Ua Expansion
Supercell lends Metacore $180 million to scale Merge Mansion
Mobile puzzle game aiming for the big league
More Cinematic
League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall
Prepare for a visually spectacular thrill ride
Not Idling
East Side Games partners with Game Masons to make sports-themed idle game
Expected to launch sometime in 2022
Big Bangs
Call of Duty: Mobile hits 500 million downloads, over a $1 billion revenue
Milestone hit in 19 months
10-14 May 2021
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Shooting Up
Activision Blizzard's Q1 FY21 sales up 27% to $2.3 billion
King's revenue up 22 per cent YoY
Out The Nest
IronSource launches Supersonic Graduate Program to help hypercasual devs self-publish
Learn how to operate independently
Cross-checked
Admix verifies its inventory with new IAS deal
A first for third party measurement
More Options
GameBake launches alternative global app distribution service
Beyond the app stores
The Players' Vote
Get your players to nominate your game for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2021
Nominations close on May 21st
New Market
Carry1st secures $6 million in Series A funding to scale mobile games in Africa
Konvoy Ventures led the investment round
Zelda When?
Nintendo looking to make more IP-based movies
Super Mario movie due 2022
Computer Money
Xsolla integrates VCOIN cryptocurrency to scale the metaverse
IMVU token expands
Walled Garden Assault
Epic vs Apple trial begins, Tim Sweeney takes the stand
The trial will run for approximately three weeks
On The Up
My.Games grew Q1 FY21 revenues 42% to $147 million
EBITDA grew by 165%
Money Talks
Deal-making boomed during Investor Connector at PGC Digital #6
68 companies and 103 meetings
Strategic Deal
Electronic Arts completes acquisition of Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion
Adds 800 staff and 15 games
Ready Portal One?
PortalOne raises $15 million for its mobile game-TV show mash-ups
Launching with reimagined Atari arcade games
Event In Numbers
The sixth sensational Pocket Gamer Connects Digital was absolutely amazing
An incredible week of networking, learning from experts and deal-making
Sony Beast
Fortnite revenue dominated by PlayStation at 47%, iOS just 7%
Android, Switch and PC make up 19 per cent
More Store
GoodGame Studios releases Empire: Four Kingdoms via Huawei's AppGallery
Second title to hit that app store
Book Your Place
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Get essential games industry insight from some of the finest minds with these deep-dive workshops
Future Now
Bitkraft partners with Delphi Digital to invest in blockchain games
Strategic deal now in place
Standing Tall
Zynga-owned Rollic acquires High Heels dev Uncosoft
Hypercasual M&A
Business Booming
Apple revenue up 54% year-over-year as iPhone sales soar
Almost $48 billion from iPhones in three months
Adtech Boom
Adtech company Moloco raises more funding at a $1 billion valuation
Shinhan GIB led the round
Soaring
Angry Birds 2 breaks $600 million in lifetime revenue
Detail from Q1 2021 financials
Wizards Divide
As Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery crosses $300 million, Wizards Unite is moribund
92 million installs since launch
New Brush
FunPlus appoints Wei Wang as Chief Creative Officer
Also acquires Imagendary Studio
Kick-off
NFL and Skillz's Game Developer Challenge is now live
Developers must submit proposals by 31 May
Superstar Speakers
The essential speakers you won't want to miss at next month's Beyond Games online summit!
Find out our most anticipated highlights, top picks and superstar sessions taking place on May 10-14
More More
Fast-growing Wildlife opens second US studio SuperWoW
Working in a distributed model
Recruiting
Master the Meta: What we have learned about learning at Lightheart
"We always strive for the fastest path to learning"
For The Players
PlayStation app closes in on 120 million installs
Originally launched on November 13th, 2013
Full Speed Ahead
Huuuge snaps up hit match-3 game Traffic Puzzle for $39 million
Social casino outfit buys hypercasual traffice
High Octane Action
Apex Legends Mobile soft launch now live - first images and gameplay surface
Testing in India and Philippines
Harder Gold
Nexon buys $100 million Bitcoin
Spent 2% of its cash reserves
New Gold
Hasbro sees NFTs as a ‘substantial opportunity’
Brian Goldner is bullish
Review Power
CCP further clamps down on Chinese game releases with new approval process
Game Evaluation and Rating Guidelines now live
Hells Bells
Update: Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play
First Doom mobile game for over 10 years
Big Indie Pitch
Crispr Crunch's virus-busting puzzler wins The Big Indie Pitch at PGC Digital #6
Winner breakdown
Avoid The Noid
King partners with Dominos to bring The Noid to Crash Bandicoot: On the Run
"We're excited to launch our first in-game collaboration…"
Privacy Laws
As iOS 14.5 goes live, German businesses file antitrust complaint against Apple
"Apple is effectively shutting out all competitors"
Ready To Launch
Reach over one million gamers with LaunchPad #4, an online showcase for iOS and Android games
Pocket Gamer LaunchPad #4 takes off on May 20-21
The Start
Sega will launch its first NFTs in summer 2021
Partners with Double Jump.Tokyo
Big Bang
Game M&A hit all-time high of $39 billion in Q1 2021
280 deals made during the quarter
United
OneSignal becomes first Unity Verified Solutions Partner for messaging
The first for a messaging solution
Switch It Up
Nintendo Switch is Japan's sixth best-selling console of all time
The DS holds the top spot
Golden Age
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity sells 3.7 million copies in five months
Released on 20 November 2020
Back On Track
Korea’s best 24-hour gaming business event PlayX4 2021 runs 10-14 May
Busines restarts