Promoting Within
Rovio appoints VP of marketing Kieran O'Leary to COO
CTO Petri Hyökyranta also moves to leadership team
To The Moon
Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #4 showed 43 games to 2 million viewers
Our two-day mobile gaming extravaganza reached over five million socially
Barry Is Back
Update: Halfbrick Studios soft-launches Jetpack Joyride 2: Bullet Rush
Available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Spain
Codename Steampal
Valve to announce portable PC based on Nintendo Switch?
Expected to run Steam games via Linux
Giving Back
Kristian Segerstrale launches Game Founders for Climate 2021
Matching up to $500,000 in climate change funding
Go-faster Stripes
Free Fire announces collaboration with McLaren Racing
Cross-promotion meets in-game items
Job News
Facebook's global director of games Leo Olebe joins Google
Departs after more than five and half years
For The Players
Sony confirms it's exploring "mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises"
CEO Jim Ryan spoke about the move in a corporate strategy meeting
New Korean Games
PlayX4 2021 opens Korean gaming to the world
Online event brings together developers, publishers, distributors, marketers and more
Event Latest
CGC|NFT 2.0 - the non-fungible token conference goes live on June 10-11
One month left until the next CGC|NFT event, featuring the likes of Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, TRON and more.
Event Latest
Hamburg Mobile Summit LIVE! goes online on June 16-17
A fully online 2 days event featuring top speakers
Unstoppable
Sega unveils Sonic 30th anniversary event and celebratory video
Sonic Central will take place on May 27th, 2021
Legals Signed
FunPlus appoints Dianne Schepers as new general counsel
Building out the management team
Big Indie Pitch
Shadow based puzzle-platformer In My Shadow wins The Digital Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) #7
Winner breakdown
Recruiting Now
Gamigo hires Simon Prytherch as new head of mobile development
Two games set to launch in the near future.
Mini Tencent
Miniclip continues its own mini-rollup, acquiring Supersonic Software
Long time indie sells out
Give Me A Break
Italian government looks to approve up to $1 million tax credits for local game devs
Approval needed from European Union
More To Come
Netmarble's Q1 2021 sales up 7% to $512 million
The Seven Deadly Sins drives growth
More Data
Sensor Tower acquires Pathmatics
Building out the pipeline
Espansione
Italian game industry headcount up 45% since 2018 to 1,600
Maturity of companies also rising
Incredible Indies
Indies - get your FREE access to Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 this July
Network with publishers and investors, pitch your games and learn from top industry experts
All You Can Play
Netflix rumoured to be considering a game subscription service
Expansion into non-linear content?
More Games
NetEase Connect 2021 showcases new mobile games including Frostpunk: Rise of City
Chinese giant has a full slate
Tasty
Big Run launches Big Cooking, including Skillz integration
Includes real-money competitive elements
Court Case Continues
Tim Cook set to testify at Epic vs Apple trial
CEO said to have prepared for numerous hours
Affordable Training
Hurry! Five essential MasterClass courses go up in price next week
Develop essential skills and discover new business practices from top games industry mentors - this is the time to book
14th Year
Nexon announces schedule for Nexon Developers Conference 2021
Running 9-11 June 2021
No Slowing Down
Embracer is looking to spend $2 billion on another 20 deals
Raised another $890 million in March
Milestone
Update: Free-to-play Switch hit Ninjala slashes through seven million downloads
Launched in June 2020
Snap Partner Summit 2021
Voodoo extends partnership with Snapchat, five more games coming to platform
Unity deal also in place regarding Bitmojis
Jam Tomorrow
Following Ludia deal and SPAC float, Jam City expects $868 million bookings in 2022
Will have $115 million in cash to flash
New Funding
Focus Home Interactive raises $86 million for further acquisitions
Company will look to "upgrade the range of games" produced
Spac Action
Update: Ludia confirms Jam City acquisition
Estimated offer of $175 million, Jam City merging with DPCM Capital
Ending Soon
Final 36 hours to nominate for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2021
You have until midnight Friday May 21st
Ti(c)k Tok
ByteDance CEO and co-founder Zhang Yiming announces departure
Fellow co-founder Liang Rubo to step up
Blast Off
Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #4 starts TODAY!
World-exclusive mobile game revealed, news and live gameplay
On The Up
Leaf Mobile experiences record Q1 FY21 with revenue hitting $25 million
East Side Games deal provides boost
Sweet Music
Enthusiast Gaming to launch 'Higher Power' remix in partnership with Coldplay
Streaming on Luminosity Gaming's Twitch channel
They Drew First Blood
Rambo and Die Hard coming to Call of Duty: Mobile in '80s Action Heroes event
Available from May 20th to June 18th
Vertical Integration
Vungle's third big acquisition is cloud-based ad creative outfit TreSensa
Building out a complete platform
Meet Us Online
Join the global games industry at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7 on July 12-16
Conference returns for a seventh digital edition featuring the best of British
More Cash
Game Taco snaps up GSN Games' Worldwinner
Skill-based gaming consolidates
Out Of This World
May’s Beyond Games conference was epic, and there’s more to come…
Our debut event welcomed 700 industry professionals
Out Swinging
The Game Band raises $3 million to launch Blaseball on mobile
Viral success gains momentum
Alliance
Kasedo Games acquires majority shareholding in Warhammer 40,000 developer Bulwark Studios
Exclusively working together going forward
Serious Stock
Devolver Digital gearing up for $1.4 billion IPO
Studio publishes Fall Guys, Reigns and Serious Sam
Growing
'Alive and well' Google Stadia breaks through three million app downloads
Big boost came in December 2020
New Vision
Reality Clash enables Admix's In-Play tech for advertising in AR
Mobile game demonstrates new monetisation
The Game Is Afoot
Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game
Now soft-launched in Canada, Netherlands and Sweden
Cross-promotion
Summoners War: Lost Centuria generates $4.4 million in first ten days
Com2uS' new launch takes off