Powers Up
Product Madness acquires Polish mobile developer Playsoft
Looking to power-up its mobile games pipeline
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: How to enhance the first time user experience
Electric Square UX designer Kristina Miles talks retention
Kards On Mobile
1939 Games raises $5.3 million to bring Kards to mobile
Will land on iOS and Android in 2022
Going For Growth
AppFollow update promises increased insight
New update to AppFollow toolkit for optimised app growth is live
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: How to ideate in the hypercasual games space
Sunday Games' André Noller discusses standing out from the competition
News
Supercell-backed Trailmix releases its debut game Love & Pies
A recipe of puzzles and personalisation with a dash of mystery
Top Table
Joakim Achrén appointed Fingersoft's board
Finnish entrepreneur adds status
Funding Boom
Startup conglomerate Kepler Interactive raises $120 million from NetEase
Another roll-up player rolls up
Making An Impact
Genshin Impact generates $2 billion on mobile in its first year
China, Japan and US are top three spenders
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: How to approach conflict with publishers
Six industry pros get together to talk best practices
Staffing Up
Admix expands, hiring Stefan Adamczyk as VP of Global Partnerships
Ex-AdColony SVP moves on
Bigger Screen
Genvid and Intel combine for 5G Project Monarch livestream gaming test
Downloads and installs not required
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: How to balance monetisation and increase retention
Facebook strategic partner managers talk boosting ad exposure
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: How to design in-game ad placements
AdInMo head of game design Nathan Bell gives 8 top tips
Word Up
Word Crack celebrates its tenth anniversary
Has surpassed 100 million downloads
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What to expect from a publishing deal
Square Enix's Ed Perkins lists the dos and don'ts
Plain Speaking
Panivox decloaks its RichCast voice-driven interactive platform
Next generation of narrative audio experiences
Three Up
Big Idea Games, Golden Parachute and Mustard Games join N3twork's platform
More games, more scale
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What makes a successful ad creative?
SocialPeta's Summer Liu discusses the key roles of creatives and how to optimise them
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: What do players want today that they will want tomorrow?
Admix CEO Samuel Huber discusses a resilient player-centric business model
Pgc Digital #8
PGC Digital: IDFA effect on UA performance
Four industry pros explain the effects of changes in privacy and ways to adapt
Looking Good
Sulake launching 12,500 Habbo avatar NFTs
Auction for 10,000 will take place this week
Live Events 2022
Steel Media to return to live events in 2022, join us for the Pocket Gamer world tour!
Where will you connect with the global games industry next year?
Continue Spending
Weekly consumer spend on mobile games increases 35% in Q3 2021
Led by Roblox, Genshin Impact and Pokémon Go
It’s Today
It’s here - Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8 is live today
The leading B2B mobile games industry conference starts today and there’s still time to get involved
Special Thank You
We’re giving a special thank you to the sponsors for next week’s Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Meet and connect with the amazing companies supporting us for our online conference next week
Retro Renaissance
Nintendo introduces additional tier to Nintendo Switch Online
New plan will bring N64 and Sega Mega Drive titles
A Delectable Direct
Bayonetta 3, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak showcased at Nintendo Direct
Bringing a plethora of remastered classics to Nintendo Switch
Event Latest
80 titles picked for indie games exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2021
Guess the winners from the indie games shortlist for the Sense Of Wonder Night 2021 at the Tokyo Games Show
11% Cagr
Global mobile gaming market to exceed $116 billion by 2024
Still going strong
We Are Venom
Garena partners with Sony to bring Venom to Free Fire
Free Fire’s first-ever movie crossover event
New Studio
Rovio opens new studio in Canada
Will focus on free-to-play casual mobile titles
Best Shot
Big Buck Hunter: Marksman launches on Skillz platform
There's also a $5,000 competition
Go With The Flow
Game blockchain outfit Dapper Labs raises $250 million on a $7.6 billion valuation
Over 600 projects building on Flow blockchain
Meet And Network
You could meet Google Play, Epic Games, Microsoft at next week's PGC Digital #8
Meet and network with the games industry’s top companies at the leading B2B mobile games conference
Record Highs
Nexters' 1H 2021 revenue increases 61%, reaching $196 million
Net bookings rise 29% YoY to $268 million
Idfa Impact
Overcoming the impact of IDFA: How to survive and thrive
Attend these must-see talks at PG Connects Digital #8
Time To Unite
Pokémon Unite lands on iOS and Android
Brings new update and battle pass
Chasing The Indie Dream
FuzzyBot raises $3.5 million for co-op games starting with Switch
LA studio is up and funding
Expert Minds
Learn from Facebook, Square Enix and App Annie at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8
Revealed: the final speakers for the leading mobile B2B games industry conference
Building Mobile
Townscaper heading to iOS and Android on 20 October
Now open for preorder and pre-registration
Data For Developers
Tenjin and GameAnalytics partner to launch Growth FullStack
Provides access to collect and store data
Quicker, Better
Pollen VC launches its dCPM calculator for better ad revenue transparency
The value of future money demonstrated
Tapping Into Video
Tappx acquires video generation and monetisation platform PlayOn Content
Will expand operations outside of Spain and Latin America
To The Max
Update: Garena's graphically enhanced Free Fire Max to launch worldwide on September 28th
New features, better graphics, same game account
Papa Likes Mamboo
My.Games acquires hypercasual studio Mamboo Games for $2 million
Increases stake from minority to majority
Free Event Access
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Card Collecting Craze
Pokémon Trading Card Game to come to mobile devices
Will soft launch in Canada
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Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #8: Our top talks
A few of our most anticipated tracks for our eight online event
Sorare Support Soars
Sorare raises $680 million for NFT fantasy soccer game
Largest funding round in French tech history