, Scarlet Nexus, Dragon Quest XI and more
Esports Expansion
Esports group 100 Thieves raises $60 million at $460 million valuation
Yearly revenue increases 111%
Mega Milestone
Gismart surpasses over one billion mobile games and apps downloads
Over 450 million mobile games downloads since 2019
Fantasy Is Final
Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021
Players prefer single player RPGs within a fantasy setting
Excluding Exclusives
No exclusive titles for Steam Deck, says Valve
Steam Deck front page will feature only deck verified titles
Dead Good
N3twork scaled Idle Necromancer's DAUs by 970%
Surge in DAUs and revenue in the first month
Building On Bingo
AviaGames' new Bingo Tour allows players to win cash in online tournaments
Bringing bingo to a new generation of social gamers
Time To Conquer
Lineage 2M launches in North America and Europe
Open world adventure with 10,000 player capacity
Inside Track
Voodoo shares the secrets of hypercasual development at Paris HQ
The mobile publisher's real-world educational events have returned
Don't Interrupt Me
Playstack launches Interact SDK for less interruptive mobile game ads
Offers three methods of non-interruptive ad monetisation
Breezy
Talewind raises $3.4 million for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay
Animal Crossing meets Runescape in Roblox
Gotiva’s Got It
Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games
Debut title scheduled for Q2 2022
European Expansion
Wildlife Studios is opening a new mobile games studio in Sweden
Heading to Europe in search of the best developers
Expanded Support
Game Insight to bring casual games portfolio to desktop and web
Currently has five games playable on its site
Making Millions
Mobile blockchain game Guild of Guardians raises $5.3 million
Raised $18.8 million in total